We want to recruit and retain the best employees in the industry. That’s why we are always working to develop new initiatives to drive engagement and improve the working culture;

Some of our latest initiatives include:

• Employee surveys and People forums to ensure we are always listening to what our colleagues think
• A ‘day in the life of’ job shadowing scheme, performance appraisals for our mobile workers and redesigning our management and leadership development programmes to ensure our people go further in their careers
• Improving our induction process, employee policies and benefits to make sure people get the most out of working with us
• Armed forces covenants and mental health awareness campaigns to make sure our people are well looked after

Training and development is a key part of our people strategy to create a culture of continuous learning:

• We want everyone across the business to be able to fulfil their potential at work, by taking on new challenges and developing their careers.
• We attract, recruit, develop and retain talented people with the integrity needed to lead our business into the future.
• We actively promote lifelong learning for our people’s professional and personal lives.
• We help people to learn as much as they can about the Group and our activities.
• We provide the knowledge and training people need to carry out their responsibilities to the best of their ability.
• We encourage innovation and creative solutions, constantly searching and pursuing best practice, efficiency, and excellence in our operations.

We are committed to ensuring that our employees are rewarded for their work. We believe that the success of our business is down to the fantastic teams that keep our operations running day in and day out. We offer:

• Competitive rates of pay that are benchmarked to be industry leading
• Site specific bonus schemes to directly link reward to exceptional performance
• A Company Pension Scheme and a minimum28 days holiday per year
• Full company uniform
• Save-As-You-Earn employee share save scheme
• 20% discount from Stobart Club and Shop merchandise
• Free parking, discounted stays at the Holiday Inn Hotel, and free access to the Skylife Lounge at London Southend Airport