{"id":690,"date":"2026-08-26T08:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/?page_id=690"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:21:48","slug":"construction-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/?page_id=690","title":{"rendered":"Construction Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"690\" class=\"elementor elementor-690\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eeb0cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eeb0cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9f466b\" data-id=\"f9f466b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-518d06f white-heading career-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"518d06f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"career-content\">\n\n<h3>Qualifications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n  <li>BEng (Hons) Computer Systems Engineering<\/li>\n  <li>BSc (Hons) Construction Management<\/li>\n  <li>On Construction Domestic Energy Assessor (OCDEA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Route<\/h3>\n<ul>\n  <li>A-Levels<\/li>\n  <li>2004 \u2013 Computer Systems Engineering Degree<\/li>\n  <li>2007 \u2013 Construction Management Degree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e59ebac\" data-id=\"e59ebac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c65aab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c65aab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-674\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ab9d02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ab9d02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-edadf3b\" data-id=\"edadf3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ef0b3 white-heading career-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ef0b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"career-content\">\n\n<h3>Career Path<\/h3>\n\n<p>Whilst studying for my A-Levels I was swept along with the crowd completing my UCAS application form for Computer Systems Engineering Degree courses \u2013 it was something I enjoyed and was already good at. I was successful in getting into Brunel University, and spent the next three years learning more about computer systems and electronics, and to be honest without much of a plan for what to do when I graduated.<\/p>\n\n<p>With the end of the course and graduation looming I realised that I needed to decide what\u2019s next! Do I move away from Norfolk and continue on the path I\u2019m on, or do I come back to Norfolk and the family firm and pursue a career in construction?<\/p>\n\n<p>I had always enjoyed getting stuck in at the office helping out during school and university holidays, and knew deep down that if I wanted to move forward in construction I needed a change of path; joining the team in Honingham without first gaining some construction knowledge wasn\u2019t an option available to me, and neither would I have wanted it to be.<\/p>\n\n<p>The final year at Brunel was quite intense, and the thought of three more years of education was not an attractive proposition!<\/p>\n\n<p>I chose to apply to Anglia Ruskin University who offered Construction Management on both a HND and Degree pathway with a common first year. It wasn\u2019t long before I was convinced by the lecturing team to swap to the Degree pathway, which is a decision I don\u2019t regret.<\/p>\n\n<p>When I returned to the family business in 2007 after completing my Construction Management Degree I initially started working with our Estimators and Surveyors, sending out enquiries, pricing some smaller projects and then taking some of these through to completion preparing monthly valuations undertaking the post contract surveying role.<\/p>\n\n<p>A vacancy in our purchasing dept opened an opportunity to move sideways and purchase materials, and negotiate sub contract packages with the supply chain, a role I undertook for a number of years.<\/p>\n\n<p>As the business grew so did the workload so we took on a young person through the Building Futures in Norwich initiative to train up as an assistant buyer. In the fullness of time this person took on the buying role entirely, which allowed me to focus on the overall managing the pre-contract process, and bid-writing.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Current Role<\/h3>\n<p>Director<\/p>\n\n<h3>Salary Range<\/h3>\n\n<h3>Typical Day<\/h3>\n\n<p>Every day is different! Which is the great thing about a career in the construction industry.<\/p>\n\n<p>Writing a quality submission, monitoring the workload of the estimators and surveyors, meeting with prospective clients on site, delivering social value in connection with projects.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Things I wish I\u2019d known<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff8ce9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ff8ce9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith-1024x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-674\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jonathan-smith.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a7ee1f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-427 elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4a7ee1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/careers\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"Layer_2\" viewBox=\"0 0 58.69 83.65\"><g id=\"Layer_1-2\"><path id=\"Path_92\" d=\"M57.27,0L0,28.86l.47,27.89,58.22,26.9-.35-20.44L14.15,42.8l43.48-21.41-.36-21.39Z\" style=\"fill:#fd5c23;\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">BACK TO CAREERS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":674,"parent":404,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-690","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/690\/revisions\/694"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ce.sitenote.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}