Opportunities for Armed Forces - Vistry Group Careers

Together we make Vistry.

If you served in the forces, you have already lived and breathed all our values. The similarities and synergy between military work and construction mean that when you join us, you’re transferring your skills and mindset into a career that offers excitement, familiarity and new challenges. Even if you don’t have all the skills just yet, all we need is your attitude because we’ll invest in you with training, support and mentorship.

We’re proud to be signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant; the Group is committed to ensuring that you and your family are treated with respect and fairness. As well as backing the Social Mobility Pledge, which helps under-represented parts of the community through outreach, access and recruitment, we also work with Buildforce and Salute My Job to support your transition from a military career to construction. For our commitment and effort, we received the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award in 2019.

What we do

We offer careers, not just jobs. And these are promising, fulfilling careers that could see you step into Site Management or Health & Safety – or even Sales or Customer Service. We make impactful change in the communities where we build homes, so everyone plays their part. Wherever your skills and attitude align best, there’s a place for you at Vistry.
How we work

Many of our roles are on-site, though you could enjoy flexible, agile working depending on your desired business area. We have a forces-friendly culture that offers structure, process and possibility while achieving our goals and working within an environment where teamwork helps us thrive. We have a dedicated Military Network so you can buddy up with someone to get extra support when you need it. And we offer opportunities for Civilian Work Attachments so that you can gain sector-specific work experience in one of our roles using your Graduated Resettlement Time (GRT) allowance.
Our values and who we are

Vistry Group’s values align with yours: integrity, caring and quality. As veterans, you can utilise your attitude to make things happen and overcome challenges. Positive, disciplined and goal-driven, we work as a team to adapt to new environments and support each other. For ex-forces Vistry colleagues, our high standards are comforting, and with our guidance, you’ll quickly adapt to the role, learn new skills and use your current skillset. We support staff members who choose to be members of the Reserve forces.

Armed Forced commitments

Armed Forced Covenant

The Covenant supports serving personnel, service leavers, veterans, and their families.

Are you ready to start making Vistry?

There is a career opportunity waiting for you with lots of support and training bespoke to your role and ambition. With Vistry Group, there is real scope for career progression and promotion because we focus on learning and development to make sure our people succeed. With more than 20 ex-military mentors in our team, there’s someone to talk to via careers@vistrygroup.co.uk who can offer you guidance and advice.

To show our appreciation for all our teams do, we offer a range of financial, lifestyle and health and wellbeing benefits. You’ll receive generous annual leave (28 days plus bank holidays), Pension, Life Assurance and the opportunity to join ShareSave and Share Incentive Plan schemes. We also offer family-friendly policies, staff purchase discount on a new home, health insurance, an employee assistance programme, and retail, gym and wellbeing discounts. Finally, there’s a discretionary annual bonus scheme and cash awards for long service to recognise your contribution to Vistry. There’s much, much more on offer too. Take a look at our Reward, Recognition and Wellbeing page to learn more.

Are you ready to progress through our construction community? Search our vacancies to learn more and apply.

Organisations we work with

Career Transition Partnership

The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) is committed to building effective and collaborative relationships with organisations in order to support their recruitment needs, and to provide Service leavers with career pathways and job opportunities to ensure successful outcomes as they transition between the military and civilian life.

BuildForce

BuildForce are a construction industry programme, who support our service leaver and veteran community, from the Royal Air Force, British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Marines, transition into trade and professional careers within industry.

Building Heroes

Building Heroes is the gateway to second careers in construction for service leavers, veterans and their families. We remove the barriers of time, and money and provide welfare support and training leading to national job opportunities.