Update 11/03/25: this event has been cancelled.
There are over 1.7 million veterans living in England with 264,754 of those living in the South West[1]. If you are from the military community and looking for a new career or challenge, sign up today to join the Forces Employment Charity’s Pathways into Construction and the Built Environment Regional event. It’s happening on Tuesday 11 March, from 6pm at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
Join this evening event where veterans and military family members can meet employers keen and ready to talk to you about a career in this wide-ranging sector! This event is not just about jobs on building sites… there’s a whole host of roles to explore for your next employment opportunity. Read on to find out more!
Careers to include the following roles within, but not limited to:
Facilities management
Project management
Digital transformation
Construction
Health and safety
The evening’s event
Starting with two panel sessions, you will hear from experts in the sector, followed by an ‘employer marketplace’ where delegates can network with companies who are actively hiring across the South-West. Full details can be found in the events section of the FEC website.
Delivered in partnership with Building Plymouth, you will find up to 20 exhibiting employers in attendance including companies such as ISS Facilities Services UK, CBRE UK, Willmott Dixon, Gilpin Environmental, Dodd Group, AECOM and many more.
PICBE Speakers
The speakers from our two panel sessions will concentrate on construction and facilities management, featuring Mark Sutcliffe from Lorne Stewart, Caroline Logan from BuildForce and Emma Hewitt from Building Plymouth.
With such a great line-up, don’t miss your opportunity to sign up, hear from experts in the field and talk to employers about their military pathways and the career opportunities that they have on offer. Register today to book your place.
The Forces Employment Charity’s Chief Executive, Alistair Halliday adds:
“Our Pathways into Construction and the Built Environment event offers a real opportunity to explore a massive sector offering such a wide range of careers. We work in partnership with many companies who are actively seeking their next recruits to be from the whole UK Armed Forces.
“Why? Because your skills from military life (that’s families as well as veterans, Service leavers and reservists) translate so well into business. Your creativity, resilience and the ability to handle/manage change (and being able to adapt quickly!) is something to be confident of and use to base your next career on.”
Emma Hewitt, Skills Lead at Plymouth City Council said:
“We are delighted to partner with Forces Employment Charity and help host this important regional pathways event in Plymouth to attract military service leavers, working-age veterans and their families locally and from across the region to consider careers in construction, and to promote potential employment pathways in the city which is facing it’s biggest construction build programme in 25 years.”
Read more success stories from veterans who have already travelled into their non-military careers. They shared their stories ahead of the main London event which took place on 5 February:
Sean Counihan – Area General Manager, CBRE
Fran Bullock – Project Manager, Turner & Townsend through support by BuildForce
Darren Harrison – Facilities Manager, CBRE
Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025
Venue: National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth
Time: 6pm to 8pm (doors open from 5.30 pm)
Register today to book your place.
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