Building Contracting

The Building Contracting division at Maxim Recruitment includes the following specialist areas:

  • New build contractors
  • Speculative housing developers and house building contractors
  • Specialist subcontractors working in both building and housing
  • Refurbishment contractors working in the commercial, office and private sectors
  • Fit out contractors working in the commercial, retail and office sectors
  • Specialist shop fitting contractors and subcontractors

What Types of Jobs Do We Have in the Building Contracting Sector?

We cover all the professional skill sets in building contracting including:

A Busy Sector

There are a lot of challenging and rewarding career opportunities available within the Building Contracting sector at the current time. Maxim Recruitment have a large number of exclusive job vacancies within building contracting and we can provide you with professional career advice and access to the very best employers in this sector in the UK and around the world

Recent Recruitment Assignments

Maxim have filled job vacancies for a number of leading UK and international building contracting clients on the following types of projects:

  • Major refurbishment works on UK Government office buildings in Central London
  • Retail park developments across the UK
  • A variety of school and college refurbishment projects in Essex, London and The Midlands
  • Major shopping mall developments in Qatar and Dubai
  • Major casino developments in Macau

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Stepnell appoints construction MD

Stepnell has appointed Simon Gorski, formerly of Lendlease, as managing director of its construction business.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:46

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Aster targets £1bn home improvement programme

Housing association Aster Group has reported a record investment in upgrading and maintaining its existing estare of 38,000 homes, spending £124.8m in its 2025/26 year, with plans for £1bn in improvement spending over the next seven years.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:37

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NUAR marks first year with OS

The National Underground Assets Register is marking a year since its operations were placed under the Ordnance Survey, with 400 asset owners now part of the register, and 3.2m km of buried assets, 80% of those known, now mapped.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:21

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Higgins, Wandsworth break ground on affordable homes

Wandsworth Council and Higgins Partnerships have broken ground on Phase 2 of Garratt Lane, where they are building 113 council rented homes.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:11

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Truck industry targets hydrogen in Europe

At IAA Transportation, truck industry leaders from Volvo, Daimler, and Toyota have come together to accelerate adoption of a hydrogen ecosystem, aiming to have hydrogen trucks on the road in Germany by 2030, as the basis for wider EU adoption.

Source: The Construction Index Last updated: 16 September, 07:02

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