People

It is vital that we recruit, develop and retain the best people, ensuring they are engaged with AMEC and committed to the company’s success.

During 2011, we made the following progress towards our Vision 2015 goals:

• Over 8,000 gross new hires, of whom almost 3,000 were recruited to work on UK North Sea projects
• Record number of new graduates hired (c. 280)
• More than 200 people returned to AMEC as a result of the alumni programme; nearly 500 joiners were referred by AMEC employees
• Over 25,000 people have now benefited from the AMEC Academy development programmes since launch
• Latest global employee survey shows employee engagement remains good
• Strong HSSE performance: 15 lost time incidents compared with 22 in 2010; lowest ever total recordable injury frequency rate, at 0.37 per 200,000 exposure hours
• Around one-third of our people participate in AMEC share ownership schemes. The 2011 sharesave scheme was again fully subscribed.