15 May, 2007 Manchester

International Skills Links Workshop

Dr Tim MannersDr Tim Manners

“Utilising skills across a boundaryless company” – examples

from Jacobs Ltd

Overview

Presentation Objectives Jacobs - The Company Jacobs – The Skills Challenge Jacobs - Core Values Resource Deployment – the process Examples of exploiting overseas skills Jacobs Graduate Scheme Jacobs Employment Philosophy Nuclear skills - the future Nuclear Training Conclusions

Objectives

Outline Jacobs the company Arrangements for resource management Why you need to manage deployment

The Company

Jacobs Global “Boundaryless” Company 45000 staff worldwide 4500 UK staff Revenue ~ $8B Diverse Markets inc. Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals,

Defence

Our Personnel Worldwide as of July 2005

4077

23560

139

8030

1445

161

Jacobs – The Skills Challenge

Co-ordinating work Finding the right resource Are they available? Risks

Client programmes force the use of sub-contractors Unaware of resource capability/availability Work retention leading to delays

Jacobs Core Values

Growth Relationship Based People

Resource Deployment

Boundaryless company Project manager alerts his line manager Senior manager (GVP) puts a call out to identify skill,

availability and location Individual identified by management recommendation

How do you organise work in such a large company? Forums and Networks, IT system, CV database Flexible approach to deployment and will cross pollinate staff to

meet client needs

Recent Success

Examples Ken Powers (US) and Dick Davis (US) Dick was identified as a suitable candidate to head up the

integrated project Team for managing agency work at AWE (2 year deployment)

Ken Powers brought in from the US to change the culture at Hinkley A

Both very successful deployments International Exchange Programme (embryonic) European Exchange Initiative (embryonic)

Nuclear Skills – The Future

Huge nuclear clean up in the UK Prospect of new nuclear build

Commercial Power Reactors Waste Storage Facilities

Where are the new home grown nuclear engineers going to come from?

British Energy and BNFL run Apprenticeship Schemes UKAEA run Apprenticeship schemes at Culham and Dounreay Graduate programmes across the nuclear industry in the UK Still have to rely on skills from overseas in the future

Jacobs Graduate Scheme

3 year scheme aligned to Professional registration 12 key skills:

Communication Working with others Computer literacy Problem solving Contractual practice Project management Risk management Financial management Health and safety Quality management Time management Environmental awareness

Jacobs Employment Philosophy

90% of work comes from repeat business from loyal clients Combination of loyal client base and steady growth allows us to

attract the industry’s top talent Encourage our employees to improve their expertise:

Jacobs college Continuous education Boundaryless networking

Substantial effort focussed on employee retention Flexible approach to staff deployment

Nuclear Training

Some of the British Universities offering degrees in nuclear engineering: University of Bath University of Birmingham University of Cambridge City University Imperial College University of Liverpool Manchester University University of Surrey Lancaster University Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre

Conclusions

Jacobs is a worldwide company with a vast skills range It is a boundaryless company which actively manages the

deployment of its workforce Process starts with attracting, recruiting and retaining the best

staff The process of deploying staff from overseas is initiated by

Project Managers and co-ordinated by Senior Management – in practice the process is very effective