Construction careers

There will never be a more exciting time to choose a career in the built environment in the Midlands.

Investment in infrastructure and building will see a total transformation of the region, creating thousands of jobs and the long term sustainable growth of the West Midlands.

The career opportunities are endless, as are the routes to your chosen career, which might start as an apprentice or through further education, college or university. Whatever your chosen route into the construction sector you will enjoy the opportunity to work in a team, building your knowledge and if you want to, working your way up. The industry is full of people who started with little or no knowledge who are now enjoying very successful careers including those who are now running their own companies.

There are too many careers to list,  so some of the many and varied career choices include:

• Architecture
• Site Management
• Lorry  and plant Driving
• Building Control
• Planning
• Builders Merchanting
• House building
• Brick laying
• Plastering
• Plumbing
• Landscaping
• Transport Planning
• Roofing
• Surveying
• Carpentry
• Manufacturing

You could play a key role in delivering key projects  across the West Midlands such as:

• HS2
• Cross region rail and tram links
• The Commonwealth Games  
• New roads and Motorway junctions
• Airport expansion
• Garden cities
• 215,000 new homes
• Offices, schools and hospitals

This is your chance to play a vital part in transforming the Midlands whilst developing  the skills and experience  for a life-long career in the most  worthwhile industry, safe in the knowledge that as projects are completed you can stand back and say “I Built It”