The
engineering skills
landscape
We’re continuously recruiting new talent at VVB, and now the industry is facing a skills shortage, building this talent pipeline has never been so important. Here’s what our team’s skillset looks like, what we’re doing to continuously improve, and how it compares to the wider engineering industry.
VVB’s workforce
Safety, sustainability and wellbeing
The industry
VVB’s workforce
VVB’s workforce
Skills and growth at VVB
500 years smart
Over 500 years of experience among our PAYE employees
Operating UK-wide
Over 20 live projects across the UK
In industry networks
23% of the workforce are IET members
Serious about skills
Sponsored qualifications qualifications include ILM, NVQ and and NEBOSH’
Invested in growth
12% of the workforce is on sponsored training
Paths to progression
Annual apprenticeship, graduates and work placement scheme
Safety, sustainability and wellbeing
Safety, sustainability and wellbeing
What does safety, sustainability and wellbeing look like at VVB?
Caring about quality
310% increase in proactive quality observations
Train to gain
2,594 hours of training completed
Working best together
22% of new starters are from ethnic minority groups
Modern values win
28.5% of the senior leadership team is female or from ethnic minority groups
Looking after people
Launched a wellbeing platform for all employees
Treating our team
511 perkbox perks used. From our 2021 Safe, Sustainable & Wellbeing Performance Review.
The industry
The industry
Skills and growth across engineering and construction
Short on skills
45% of engineering companies experience skills gaps within their internal workforce (The IET)
Experiencing technical issues
71% of the engineering workforce attribute internal skills gaps to missing engineering or technical skills (The IDC)
Sustainability falling short
15% have the skills they need to grow energy and environmental sustainability, the second most cited area for growth (The IDC)
Growing gender diversity
33% of engineering companies have taken action to improve the gender diversity of their engineering/technical workforce (The IET)
Representation in recruitment
30% have taken action to improve the ethnic diversity of their engineering/technical workforce (The IET)
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