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Residential Construction Jobs

Residential Construction Jobs

Edge Careers operates across all levels of the construction and engineering industries, whether it be residential construction jobs or international construction jobs or freelance construction jobs, our consultants are experienced to work on them all.

Working out of four UK based offices, the Edge Careers team have the ability to work on all vacancies not only nationally but internationally as well. The residential team are situated in our midlands office, so are centrally located to work on all vacancies across the country.

Incorporated in the Edge Careers Group, our Residential Division, who take care of all our residential construction jobs, the team in the residential division have a number of years of experience and vast knowledge of the industry, making them well equipped to work on all kinds of residential construction jobs.

If you are in the Residential sector in construction and are looking for your next career move, then get in touch with the residential team on 01905 827207 or follow register your detail here and one of the team will be able to assist you.

Similarly if you require staff to work in your team in the residential sector, then give us a call or register your vacancy here.

 

Residential Construction Jobs

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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Residential Construction Recruitment

Residential Construction Recruitment

As a Residential Construction Recruitment specialist. Edge Careers caters for construction and engineering clients and candidates for residential positions, ranging from junior level positions right up to senior management, across the UK and Internationally.

The Residential Construction Recruitment team use a blend of industry knowledge and expert research skills to match the right people with the right jobs, furthering our candidates’ careers and securing the industry’s top talent for our clients. We often adopt a headhunt approach, a strategy usually only used in high end executive recruitment, to source candidates for hard to fill job roles which is what separates us from the majority of other recruitment agencies. It is this level of service that we endeavor to provide at all times, not only within in our Residential Recruitment team, but across the whole business.

Don’t just take our word for it, here is what one of the Residential Construction Recruitment teams clients has to say:

“As Managing Director of a large regional house builder, I have worked with Edge Careers consistently for the past twelve years. When looking for a senior appointment, the absolute requirement is to instruct a recruitment specialist who is extremely knowledgeable and well-connected in your sector as well as discreet and highly professional.
I have consistently found that Edge Careers meet these requirements and more, which is why for me, they are the go-to consultants in the residential sector.”

 

Residential Construction Recruitment

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

Follow Edge Careers on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for all our latest news, exclusive competitions and events.

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Edge Careers Now Do Power And Energy Recruitment

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Edge Careers Now Do Power and Energy Recruitment

Edge Careers - Power & Energy

 

Edge Careers are expanding and we are excited to announce that we are opening a Power and Energy Division.

We all need Power and Utilities to lead our everyday lives, all of the services accessed by the UK population are harnessed and delivered by a comprehensive workforce in the Power and Energy sector, which generates and supplies the full spectrum of power and utilities resource for the country.

Encompassing the values which are already instilled in the Edge Careers group, our new Power and Energy division will provide high quality recruitment for candidates and clients, nationally from site staff to chief executives. Our Power and Energy division will be entering a sector that has had millions of pounds of investment over the past few years and Edge Careers are now able to offer our expert services in this sector.

If you work in the power and energy sector and are looking for your next career move, contact Edge Careers and we would be happy to help you with your search. Similarly, if you require staff to work on power and energy projects, get in touch with Edge Careers and our recruitment experts will assist with your requirement.

 

 

Edge Careers Power and Energy

 

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

Follow Edge Careers on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for all our latest news, exclusive competitions and events.

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November Fantasy Football Prize Winner

Congratulations to Tony Cantwell of Laing O’Rourke who is November’s winner of the Edge Careers Fantasy Football League. Being based in the UAE, we found it difficult to find a prize to send, so instead we have given Tony a £75 gift voucher to spend at his leisure, we hope you enjoy spending your prize.

Tony’s team Swiss Tony’s 11, scored a breathtaking 219 points in the competition’s fourth month.

There has also been a change in the overall lead with Andy Weir’s team, Weirs’s Beards, storming to the top of the overall leaderboard having a total of 953 points.

Selecting your teams is critical going into the busy Christmas break, with the overall leader at the end of the season, winning an incredible trip for two to NEW YORK!

 

Tony Cantwell - Fantasy Football Prize Winner - November

 

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

Follow Edge Careers on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for all our latest news, exclusive competitions and events.

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Edge Careers Christmas Party 2015

Edge Careers Christmas Party 2015 

On Friday 4th December after working hard all year, all divisions of the Edge Careers Group gathered together to let their hair down and celebrate Christmas in style.

The event was held at The Cotswold Water Park, Four Pillars Hotel, where the staff spent the day. Starting in the morning with their end of year conference where each division showed what they had achieved this year and their plans for the new year.

The team then enjoyed a relaxing afternoon before partying the night away.

Christmas Party 2015

 

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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Adam Parker Joins Edge Careers

Please join us in welcoming Adam Parker to Edge Careers.

Adam Parker - Residential Recruitment Consultant

 

As the newest member of the Edge Careers team, Adam joins our flourishing Residential Division as a recruitment consultant.

Adam is the youngest member of the team and has a passion for challenging himself, not only in work, but in all aspects of life. Adam intends to excel in his role and become an integral member of the Edge Careers Residential Team.

All of us at Edge wish Adam the best of luck in his new role and believe he will become an essential part of the Edge Careers team.

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment experts.

The majority of our consultants have over 10 years’ continued service within the company, some of which are former construction industry professionals who truly know the industry inside out. We have long standing client relationships spanning over 25 years and a multitude of clients from privately owned regional businesses to large multinational Plc’s, located both within the UK and internationally.

As Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts, we have a wide database of multi-disciplined candidates, from Site Labourers to Board Directors, and no matter which division you speak to, you will have a Key Account Manager providing you with one point of contact throughout the recruitment process. Whether you are a client or a candidate, we’ll make things as simple as possible for both parties. As registered members of the REC, we ensure we always operate in a professional, legal and moral manner.

 

 

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

Follow Edge Careers on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for all our latest news, exclusive competitions and events.

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Construction Forecast Downgraded

Forecasters have lowered construction growth predictions for this year and next owing to a slowdown in third quarter housing and commercial activity.

Even with a weaker growth forecast, contractors can still count a near 20% rise in construction from 2015 to 2019. This will be driven by growth in the three largest construction sectors; private housing, commercial and infrastructure.

According to the Construction Products Association industry output is now expected to grow 3.6% in 2015, down from the expected 4.9% spurt forecast back in the summer.

Next year the industry’s growth rate is expected to be slightly ahead of 2015 at 3.8%, down from the 4.2% first forecast.

Forecast highlights

Construction growth downgraded

 

 

Construction output: up 3.6% in 2015 and 3.8% in 2016
Private housing starts: up 7% this year and 5% in 2016
Public housing starts: down 10% in 2015 and 5% in 2016
Offices construction: up 8% in 2015 and 7% in 2016
Infrastructure output: up 13.2% in 2015 and 7.6% in 2016
Key risks include skills shortages and government austerity

 

 

 

Dr Noble Francis, economics director, said: “We remain positive about prospects for the construction industry. The slowdown in Q3 activity is expected to be temporary.”

“The commercial sector is forecast to enjoy growth from 2016 averaging 3.9% per year through to 2019. New offices construction is expected to be the primary driver, with increasing activity in cities such as Birmingham and Manchester as well as growth in the capital.”

“Retail construction is expected to improve but a consolidation of expansion plans by major supermarket chains will constrain growth rates.”

“Infrastructure activity continues to thrive. Output in the sector is forecast to grow 11.2% on average per year between 2015 and 2019, supported in large part by the £411bn National Infrastructure Plan.”

He said that the roads and energy sub-sectors would be strongest but work is forecast to increase throughout the forecast period in all key sub-sectors; roads, energy, rail, water and sewerage.

“Private housing starts are forecast to rise, with major house builders signalling their intention to build more homes over the next 12-18 months,” said Dr Francis.

“Help to Buy accounts for one quarter of new build purchases and will help to sustain demand. House prices continue to increase in most regions, especially in London and the South East, illustrating a strong underlying demand.”

“Public housing, however, is expected to be adversely affected by uncertainty and a lack of funding due to the extension of Right to Buy to housing associations and cuts to social rent. As a result, public housing starts are estimated to fall 10.0% in 2015 and a further 5.0% in 2016.”

But Dr Francis warned: “While growth prospects in construction remain positive, there are significant risks. Government austerity focuses on current spending rather than capital investment but the risk remains that if government cannot reduce current spending as much as it anticipates, it may cut public construction projects to achieve its aims of eliminating the public sector deficit.”

“In addition, within the construction industry, the key concerns regard skills shortages, which have already been reported in the housing sector but may become more prevalent across the wider industry over the next 12-18 months due to the forecast growth.”

This story is by constructionenquirer.com

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Edge Careers Partner With Charity

Edge Careers are excited to announce that we are beginning a partnership with the fantastic charity Kits4Causes.

Edge Careers Kits4Causes

Kits4Causes is a charity based in the United Kingdom that collects unwanted football equipment and distributes it to social development projects around the world.

To date Kits4Causes have sent out over 37,000 football kits across 40 different countries.

Shortly Kits4Causes will begin kit amnesties at Premier League clubs, with the first being at Stoke City’s, Britannia Stadium on Saturday 5th December.

Here is what Kits4Causes had to say about their upcoming amnesty:

Since day one, exactly six years ago this month, we have dreamed of working with professional football clubs to help spread our message, collect kit, and get on board with the K4C ethos. Well, it’s finally happening! On the 5th December 2015 Stoke City will be holding a Kits4Causes amnesty day at their game vs Man City. A big thank you must go to Steve Hunt from the club for leading the organisation of this day. We’ve ordered more wristbands and t-shirts, honed up our tweeting skills, and enlisted volunteers. We now can’t wait for the big day.

This has come about as a result of the initiative of Anwar and Richard at the Football Supports Federation. Together, in our new partnership, we are hoping to host similar events at clubs up and down the county over the coming months and years, so a big thank you must go to them. So there you go. I don’t think anything else can be added on top of that. Some of the biggest news in our short but enjoyable history.

To help this great cause, simply click here to go to the charity’s donation page.

Edge Careers are looking forward to making this a fruitful partnership and hope to provide long standing support for Kits4Causes.

 

Kits4Causes and Edge Careers logos

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

Follow Edge Careers on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for all our latest news, exclusive competitions and events.

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Construction Boom Continues

Construction still booming say buyers

Construction Boom
Construction buyers reported the fastest rise in new work for 12 months in October.

The rebound in new order growth was highlighted in the latest Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI index report which also showed the highest rate of construction job creation for nearly a year.

Commercial building was the main driver of growth as work accelerated sharply.

The figures cast huge doubts on recent GDP figures claiming a construction slowdown is acting as a drag on the UK economy.

The overall index registered 58.8 in October, which was down from 59.9 in September but still well above the 50.0 no-change threshold.

The latest survey marked two-and-a-half years of sustained output growth across the UK construction sector.

Construction companies remain highly upbeat about their prospects for growth over the next 12 months, with more than half (59%) forecasting a rise in business activity and only 7% expecting a decline.

Tim Moore, Senior Economist at Markit and author of the Markit/CIPS Construction PMI, said : “October’s survey indicates that the UK construction sector remains firmly in expansion mode, although commercial building work was the only category to experience faster growth than in September.

“Another relatively buoyant construction PMI reading indicates that the sector remains in rude health.

“Rather than acting as a drag on the economy, as suggested by recent GDP estimates, the sector is continuing to act as an important driving force behind the ongoing UK economic upturn.”

Stefan Friedhoff, Global Corporates managing director for construction at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: “Optimism continues to be more prevalent than pessimism in the sector.

“The downbeat data from the Office for National Statistics released last week will have jarred some, but others will remain sanguine.

“Looking at recent results from some of construction’s bigger players, there is evidence that operating margins are slowly increasing to their best levels since the recession.

“This is heartening and suggests that the rhetoric around being more selective about work taken on is beginning to translate into improving operating performance.”

This story is by constructionenquirer.com

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£100bn for Infrastructure by 2020

Chancellor pledges £100bn by 2020 for infrastructure

 

George Osbourne
Chancellor George Osborne will today launch the National Infrastructure Commission and promise to stick to his pledge to spend £100bn in this Parliament for new roads, rail, flood defences and other vital projects.

He will set out plans to ‘get Britain building’, saying that infrastructure will be at the heart of next month’s Spending Review.

In the review, the Chancellor will set out plans to raise billions of pounds from a suite of asset sales that will be ploughed back into infrastructure projects.

Later today in York, Osborne will also confirm the seven commissioners who will help former Cabinet minister Lord Adonis run the independent National Infrastructure Commission.

The line-up includes Lord Heseltine and experienced industry bigwig, Sir John Armitt, who backed the formation of the commission in a Labour policy document before the last election.

NIC commissioners
Lord Heseltine – the former deputy prime minister who has long championed the regeneration of Britain’s inner cities through infrastructure investment
Sir John Armitt – the former chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority, and next year’s President of the Institute of Civil Engineers
Professor Tim Besley – a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and the LSE’s Growth Commission, which recommended an independent infrastructure body
Demis Hassabis – artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist and head of DeepMind Technologies
Sadie Morgan – a founding director of dRMM Architects and Design Panel Chair of HS2
Bridget Rosewell – a senior adviser at Volterra and former Chief Economist and Chief Economic Adviser to the Greater London Authority
Sir Paul Ruddock – chairman of the Victoria & Albert Museum and the University of Oxford Endowment

The Chancellor said: “I am determined to shake Britain out of its inertia on infrastructure and end the situation where we trail our rivals when it comes to building everything from the housing to the power stations that our children will need.

“At the Spending Review, I will commit to investing £100bn in infrastructure over the next five years and we are creating an independent commission to give us a long-term, unbiased analysis of the country’s major infrastructure needs.

“We need to think long-term and deliver a cross-party consensus on what we need to build.”

The commission will produce a report at the start of each five-year Parliament, offering recommendations for priority infrastructure projects and hold governments to account for their delivery.

Its initial focus will be in three key areas. These include identifying priorities for future investment in the North’s strategic transport infrastructure to improve connectivity between cities, especially east-west across the Pennines.

London’s transport system, particularly reviewing strategic options and identifying priorities for future investment in large scale transport improvements – on road, rail and underground – including Crossrail 2.

Energy, particularly exploring how the UK can better balance supply and demand, aiming for an energy market where prices are reflective of costs to the overall system

This story is by constructionenquirer.com

 

 

Edge Careers are Construction and Engineering Recruitment Experts who pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry to all of our candidates and clients.

To become an Edge Careers candidate, please click here to register your details. If you are a client looking to fill a vacancy, please click here, or alternatively contact one of our consultants to discuss your requirements in more detail via our Contact Us page.

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