BuildForce are delighted to announce our next Project Day, hosted by our alliance partner Balfour Beatty Vinci. This is a incredible opportunity for a site visit of the HS2 project, to hear direct from the project team on their disciplines and engage with the recruitment team on the opportunities available.
Find out more about what the projects has to offer and better understand roles available such as: Construction Management, Commercial, Design, Engineering, Finance, Health & Safety, HR, Lifting Supervisors, Planning, Plant Operators, Quality Assurance, Skilled Operatives and Technology. A career in construction offers a wide range of professional and trade options and is accessible to all ranks and skill sets and offers real potential for career progression.
Email: info@buildforce.org.uk to reserve your place.
BuildForce are delighted to announce our next Armed Forces Insight Day, hosted by our strategic partner Laing O’Rourke. This is a great opportunity for our ex-military community to engage with our nationwide contractors and consultants.
Find out more about what the industry has to offer and better understand roles available such as: Project and Programme Management, Site Management, Designer, Logistician, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Quantity and Building Surveyor, Estimator, Health and Safety Manager, Quality Manager, Trade roles, Plant Operator, Civil Engineering, HR, IT and supporting roles. Meet Industry’s leading employers across across both the trade and professions.
Register here to reserve your place.
BuildForce is delighted to announce the final of their 2025 Inter-Corps Boxing competition, hosted by 27 Regiment RLC, to raise awareness of the benefits between sport and wellbeing.
Our unique event includes a champagne reception, 3-course dinner, boxing competition and post-event drinks
Date: 6 March 2025
Location: St. Omer Barracks, Thornhill Road Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 2BG
Time: 1800 Champagne reception – 0100 Carriages
Dress: Black tie / Mess dress (with miniatures)
Please click here: info@buildforce.org.uk if you would like to attend.
We have announced our schedule of Virtual Career Chats we are running throughout 2023. Our next few events include:
The full list of events can be found here. Register your interest here: info@buildforce.org.uk, to reserve your place.
As the original pioneers, BuildForce is the construction industry’s largest and most successful nationwide career programme supporting thousands of our ex-military community, into long-term trade and professional careers within the construction industry and wider built environment.
We are the ex-military partner of the sector’s largest contractors, consultants, SME’s and are the partner championing our ex-military on the UK’s largest infrastructure projects across rail, road, nuclear and defence. Our employer’s cover: construction, homebuilding, infrastructure, logistics, utilities, security, engineering, data centres, digital, defence and facilities management.
BuildForce is nationwide and offers a compliment of services focused on pre-employment, employment, education, mental health and after-care, to support our Service Leavers, Veterans, Reservists and military families, as they transition from their military career to a construction civilian career.
An extra 225,000 construction workers may be needed by 2027, according to the latest Construction Skills Network (CSN) report.
All nine English regions, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to experience growth.
There will be 2.67 million workers in construction industry by 2027 if projected growth is met.
A professional career in construction is accessible to all military ranks and skillsets, and offers immense career satisfaction in a challenging and dynamic sector.
