Atkins again named one of UK’s best employers - 09 March 2009
Atkins has once again been named one of the 20 Best Big Companies To Work For by the Sunday Times (8 March 2009), the biggest survey of workplace engagement in the UK.
Atkins came 10th in the 2009 list of the country’s best big employers following a confidential and independent survey involving 2,600 of its UK staff. This is the fifth consecutive year Atkins has been named among the top firms, with the company climbing three places from last year’s listing.
The survey looks at companies with more than 5,000 staff in the UK, and measures key factors to creating a great workplace. One of the questions asked respondents if their ‘organisation made a positive difference to the world that we live in’. The answers from Atkins’ staff were extremely positive, earning the company the second highest ranking on this question.
Alun Griffiths, Atkins’ Group HR director, commented: “We are thrilled to have been recognised again by the Sunday Times, especially given the increasingly competitive nature of the survey. Our success is a reflection of the hard work we put in to ensure Atkins is a tremendous company to work for, but it is essential that we keep striving to get even better.”
The Sunday Times research placed Atkins among other leading names in the business world, including major accountancy, financial services and retailing firms.
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For more information:
Ben Thompson
Head of PR +44 (0) 1372 752897 / +44 (0) 7901 977869
ben.thompson@atkinsglobal.com
Notes to editors:
Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) is a multinational engineering and design consultancy, providing expertise to help resolve complex challenges presented by the built and natural environment. Atkins is the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe, the largest engineering consultancy in both the UK and the Middle East, and the UK's second largest architecture firm.
Atkins’ current projects include:
• Major infrastructure works, such as design and programme management of the civil works for the Dubai Metro red and green lines;
• In the defence sector, the MoD’s Future Rapid Effects System (FRES) programme – overseeing the development of the next generation of medium weight armoured vehicles for the military;
• Significant road contracts, such as a £150 million, five-year integrated contract for Gloucestershire County Council, delivering highway maintenance, design, emergency response, winter maintenance, re-surfacing and recycling;
• Key rail projects, including a £65 million, three-year resignalling contract in Basingstoke; and
• High profile designs, such as Durrat Al Bahrain, a spectacular 20 sq km resort for 45,000 people on the south coast of Bahrain, comprising 13 man-made islands.
Atkins won Engineering Consultant of the Year 2008 at the prestigious Building Awards. The company was named among the 20 Best Big Companies to Work For 2009 by The Sunday Times; The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2008; and The Times Top 50 Companies Where Women Want to Work 2008. The company was construction sector winner for the third consecutive year in the Target National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2008.
Atkins is the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.