Our workforce is supported by our apprenticeship programme. We take pride in the fact that our apprentices make up 13% of our workforce, well above the industry average of 4%. This is evidence of our commitment to improving lives and creating opportunities for people inside and outside our organisation. We prioritise recruiting locally, creating jobs in the communities we work.
Early Careers
Early Stage Careers and Apprenticeships
Traditional routes and career paths are not always suitable for those looking to explore the industry. Our approach provides people with genuine experience of earning while learning, with the help and support of experienced assigned mentors. Working with the team on-site or in an office-based role, you can make a positive difference to the quality of people’s lives and support progress towards net zero.
We believe that people should be provided with genuine choice. Our Early-Stage Careers Programme gives interested candidates several options for getting involved and finding a rewarding place in our organisation.
Talent Training and Development
In addition to running our apprenticeship programme, we look to identify and nurture talent within the group, offering a variety of training and development opportunities.
We partner with higher and further education establishments to support work experience and skills development.
By regularly engaging with schools, colleges and social enterprises, we aim to promote the benefits and importance of energy efficiency measures, residential decarbonisation and UK Net Zero targets.
We provide our employees and our supply chain partners with opportunities to enrol onto training courses; to retrain, upskill and gain new qualifications. In the past year, 70% of our workforce have gained recognised new skills. This demonstrates our efforts to nurture internal talent. We give our people the opportunity to grow and be promoted from within, including appointments at every level of seniority.
What’s more, we have seen 75% of our employees enrolled onto vocational courses, encouraging growth and development in all we do.
Diversifying the Workforce
Our goal of diversifying our workforce is more than a statement on paper. We champion and celebrate women in construction; they make up 26% of our workforce, and we continue to lead the way in diversifying and embracing change in the workplace. Unusually by industry standards, we have an equal number of female and male apprentices in our teams.
