Bouygues Construction Awarded Top Employer Certification For All Locations in Europe

Bouygues Construction Recognised as a Certified Top Employer 2019

Bouygues Construction has been officially recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer 2019 for excellence in employee conditions.

Organisations certified as Top Employers dedicate themselves to providing the very best working environment for employees through their progressive ‘people-first’ HR practices.  

What it means to be a Top Employer

Bouygues Construction United Kingdom’s evaluation highlighted three major strengths in the topics of Leadership Development, Learning & Development and Culture.

Martin Schulz, HR Director Bouygues Construction United Kingdom, spoke further on what it means to be a Top Employer, saying:  

“At Bouygues Construction United Kingdom, we believe that our employees are at the heart of the company’s performance. We have worked hard to further develop our HR practices, information systems and tools which will improve the wellbeing, fulfilment and growth of our employees. Receiving the Top Employer certification recognises this effort and will help us to better attract, retain and develop our talent in the years to come”.
 

About the Certification Programme

The HR Best Practice Survey encompasses over 100 questions which cover 600 ‘People Development’ practices across 10 topics: Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, On-boarding, Learning & Development, Performance Management, Leadership Development, Career & Succession Management, Compensation & Benefits and Culture. The Top Employers Institute evaluates the implementation of these HR practices and reviews how they are supported through Strategy, Ownership, Practices, Measurement and Technology.  

CEO of Top Employers Institute, David Plink says that “We believe that the 2019 certified organisations demonstrate exceptional employee conditions and encourage the development of these practices by putting their people first. These companies help enrich the world of work with their outstanding dedication to HR excellence and because of this, they are recognised as an employer of choice”
 

About Bouygues Construction

Bouygues Construction is a global player in construction, energy and services with operations in more than 80 countries. It designs, builds and operates projects in the sectors of building, infrastructure and industry. As a responsible and committed leader in sustainable construction, its shared innovation benefits its customers while improving its productivity and the working conditions of its 47,350 employees globally. 

Operating in the UK for over 20 years, Bouygues Construction United Kingdom has progressively grown its businesses in the sectors of:

• Building: property development (Linkcity and Uliving), construction (Bouygues UK) and facilities management (Bouygues Energies & Services)
• Infrastructure: civil engineering (Bouygues Travaux Publics), post tensioning (VSL), utilities and transport (Bouygues Energies & Services)
• Industry: process engineering (Bouygues Energies & Services)

In 2017, Bouygues Construction generated £1.1bn in the UK, employing over 4,000 people.