Looking for a job in construction? Scroll below to find a list of job vacancies and training opportunities currently available in Greater Exeter…
Vacancies
Graduate Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Exeter, Plymouth
Service Design Solutions (SDS) require graduates in electrical design engineering to work on a variety of prestigious construction projects from their Plymouth and Exeter offices.
Applicants will be either graduated and have achieved a minimum of a 2.1 BEng or MEng degree in a relevant subject, or already have 1-2 years’ experience as an apprentice either in design or in on-site installations. The successful candidate will join their in-house training scheme to achieve Chartership with one of their recognised engineering institutions.
The position provides excellent career opportunities and benefits from a first-rate remuneration package.
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Graduate Mechanical Engineer
Location: Exeter, Bristol
Service Design Solutions (SDS) require graduates in mechanical design engineering to work on a variety of prestigious building services projects from their Bristol or Exeter offices.
Applicants will be either newly graduated or already have 1-2 years’ experience and have achieved a minimum of a 2.1 BEng or MEng degree in an appropriate subject.
The successful candidate will join their in-house training scheme to achieve chartership with one of their recognised engineering institutions.
The position provides excellent career opportunities and benefits from a first-rate remuneration package.
For further information and to apply:
Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Exeter
SDS are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic engineer to join their Exeter office.
You will be degree qualified and a member of an appropriate professional body with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
The position has excellent career opportunities and a first-rate remuneration package. The successful candidate will be client-facing and comfortable in developing, supporting and mentoring others.
SDS have an excellent track record and reputation across the South West. This role will appeal to an ambitious engineer looking for real career development with the opportunity to work on major projects.
For further information and to apply:
Delivering homes and revitalising communities is at the heart of what Vistry Partnerships do. Working with local authorities, housing associations and investors, they create lasting partnerships and deliver vibrant, sustainable places to live.
Site Manager
Vistry have a great opportunity for a Site Manager to join their team within Vistry Housebuilding South West, at their Sandrock, Exeter site.
As their Site Manager, you will be responsible for effectively motivating, supporting, and managing the site-based team to ensure that the required health, safety and environmental performance standards are achieved. To achieve the programme and quality requirements. To promote the importance of customer relationships to the site-based team to include directly employed and sub-contracted staff.
For further information and how to apply:
KICKSTART placement:
Archiving Administrator
This opportunity is available for 16-24 year olds claiming Universal Credit. If you are interested, please speak to your Work Coach at your local Jobcentre.
Apex Scaffolding provide scaffolding and access across the SW from their base in Exeter. From small domestic jobs to major developments and new builds for multi-national main contractors.
Apex Scaffolding are currently recruiting for a number of roles in Exeter including:
Scaffolders
Apex have once again managed to secure more high profile contracts, which will be starting in the next few weeks and will see us well into 2021. This means we will need to take on people with scaffold experience of all grades (CISRS Cards only)
Please contact us to discuss what we can offer you:
KTA Architects has been practising in the South West for over 30 years and is respected for its ability to deliver innovative and award winning projects across a wide range of sectors.
Healthcare Architects
KTA are recruiting experienced healthcare architects and architectural technologists. Please contact Kyrenia Tew: Kyrenia.Tew@kta.uk.com for further information.
RGB Recruitment are a leading South West recruitment agency specialising in constructing careers across the built environment.
They currently have a number of vacancies in Greater Exeter and are committed to finding the right role for you.
Civil Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Exeter
Salary: Circa £35,000 + package
Contract: Permanent
For further information please contact Jason Johns
Civil Supervisor
Location: Exeter
Salary: Circa £40,000 + package
Contract: Permanent
For further information please contact Jason Johns
Carpenters
Location: Exeter
Salary: £23p/h CIS
Contract: 8 month contract
For further information please contact Charley Hughes
Labourers
Location: Exeter
Salary: £12.50p/h Umbrella
Contract: 8 month contract
For further information please contact Charley Hughes
Architect
Location: Exeter
Wages: £45,000 + Benefits
Contract: Permanent
For more information contact Sophie Randle
Architectural Technician/Technologist
Location: Exeter
Wages: £45,000
Contract: Permanent
For more information contact Sophie Randle
Architectural Technician/Technologist
Location: Exeter
Wages: £45,000
Contract: Permanent
For more information contact Sophie Randle
Jason Powers Consultants is an experienced construction and property consultancy renowned for its commitment to delivering the highest professional standard of service.
Graduate Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager
Jason Powers Consultants are currently seeking a Graduate Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to join our UK team in support of our continuing growth throughout the South West.
This role presents an exciting career opportunity for a high calibre, proactive individual to work on a variety of interesting projects and provide valuable high quality services to our clients.
We are looking for an individual who has a passion for the construction industry and motivated by the work we do and the clients we work with.
With a competitive salary, on-going support, training and a wide variety of hands-on roles, this is a ground-floor opportunity to join a growing business, where genuine career progression will be possible.
Apprenticeship Vacancies
Electrical Apprenticeship
Hours: 37.5 per week
Wage: National Apprenticeship Wage
The Focus Training Group have an opportunity for a Level 3 Electrical Installation Apprentice to join the team at JN.
JN are a multidisciplinary building services organisation, with a diverse selection of in-house departments offering a comprehensive range of electrical and mechanical services.
For further information please click below:
Drylining Apprentice
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting on behalf CAP Ceilings & Partitions for an apprentice Dryliner.
Location: Exeter
Contract: Full Time Apprenticeship
Salary: £172 per week
The successful candidates will be enrolled onto a 24-month Level 2 Drylining apprenticeship with Greenlight Safety & Training. You will attend college 3 days a month at Greenlights centre in Plymouth and learn your craft with experienced Drylining tradesman, working your way to building a successful career in construction. On application you MUST provide an up-to-date phone number Greenlight can contact you on. Once you have applied and registered your interest, one of their team will contact you and start processing your application. Please keep an eye out for a Plymouth number, if they can’t contact you, they cannot put you forward.
Suitable candidates must be reliable, hardworking, and ready to start a career.
These vacancies are open to all ages. After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Pitched Roofing Apprenticeships
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting on behalf Western County Roofing in Newton Abbot for 6 Pitched Roof Apprentices. These are located in Newton Abbot, Topsham, North Devon and Cornwall.
Wages: Year one, apprenticeship wage.
Eligible age: 16-24
Start Date – May onwards
After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Groundworks Apprenticeships
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting on behalf Glanville Environmental for 2 Groundworks apprentices. These are located in Exeter.
Wages: Year one, apprenticeship wage.
Eligible age: 16+
Start Date – May onwards
After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Bricklayer Apprenticeship
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting for a bricklaying apprentice located in Exeter.
Wages: Year one, apprenticeship wage.
Eligible age: 17+
Start Date – May onwards
Requirements – Full driving licence and CSCS card
After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Fenestration Installer Apprenticeships and
Fenestration Fabricator (Windows) Apprenticeship
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting for a Fenestration Fabricator (Windows) Apprentice and Fenestration Installer Apprentice located in Newton Abbot.
Wages: Year one, apprenticeship wage.
Eligible age: 16+
Start Date – May onwards
After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Bricklayer Apprenticeships
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting for 2 Bricklaying Apprentices located in Collumpton.
Wages: Year one, apprenticeship wage.
Eligible age: 16+
Start Date – May onwards
Requirements – Full driving licence
After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Flooring Apprenticeships
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting on behalf of Dawlish Carpet & Flooring Ltd for a Flooring Apprentice located in Dawlish Warren.
Wages: Year one, apprenticeship wage.
Eligible age: 16+
Start Date – May onwards
After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Various Roofing Apprenticeships
Greenlight Safety & Training are recruiting on behalf of Progressive Systems for 15 apprentices over the three roofing disciplines, ie, Pitched Roofing, Flat Roofing and Sheet Cladding/Roofing.
Location: Exeter, Newton Abbot, Plymouth and Cornwall.
Wages: Year one, apprenticeship wage.
Eligible age: 18-24
Start Date – May onwards
After application, one of Greenlights team will contact you to via their telephone number 01752 604713
PLEASE ENSURE YOU PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE CONTACT NUMBER.
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Painting & Decorating Apprenticeship
Location: Bristol
Hours: 39 hours per week
Starting wage: £5.84 per hour
Bell Group are the UK’s largest commercial painting, decorating and building maintenance contractor, covering every square mile of Britain.
They are recruiting for a Level 2/3 Painting & Decorating apprentice in Bristol.
For further information and how to apply please visit:
Scaffolding Apprenticeships
Are you sat there thinking there must be more to life? and you need a new challenge to get yourself active and a lot fitter?
Do you want to get paid good rates to improve your physical and mental wellbeing, all while achieving new goals and learning new skills?
Well, opportunities exist to get all this and more. Start a new career in scaffolding with Apex and these are some of the benefits that you could get.
We need interested new thinkers aged 17+ to take up this challenge and become our next enrolment of new scaffolding apprentices in 2022.
There is no upper age limit for scaffolding apprenticeships, so if you are new to the industry, or have always look up to us scaffolders, speak to us now.
For further information and how to apply please visit:
10 Bricklaying Apprenticeships
Greenlight Training have partnered with one of the region’s largest bricklaying employers, Davis & Barrett Ltd, to recruit 10 bricklaying apprentices across the South West. With this partnership they have opened a new training facility at Davis and Barrett’s premises.
The successful candidate will be enrolled onto a 2 year Bricklaying apprenticeship with Davis & Barrett Ltd as their employer. Further information:
* Applicants will be expected to attend college 3 days a month at Greenlights new training centre at Unit 14, Creech Paper Mill, Creech St Michael, Taunton TA3 5PX.
* Entry/age requirements – 16 and above.
* Opportunity to work towards FS L1 and L2 Maths and English alongside.
* Apprenticeships will be delivered during November 2021
* Applicants will be working on sites in Exeter, Exmouth, Ivybridge, Taunton and Western-Super-Mare.
* You will learn your craft with experienced bricklaying tradesmen and work your way to building a successful career in construction.
For further information and how to apply please visit:
Business Support Apprentice
Location: Bideford
Wages: £159.10 per week
Hours: 37 hours per week
Expected duration: 15 months
Closing Date: 15 July 2022
The responsibility of the role is to support and engage with different parts of the Academy and Trust and have interactions with important internal and external relationships. The main purpose of the role is to provide effective and efficient administrative support to a wide range of day to day activities and departments/teams as required.
For further information and how to apply please visit:
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Construction Training Opportunities
Pathway 2 Site
Open to everyone aged 19+, a fully funded course with Vistry Partnerships and Train 4 All. It offers the following:
– Level 1 Health Safety Award
– CSCS Test & Green Card
– Construction Employment Skills
– Employment Rights and Responsibilities
– Job Search and Applications
Dates of Courses:
13 June 2022
4 July 2022
Fully Funded Retrofit Training and Qualifications
In a transformational new collaboration in the energy
efficiency sector, Devon County Council is working
together with industry-leading training provider The
Retrofit Academy to deliver multiple career development opportunities in the local area.
The new programme of courses, funded by the UK
Government Community Renewal Fund looks to deliver
leading-edge retrofit training and qualifications to teams and individuals across several energy efficiency disciplines.
As demand for energy efficiency in residences increases,
Devon County Council and The Retrofit Academy are
preparing to improve employment in this area, as well as heighten community awareness and engagement.
The fully-funded retrofit training and qualifications
are:
Level 2 Award in Understanding Domestic Retrofit
Level 4 Award in Domestic Retrofit Assessment
Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management
For further information please click on the button below for the PDF.
Construction SWAP
One of their most popular academies, this course gives you the tools to work in the construction industry, which is recruiting in the South West and beyond.
During this two week programme you will:
* Gain Level 1 award in Health & Safety in a construction environment
* Have the opportunity to gain your CSCS 5 years labourers card and access an app to practice for your test
* Explore career options & current opportunities in the sector
* Learn how to prepare for an interview
* Have the opportunity to meet with local employers
Eat that Frog will also provide your PPE for when you start work.
Course Dates:
Exeter Library – Monday 6 June – Friday 17 June
The courses rung from 9.30-2.30 at Exeter Library and are available for 19+.
Contact your work coach for further information.
Adult Training
Exeter College offer hundreds of funded places on qualifications starting this September for you to retrain and upskill, including construction and engineering.
For further information click below:
BTEC Level 3 National Diploma
in Building Services Engineering
The Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Building Services Engineering is intended as a Tech Level qualification, equivalent in size to two A Levels. It allows you to develop significant core knowledge within building services engineering disciplines.
The content of this qualification has been developed in consultation with employers and professional bodies to ensure that it is appropriate for those interested in working in the sector. In addition, higher education representatives have been involved to ensure that it fully supports entry to the relevant range of specialist degrees.
The qualification provides the essential knowledge, understanding and skills that will allow you to progress directly to employment, or to an apprenticeship in the construction sector.
There are six mandatory units, which cover the following aspects of construction:
– construction principles
– construction design
– health and safety in construction
– construction technology
– provision of primary services in buildings
– building services science
There are many roles in this sector where recruitment is at graduate level. The qualification carries UCAS points and is recognised by higher education providers as contributing to meeting the admission requirements to many relevant courses. For example:
– HNC in Construction and the Built Environment (Building Services Engineering pathway)
– HND in Construction and the Built Environment (Building Services Engineering pathway)
CIOB – Construction Innovation & Quality Scholarships
The Construction Innovation and Quality Scholarship is designed to provide an invaluable professional development opportunity for those working towards a career in construction management. By completing a research project or enterprising work experience activity, you will gain experience, skills and a complete understanding of just what it takes to succeed in construction management.
The focus of this scholarship is Innovation and Quality. During the scholarship programme, you will be required to complete a research project with a definable, published output which is relevant to the industry. If successful in joining the programme, you will be encouraged and supported to see your idea through to the end, because we believe it will bring a real, tangible benefit to the construction industry. In this way, the scholarship aims to inspire a culture of construction innovation by advancing the science and practice of construction through the adoption of new approaches.
For further information please click below.
Virtual Work Experience
Morgan Sindall
Virtual Work Experience 2021/2022
Following the success of their 2020/21 VWEX Programme Morgan Sindall Construction are continuing to offer Virtual work experience nationally to students from Y10–13.
The programme is inclusive of all abilities and we are encouraging students from all demographics to take part.
For further information please click below.
