Employee Development
We are committed to a culture of employee development, providing unique and award-winning programs, resources, and mentorship to our employees.
- We rank eighth on the list of “North America’s Top Companies for Leaders” an honor recognized by global human resources firm Hewitt Associates along with FORTUNE magazine, and The RBL Group. Other companies on the list include General Electric, Procter & Gamble, and IBM*.
- Our leadership practices have been benchmarked by the American Productivity and Quality Center. We join the ranks with Caterpillar, PepsiCo, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and Cisco.
- We received the CII Professional Development Award. The award by the Construction Industry Institute—a leading consortium of more than 100 public and private firms in our industry—was given in recognition of our industry-leading workforce development program.
- In 2006 we invested $61 million in employee education and training, including 1.5 million hours of technical, safety, project-management, and leadership training.
- Over the past four years, the training investment adds up to more than $220 million.
- We also offer mentoring programs, stretch assignments, an 18-month to two year rotational program for recent college graduates, extensive talent assessments, and career planning.
Exceptional employee-development efforts are also recognized through our distinguished Eagle Awards program – Washington Division’s annual recognition program for honoring some of the finest performances and programs in our company.
*Awards earned by Washington Division before its acquisition by URS Corporation.
