Commercial Assistant

Location: Central Cornwall
Salary: £30,000–£35,000 + Career Progression
Type: Permanent, Full-Time

About the Role

Are you looking to build a long-term career within the commercial side of construction?

We’re working with a well-established, family-run housebuilder to recruit a Commercial Assistant to join their friendly and supportive team based in Central Cornwall.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to gain exposure across the full commercial function. Working closely with the Commercial Manager, Quantity Surveyors, Estimators, and Buyers, you’ll be involved in procurement, estimating, and quantity surveying, making this an ideal role for someone who wants to develop into a Quantity Surveyor in the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the commercial team with the delivery of multiple new build housing developments
• Support procurement activities, obtaining quotations and placing purchase orders
• Assist with material scheduling and supplier liaison
• Provide support to the Quantity Surveyors with valuations, variations, and cost reporting
• Assist the Estimating team with tender enquiries, take-offs, and pricing exercises
• Raise purchase orders and maintain accurate commercial records using COINS (preferred)
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, spreadsheets, and reports
• Liaise with site teams, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure projects remain on programme
• Support cost tracking and commercial reporting
• Provide general administrative support across the commercial department

Essential Requirements

• Previous experience in a Commercial Assistant, Commercial Administrator, Buying, Estimating, or Quantity Surveying support role
• Experience within the construction or housebuilding industry
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Good numerical ability and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively as part of a team
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Experience using COINS is desirable

What’s on Offer?

• Salary of £30,000–£35,000, depending on experience
• Permanent, full-time position
• Excellent career progression with the opportunity to develop into a Quantity Surveyor
• Opportunity to work within a supportive, family-run housebuilder
• Exposure to procurement, estimating, and quantity surveying

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Abbie or Jo on 01752 421888, or apply today with your CV.

Sphere Solutions are a leading recruitment specialist in the construction and engineering sectors, matching top talent with the region’s leading contractors.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience. We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces — regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.

Site Manager – Maintenance

Location: West Cornwall
Salary: £40,000–£45,000
Type: Permanent, Full-Time

About the Role

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business delivering retrofit, refurbishment, and decarbonisation projects across the social housing sector.

As Site Manager, you’ll be responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of energy efficiency and refurbishment works across occupied properties, ensuring projects are completed to the highest standards of quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the safe and efficient delivery of retrofit and energy efficiency works across occupied social housing properties
• Coordinate site teams, subcontractors, and suppliers
• Ensure works comply with PAS standards and current Building Regulations
• Carry out regular site inspections to monitor quality, health & safety, and programme
• Work closely with Retrofit Coordinators, Resident Liaison Officers, and project teams to deliver a positive customer experience
• Attend client and internal progress meetings
• Ensure resident concerns and complaints are dealt with professionally and efficiently
• Maintain accurate site records and project documentation
• Promote a positive health & safety culture across all projects

About You

• Proven experience as a Site Manager within construction, refurbishment, or property maintenance
• Experience delivering retrofit or energy efficiency projects (highly desirable)
• Good understanding of PAS 2030, PAS 2035, and current Building Regulations
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and CDM requirements
• Strong IT skills with experience maintaining project records
• SMSTS, First Aid at Work, and CSCS Card (preferred)
• Full UK Driving Licence

What’s on Offer?

• Salary of £40,000–£45,000, depending on experience
• Company van and fuel card
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life assurance
• Enhanced family leave
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including holiday purchase and EV scheme
• Excellent training and career development opportunities
• Long-term career progression within a growing business

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Cat or Abbie on 01752 421888, or apply today with your CV.

Sphere Solutions are a leading recruitment specialist in the construction and engineering sectors, matching top talent with the region’s leading contractors.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience. We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces — regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.
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Mechanical Building Services Engineer

Location: Bristol (with regional travel)
Salary: Up to £85,000 + Excellent Benefits Package

Mechanical Building Services Engineer – Bristol

We’re working with one of the UK’s leading construction businesses, delivering some of the country’s most prestigious commercial, healthcare, education and public sector projects. Due to continued growth, they’re looking to appoint an experienced Mechanical Building Services Engineer to join their regional team based in Bristol.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business renowned for investing in its people, offering genuine career progression, long-term project pipelines and an outstanding benefits package.

The Role

As a Mechanical Building Services Engineer, you’ll play a key role throughout the project lifecycle, from pre-construction through to delivery, ensuring mechanical building services are designed, coordinated and installed to the highest standards.

Responsibilities

• Supporting tender and pre-construction activities, reviewing consultant designs and specifications.
• Carrying out buildability reviews and providing value engineering solutions.
• Coordinating design teams and chairing technical design workshops.
• Managing technical queries (RFIs) and ensuring design compliance.
• Reviewing subcontractor tenders and assessing technical submissions.
• Coordinating mechanical plant, equipment and specialist subcontractors.
• Managing installation drawings and ensuring projects remain on programme.
• Undertaking site inspections and working closely with construction teams.
• Supporting commissioning and ensuring high-quality project delivery.

About You

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience within Mechanical Building Services on construction projects.
• A Mechanical Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification).
• Strong knowledge of HVAC, plant, mechanical systems and design coordination.
• Experience working with consultants, subcontractors and project delivery teams.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• The ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work both independently and collaboratively.

What’s On Offer?

• Salary up to £85,000
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Private Healthcare
• 8% Matched Pension
• Life Assurance
• 26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Additional Wellbeing & Volunteering Days
• Flexible Benefits Scheme
• Ongoing Professional Development & Career Progression

Apply

If you’re looking to join a market-leading contractor delivering complex, high-profile projects with genuine opportunities to progress your career, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today for a confidential discussion.

Electrical Building Services Engineer

Location: Bristol (with regional travel)
Salary: Up to £85,000 + Excellent Benefits Package

Electrical Building Services Engineer – Bristol

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of the UK’s most respected construction organisations as an Electrical Building Services Engineer. Working on major construction projects across the South West, you’ll become part of an experienced Building Services team delivering high-quality projects from design through to completion.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Electrical Building Services professional looking to progress within a business that genuinely invests in its people and offers excellent long-term career prospects.

The Role

You’ll provide technical leadership across electrical building services, ensuring designs are coordinated, compliant and delivered successfully throughout the construction process.

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing consultant electrical designs, specifications and tender documentation.
• Providing technical input during pre-construction and tender stages.
• Managing design coordination between consultants, architects and subcontractors.
• Raising and managing technical queries and RFIs.
• Reviewing specialist subcontractor tenders and technical submissions.
• Coordinating electrical systems including power distribution, containment, lighting controls, BMS and fire alarm systems.
• Managing factory acceptance testing and equipment delivery.
• Reviewing coordinated installation drawings for compliance and buildability.
• Carrying out site inspections and supporting project delivery teams throughout construction.

About You

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience within Electrical Building Services on major construction projects.
• An Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of electrical design, coordination and installation.
• Experience working alongside consultants, subcontractors and site teams.
• Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills.
• Previous leadership or management experience would be advantageous.

What’s On Offer?

• Salary up to £85,000
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Private Healthcare
• 8% Matched Pension
• Life Assurance
• 26 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Additional Wellbeing & Volunteering Days
• Flexible Benefits Scheme
• Outstanding Training & Career Development

Apply

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a leading contractor delivering landmark projects while enjoying genuine career progression, an excellent working environment and one of the strongest benefits packages in the industry.

Apply now for a confidential conversation.

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Exeter
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000–£70,000 + Package

Sphere Solutions are partnering with a highly successful and well-established civils and groundworks subcontractor to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team, based in Exeter.

With an expansion phase in full swing and a large client base of repeat business, this is an excellent opportunity to join a thriving business and further develop your career.

This is a senior commercial role, offering responsibility for overseeing multiple residential and commercial projects, providing commercial leadership, and acting as a key interface between clients, site teams, and the wider supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and management of valuations, applications for payment, and final accounts.
• Produce and oversee valuation matrices, dayworks schedules, and cost reporting.
• Take full commercial ownership of project spend, forecasts, and cost value reconciliations.
• Review contract documentation and drawings, ensuring commercial risks and changes are managed effectively.
• Manage cost variations arising from design changes and revised information.
• Verify and approve subcontractor payments.
• Liaise with clients to agree dayworks, variations, and other commercial matters.
• Support and mentor junior commercial staff where required.
• Ensure all commercial processes align with ISO, SMAS, CHAS, and Achilles accreditations.

About You

• Proven experience operating as a Senior Quantity Surveyor within groundworks, civil engineering, and/or housing.
• Confident managing multiple projects and maintaining senior client relationships.
• Excellent commercial awareness and contractual knowledge.
• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline (preferred).

What’s on Offer

• Salary of £60,000–£70,000, depending on experience.
• Competitive company package.
• Long-term career progression within a growing and respected regional contractor.
• Stable workload supported by long-standing client relationships.

Apply

For a confidential discussion, please contact Abbie Evans or Jo Lambert on 01752 421888, or apply as instructed.

Sphere Solutions are a market-leading recruitment specialist within the construction and civil engineering sectors across the South West and Wales.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience.

We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces—regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Plymouth
Salary: £70,000–£75,000 + Package
Type: Permanent, Full-Time

About the Role

Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor looking to work on a complex refurbishment scheme in Plymouth?

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading UK main contractor for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the commercial team on a major refurbishment project. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the commercial delivery of a high-profile scheme while benefiting from long-term career progression and an excellent benefits package.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate cost estimates based on consultant reports and technical information
• Develop detailed project cost plans as designs progress
• Produce quantities from drawings and technical documentation
• Support the preparation of Contractor Proposals
• Procure consultants and subcontractors
• Prepare and submit applications for payment
• Produce accurate monthly cost reports, forecasts, and financial updates
• Support project mitigation and commercial recovery strategies
• Attend client, consultant, and project meetings
• Mentor and support junior members of the commercial team

About You

• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor with a Tier 1 or large regional contractor
• Experience preparing cost reports, forecasts, and valuations
• Ability to interpret drawings and prepare accurate quantities
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

What’s on Offer?

• Salary of £70,000–£75,000, depending on experience
• 26 days annual leave, increasing with length of service
• Company pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Lifestyle and flexible benefits package
• Two paid volunteering days each year
• Long-term career progression within a leading UK main contractor

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Abbie or Jo on 01752 421888, or apply today with your CV.

Sphere Solutions are a leading recruitment specialist in the construction and engineering sectors, matching top talent with the region’s leading contractors.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience. We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces — regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.

Project Manager – Highways

Location: Devon
Salary: £60,000–£70,000 + Package
Type: Permanent, Full-Time

About the Role

Are you an experienced Project Manager looking to take the lead on civil engineering and infrastructure projects across the South West?

We are working with a leading infrastructure contractor to recruit an experienced Project Manager to join their established highways division.

With a healthy order book and long-term secured workload, this role offers excellent job security, career progression, and the opportunity to work on technically challenging schemes across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of highways, infrastructure, and civil engineering projects
• Manage projects from pre-construction through to final completion
• Lead and motivate multidisciplinary project teams
• Monitor programme, cost, quality, and overall project performance
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, consultants, and key stakeholders
• Manage subcontractors, suppliers, and site teams to ensure efficient project delivery
• Ensure compliance with all Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality standards
• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks
• Support commercial performance, contract administration, and change management
• Drive continuous improvement and best practice across project delivery
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget

Essential Requirements

• Previous experience as a Project Manager or Senior Site Agent within civil engineering
• Experience delivering highways, infrastructure, utilities, flood alleviation, or general civil engineering projects
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong commercial awareness and project planning abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment
• SMSTS qualification
• CSCS Card
• Relevant Civil Engineering qualification (HNC, HND, or Degree preferred)
• Full UK Driving Licence

What’s on Offer?

• Competitive salary of £60,000–£70,000 depending on experience
• Comprehensive company package
• Long-term pipeline of secured infrastructure projects
• Excellent career progression opportunities
• Opportunity to work on technically challenging civil engineering schemes across the South West

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Abbie or Jo on 01752 421888, or apply today with your CV.

Sphere Solutions are a leading recruitment specialist in the construction and engineering sectors, matching top talent with the region’s leading contractors.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience. We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces — regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.

Small Works Manager

Location: Exeter
Salary: £65,000–£70,000 + Package
Type: Permanent, Full-Time

About the Role

Sphere Solutions are currently seeking a dynamic and experienced Small Works Manager to join a rapidly growing regional contractor in Exeter.

This is a unique opportunity to establish and lead a newly created Small Works division, taking ownership of its growth, profitability, and long-term success. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of the business, building a team, developing client relationships, and securing new opportunities across the South West.

If you have a strong background in small works management and the ambition to lead an entire business unit, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing Small Works team
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients
• Identify, tender for, and secure new projects and business opportunities
• Oversee projects through the full lifecycle, from pre-construction to completion
• Set team objectives, monitor performance, and review project delivery
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards
• Manage Health & Safety compliance across all projects
• Resolve contractual issues and support successful commercial outcomes
• Lead recruitment, training, and development of the Small Works team
• Take ownership of the division’s operational and financial performance

About You

• Proven experience managing small works or minor construction projects
• Strong network of industry contacts and potential clients
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams and contracts
• Experience with profit and loss (P&L) responsibility
• Strong commercial awareness and business development skills
• Relevant construction management qualifications
• Full UK Driving Licence

What’s on Offer?

• Salary of £65,000–£70,000, depending on experience
• Company car or car allowance
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Private medical insurance
• Opportunity to establish and grow a new business division
• Long-term career progression within a growing regional contractor

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Jo on 01752 421888, or apply today with your CV.

Sphere Solutions are a leading recruitment specialist in the construction and engineering sectors, matching top talent with the region’s leading contractors.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience. We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces — regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.

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Groundworker

Location: Cornwall
Salary: £16.00 per hour
Type: Permanent, Full-Time (40 hours per week)

About the Role

Are you an experienced Groundworker looking for a secure, permanent role with a growing and forward-thinking contractor?

We are working with one of the UK’s leading providers of property maintenance, refurbishment, and retrofit services to recruit a Groundworker to join their team covering the Cornwall area.

Working within the Social Housing and Public Sector, you’ll carry out a wide variety of groundwork and external maintenance works, helping to improve homes and communities across the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out all aspects of groundwork on domestic and social housing properties
• Remove, repair, and relay paving, slabs, and flagstones
• Prepare and lay new concrete paths, ramps, and footings
• Excavate trenches, holes, and foundations as required
• Identify and rectify defects to external groundworks
• Operate hand tools and light machinery safely and efficiently
• Ensure all work complies with health and safety regulations
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organised working environment
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and other trades to deliver projects on time
• Provide excellent customer service when working in occupied properties

About You

• Proven experience as a Groundworker
• Experience working on construction sites and domestic properties
• Ability to carry out physically demanding work
• Good understanding of Health & Safety procedures
• Full UK Driving Licence
• IT literate

What’s on Offer?

• Hourly rate of £16.00 per hour based on a 40-hour working week
• Enhanced rate when participating in the on-call rota
• Company van and fuel card
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual tool allowance
• Retail and lifestyle discount platform
• Employee wellbeing programme and counselling support
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities
• Recognition and reward schemes
• Permanent, full-time employment with a growing national contractor

Additional Information

• Employees are subject to background, identity, and security checks
• A clean UK driving licence (or a maximum of 3 penalty points) is preferred due to insurance requirements
• Participation in an on-call rota is required, with an enhanced rate paid while on call

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Abbie or Jo on 01752 421888, or apply today with your CV.

Sphere Solutions are a leading recruitment specialist in the construction and engineering sectors, matching top talent with the region’s leading contractors.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience. We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces — regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.

Plumber

Location: Cornwall
Salary: £17.00 per hour
Type: Permanent, Full-Time (40 hours per week)

About the Role

Are you an experienced Plumber looking for a permanent role with a growing and forward-thinking contractor?

We are working with one of the UK’s leading providers of property maintenance, refurbishment, and retrofit services to recruit a Plumber to join their team covering the Cornwall area on a reactive maintenance basis.

As a Plumber, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality plumbing works across occupied and void social housing properties. From diagnosing faults to completing installations and repairs, you’ll play a key role in maintaining homes to the highest standards while providing excellent customer service.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out plumbing inspections and diagnose faults within residential properties
• Repair and replace defective plumbing systems, including pipework, taps, toilets, sinks, radiators, and water heaters
• Install new plumbing fixtures and systems where required
• Complete plumbing works within void properties to prepare homes for new tenants
• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance works
• Ensure all work complies with current Building Regulations, Water Regulations, and Health & Safety legislation
• Liaise with tenants, colleagues, subcontractors, and housing teams to ensure work is completed efficiently
• Maintain accurate records of completed works and materials used
• Deliver excellent customer service while working within occupied homes
• Ensure work is completed safely, on time, and to a high standard

About You

• NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 in Plumbing (or equivalent)
• Proven experience as a Plumber within residential or property maintenance environments
• Strong understanding of current Building Regulations and Health & Safety requirements
• Excellent fault-finding and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and manage your own workload
• Full UK Driving Licence
• IT literate

What’s on Offer?

• Hourly rate of up to £17.00 per hour
• Company van and fuel card
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual tool allowance
• Life assurance cover
• Retail and lifestyle discount platform
• Employee wellbeing programme and counselling services
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Ongoing training and career development
• Recognition and reward schemes
• Permanent, full-time employment with a growing national contractor

Additional Information

• Employees are subject to background, identity, and security checks
• A clean UK driving licence (or a maximum of 3 penalty points) is preferred due to insurance requirements
• Participation in an on-call rota is required, with an enhanced rate paid while on call

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Abbie or Jo on 01752 421888, or apply today with your CV.

Sphere Solutions are a leading recruitment specialist in the construction and engineering sectors, matching top talent with the region’s leading contractors.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As a recruitment agency, we are committed to promoting inclusive opportunities on behalf of our clients. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those from under-represented communities.

If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll work with you and the client to ensure a fair and supportive experience. We aim to represent employers who foster respectful, inclusive, and collaborative workplaces — regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or background.