R. Benson has been supporting Women into Construction since 2014 and is committed to encouraging more women to join our industry. We have recently created two new full-time opportunities for women who have been introduced to us by Women into Construction.
Our latest recruit is Holly Thorne who joined us in December initially on a two-week work placement. Holly has recently completed her Level 2 in Property Maintenance and was excited to explore the opportunities available to her. During her placement, she shadowed our Site Managers and trades team whilst also spending time in the office assisting our RLOs. Our team was so impressed with her enthusiasm during her work placement that we offered her a full-time position. Holly would ultimately like to be a Site Manager and she is working alongside our Barnet Homes team to learn all aspects of the business. We look forward to supporting Holly as her career progresses.
Holly Thorne, says “I have a real passion for construction and decided to study this at College. When I left college, I felt stuck and didn’t know what direction to turn to. Women in Construction helped me find a two-week work placement with R. Benson’s and I was fortunate enough to be given this short time to build on my skills and gain experience. On this placement I learned how R. Benson’s functioned as a business, this was really encouraging to see how passionate they were about their work and helping the wider community.
On completion of my two-week placement I reflected on my time and was sad for it to come to an end. Fortunately, I had made an impression in my short time and R. Benson’s offered me a full-time position. Since coming on board I have been made to feel welcome, supported, and encouraged. I have been made to feel like a key person within the team and this in turn has encouraged my confidence to grow and aid my learning in taking on new tasks.”
We currently have a number of apprenticeship opportunities and vacancies for Trades, Site Managers, Quantity Surveyors, RLOs and Administrators. If you are interested in joining our friendly, growing business then send your CV to info@rbensons.co.uk.
Previous construction experience is not essential for many of the roles as full training can be provided. Enthusiasm and a desire to deliver an amazing experience to our clients and their residents is essential!
We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to encouraging more women to join our Industry.
About Us
Established in 1991, we are a family run company providing construction services for social housing, education, private and heritage sectors. We pride ourselves on the personal service we provide to each of our partners and the level of repeat business we receive.
As a principal contractor we directly employ over 120 tradespeople and offer a full range of construction, roofing, planned works and insurance services. Our current projects include:
We work in partnership with clients to develop a bespoke solution for each project. We resource our projects using our experienced in-house teams and are Gas Safe Registered, NIC EIC Approved and accredited with NHBC, Competent Roofer and National Federation of Roofing Contractors.