BUILDING PERFORMANCE AWARDS AECOM
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We need to stay focused on emerging markets because that is where the business will grow Mike Burton
think the next 20 years will bring? ‘We need to stay focused on emerging markets because that is where the business will grow,’ he says. It will also be important for the company to successfully integrate with the new businesses it is continuing to acquire. ‘We’ve just merged with Davis Langdon, so it is important we integrate properly, both to benefit from their expertise in cost management, and to use those skills to become the best all-round engineers and project managers,’ he says.
School leavers’ first steps
Aecom’s search for precocious and talented engineers is helped by its proactive recruitment programme and, in particular, its Step initiative. This innovative programme is designed to attract talented school leavers to the sector by enabling them ‘to earn while learning’.
The programme is targeted at two groups: post-GCSE students and post A-level students. The post-GCSE students work four days a week at Aecom and spend the fifth
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day training for an NVQ or HNC, which could lead to a university degree. Post A-level students will primarily be those attending university and will gain valuable work experience at Aecom during their gap year. Step is one part of a comprehensive training commitment. Commendably, the company’s investment in training has increased in recent years so that Aecom now spends 6% of its turnover on staff development.
After joining the company,
young engineers can take advantage of the Guide programme.
This initiative has been introduced to help engineers obtain recognition from their relevant professional institution, such as CIBSE, through a programme of work- based learning to help them develop professionally. ‘If you joined as an electrical engineer, then we’ve put in place a career path and training programme for that specific discipline,’ Burton explains.
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The biggest change, however, will be more fundamental. With the increased adoption and growing sophistication of BIM, the design process will become more automated. As a result, Burton anticipates Aecom’s
role evolving from design engineer to design advisor. ‘Our role will become more of a consultancy or advisory role in looking after projects,’ he says. An indication, perhaps, of how much the award-winning consultant has changed and how it will continue to change in the future. CJ
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