COMPANY CULTURE & PRACTICE

Many of our core team members have worked within our current clients’ teams so with our experience we know and understand the sorts of projects we need to deliver. This knowledge is being shared between all team members.

Through careful sharing of responsibilities, we encourage and supervise all team members to get involved in as many aspects of a project and to interact with as many of the key stakeholders as possible. This boosts not only their understanding of the industry, helping grow their career and also their communication skills.

The strategy underpins our identity as a company, our recruitment policy, and our core values. Rather than focussing on skills alone, our recruitment process is person-centred, exploring what candidates can add to the team.

Actively participate in regular webinars encompassing topics such as mental health & wellbeing and training in unconscious bias.

A diverse team, only 30% self-identify as White British. We enjoy hosting different ‘Lunches from Around the World’ sessions where different cuisines are enjoyed by all who wish to take part.

Monthly business update meetings and company overview meetings which include presentations by team members and a high-level overview of our projects, updates on company progress and the open discussion of risks and challenges.

Regular employee representative meetings to identify problems and promote employee health and wellbeing.

Monthly newsletters to the team that include highlight of the month, new joiners, announcements, reminders, project updates, Social and Cultural events.

Workshops are conducted throughout the year to enhance performance and foster collaboration.

An open platform employee engagement survey to encourage safe and honest sharing of how our team members feel about working at WCS and suggest new ways we can improve and grow.

Links with local organisations that supporting hard to reach communities and local young people to ensure they have access to work and learning opportunities. WCS is committed to supporting, developing, and enabling young people from all backgrounds to access work experience opportunities.

Through strong connections with local schools and universities, we attend networking sessions, school career fairs and deliver presentations to the pupils on STEM learning days. We also provide taster days, school engagement events and mentorship programmes to ensure we can reach and attract a wide range of people into the engineering sector.

Currently, 44% of our senior leadership team is female.

Involved with The Women’s Engineering Society’s campaign, “WES Lottie Tour”, inspiring and encouraging young girls (and boys) to consider a career in engineering.

Always organising different social activities and events that help build team spirit, collaboration and understanding.

Minimum 2 team engagement days per year which include workshops and sports activities, where the whole company can get together including both offices and our remote working teams.

Regular Team get-togethers for board games and sports activities in and around the office.