Careers

Career Opportunities

The construction industry is so much bigger than most people imagine. With over 180 different job roles, the industry has such a diverse variety of career paths to choose from including:

• Project managers – Help and guide your team through projects
• Town planning, building control and plant inspectors – Help a project to gain approval before it can begin
• Architects, civil planning, design and planning – Any project, regardless of size, begins with a design phase
• Vehicles and machinery – Organise the transportation of materials to a site
• Service installers – Maintain the building’s multiple systems
• “Support services“https://www.goconstruct.org/construction-careers/what-jobs-are-right-for-me/document-controller – Keep the construction plans running smoothly
• On-site – Build using a variety of tools, skills and materials
• Off-site – Source materials needed for building
• Surveying – Guide the team on construction projects
• Technical – Plan more technical aspects of the build

Go Construct

About Go Construct
With so many ways to enter a career in construction, it can be difficult to know where to stand! They put together some information on the main routes into the industry, to help you figure out which is right for you.

Go Construct provides resources for anyone looking for a career in the construction and built environment sector. They showcase the many rewarding opportunities available and help people from all backgrounds to enter an exciting and growing industry which has a huge impact on the UK’s housing, industry and infrastructure. Visit the website here

Visit the Youtube channel to watch videos from a host of different people across the 180 construction job roles available – it could be you

Each sector is continually changing and so will you. Every project, regardless of your role, will provide new and interesting challenges, keeping you on your toes and sending you to sites all over the South West region.

Have a look at these videos and see what our Building Plymouth members apprentices have to say and the careers that they have here

Find out more about the many different vacancies and apprenticeships that our Building Plymouth members have Here

So, with a huge range of possibilities, which one catches your eye? If you’d like to find out more about finding a job in the construction industry, talk to our team today at our Job shop.