EMCOR Group (UK) Invests In Graduate Leaders Of The Future

16th January 2012

 

EMCOR's latest graduate scheme is designed to specifically train graduates in its facilities management business; pictured here is Matthew Shaw, 22 - who has a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Plymouth - being welcomed to the team by Keith Chanter, CEO at EMCOR Group (UK).

With youth unemployment in the UK now over one million*, facilities management provider EMCOR Group (UK) is enhancing its practical commitment to providing young people in Britain with support. EMCOR is investing in the future of its workforce, having launched a graduate scheme designed to identify facilities managers of the future. The scheme is the first time EMCOR has offered a programme specifically to train graduates in its facilities management business.

 

Commenting on the scheme, Keith Chanter, CEO of EMCOR Group (UK) said: "EMCOR UK is delighted to be launching this initiative aimed at developing the next generation of facilities managers. The scheme reflects our ongoing commitment to inspiring young people and is designed to attract and grow talent. These graduates join our nationwide team that is focused on meeting our customers' evolving requirements. In such a challenging economic climate, it is really tough for young people, including graduates, to find a job and we would urge other businesses to take similar action by increasing the number of opportunities they offer young people. We believe that now is a key time to invest in the future to enhance the skills capability in our industry."

 

The first applicants who earned places on the scheme are following the BIFM Certificate in FM programme and are being rotated across a number of EMCOR's main divisions. The graduates will work with a selection of EMCOR UK's clients, gaining experience in a variety of highly diverse workplace environments, working for some of the UK's most prestigious private and public sector organisations. Each will spend time working within business development, operations, project management, HR and Health and Safety, ensuring the broadest exposure to all aspects of the business. Throughout their time on the two year training programme, they will receive guidance and help from specifically assigned coaches and mentors to ensure they have every chance to become part of the future leadership of EMCOR UK.

 

Andrew Mellor, 24, who has a BSc (Honours) degree in Building Surveying from Sheffield Hallam University, commented: "Since joining EMCOR UK I've had a great general introduction to the company, and in the coming weeks I'm going to be involved in learning about how to deliver both operational and cost efficiencies. In a short amount of time I've had the opportunity to work within some amazing organisations and get experience of EMCOR's collaborative working relationships with its customers."

 

Mark Treeby, 24, a graduate with a BA in Business Administration from the University of Portsmouth, commented: "It is brilliant to have been given this opportunity with EMCOR UK. I am enjoying gaining experience of the commercial side of business, and I am looking forward to my continued studies and development on the scheme."

 

Headquartered in Kew, EMCOR UK provides facilities management and engineering services to a diverse range of private and public sector organisations.

 

EMCOR UK accepts graduate applications all year; however the graduate intake is normally between the months of August and October each year. For further information, please visit http://careers.emcoruk.com.

 

Media Contacts

For further press information please contact:

Kathryn Morgan • T: 020 7529 1724 • E: kathryn.morgan@ppsgroup.co.uk
Kirsty Mair • T: 020 7529 1737 • E: kirsty.mair@ppsgroup.co.uk

 

* Department for Education, http://www.education.gov.uk

 

Notes to editors

 

About EMCOR Group (UK)

With over 100 years experience in the UK market, EMCOR Group (UK) plc provides engineering services, facilities management and sustainable business solutions for a diverse range of private and public sector organisations, through its two businesses --- EMCOR Engineering Services and EMCOR Facilities Services. EMCOR Group (UK) plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500 company with estimated 2011 revenues of ~$5.5B. EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services. A leading provider of critical infrastructure systems, EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments---such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems---in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations and government. EMCOR represents a rare combination of broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations. The ~26,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst the "World's Most Admired" and "Best Managed". EMCOR's diversity---in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans---has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results. The Company's strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry.

 

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