Property and construction jobs
If you want to work in this growing UK industry, pick from a diverse range of property and construction jobs - from technical roles in planning, surveying, and engineering to sales and management
Employment opportunities in construction
Construction management
Careers in this sector aren't limited to the traditional trades you'd easily recognise on a building site, such as bricklaying, scaffolding, or welding - as necessary as these skills are.
Construction projects also require managers who can organise people and budgets to ensure tasks are completed on time and to the highest quality, as well as supervisors who can enforce health and safety rules and oversee site security. Explore the role of a construction manager.
Discover more about construction management courses and read our 7 skills for a successful management career.
Get the lowdown on trade and construction apprenticeships.
Construction engineering and operations
A vital subdiscipline of civil engineering, construction engineers are involved with all aspects of infrastructure projects, including buildings and roads.
Their highly technical skills are required throughout the stages of:
- planning
- designing
- building
- maintenance
- preservation.
Explore these significant engineering roles:
- Building services engineer
- Consulting civil engineer
- Contracting civil engineer
- Engineering geologist
- Mining engineer
- Site engineer
- Structural engineer
- Water engineer
If you want to become an engineer, browse graduate engineering jobs.
You can also read our 6 tips for getting into civil engineering.
Property and real estate jobs
Whether you want to design new buildings or preserve old ones, there is a career in property for you.
To qualify as an architect, architectural technologist, or town planner, you must be passionate about how design can improve people's lives and deliver sustainability. You also need to have a mix of technical and creative skills.
Estate agents are concerned with buying and selling properties and require an aptitude for sales and negotiation.
In contrast, historic building inspectors must have excellent project management skills to put their passion for preserving history into practice.
On the other hand, a job as a housing manager is ideal if you'd like to work with and support vulnerable people and take on a property management role.
Discover more about property and real estate jobs:
- Architect
- Architectural technologist
- Estate agent
- Estates manager
- Facilities manager
- Historic buildings inspector/conservation officer
- Housing manager/officer
- Landscape architect
- Town planner
- Urban designer
Consider how to become an architect.
Careers in surveying
To become a successful surveyor, you must be technically minded and pay excellent attention to detail. According to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), surveyor jobs fall into three general categories:
- Construction and infrastructure surveyors play a central role in deciding what gets built where, from residential areas and leisure facilities to roads, bridges, and railways.
- Land surveyors map, manage, and gather data about land for use or development.
- Property surveyors value and manage residential or commercial property.
Browse our surveyor job profiles:
- Building control surveyor
- Building surveyor
- Commercial/residential surveyor
- Estimator
- Minerals surveyor
- Planning and development surveyor
- Quantity surveyor
- Rural practice surveyor
You can also learn about 9 graduate careers for surveyors.
Find out more
- Get an overview of the UK's property and construction industry.
- Explore what to do with a building and construction management degree.
- Consider working in the engineering and manufacturing sector.