Everyone Belongs

WE'RE NOT ALL THE SAME AND THAT'S OUR GREATEST STRENGTH.

Join us in UK & Europe and you join over 9,000 people from a multitude of different cultures and backgrounds. Our goal is to make sure that every single person feels included, valued, and has equal opportunity. We aim to provide a supportive environment and be sensitive to individual needs and ambitions. We integrate the essence of belonging and the power of difference into all of our working practices and projects, and these principles are central to our culture.

You won’t just experience these values inside the business. You’ll also inspire the world around you – through more accessible and sustainable design.

Whether it’s our Getting Home Safely initiative, improving safety for women in public spaces, or prioritising accessibility in infrastructure development, we’re designing places that are more sensitive to human differences – in ability, language, culture, gender, age, and other forms of difference. We’re creating a better future, and you can help make it happen.

REMOVING BARRIERS SO WE CAN ALL THRIVE

Change can only be driven by the right leaders – trusted, inclusive people who make us feel safe and valued.

This means removing barriers to progression and opportunity wherever we find them. It means further diversifying our hiring to include all under-represented groups and increasing representation of these groups at all levels throughout the UK&E, especially in leadership. We set targets for female and ethnic minority representation to keep us on track.

Of course, it doesn’t stop with hiring. No matter who you are, you’ll also be supported with ground-breaking learning opportunities, including signature programmes targeted at under-represented groups. To unleash your full potential, give you an equal chance of success, and enhance your career through more opportunities.

Our Commitments

• Recruit from the most diverse talent pool and increase the proportion of female and ethnic minorities within our Early Careers intake
• Set targets for women and ethnic minority staff within our business and continuously review our Different Makes a Difference plan to ensure we achieve them
• Actively promote our Returners Programme to help more women and parents back into careers (we’re also piloting a buddy scheme to offer further support parents with their return to work)
• Help employees and line managers by embedding our Pregnancy Loss toolkit
• Support those who may need a reasonable adjustment to address a challenge at work or during recruitment
• Overcome barriers to career progression for women and ethnic minorities, with actions based on our in-depth Career Deflection Report
• Provide inclusive leadership training with our senior leaders
• Keep pushing our signature programs to develop skills and confidence – such as Thrive, aimed to level the playing field for under-represented groups, and Inspire, for developing women in the workplace so that they can achieve greater success

Our journey is ongoing, and progress doesn’t just come from a program or a leader – we all need to be part of the difference. So we encourage everyone to get involved and make their voices heard. This is most evident in our self-generated Staff Networks – representing groups from women to LGBTQ+, military to faith.

Staff Networks:

Armed Forces Network

A network for advocates of the Armed Forces to collaborate with the Partnering with Armed Forces Programme. Our community includes veterans, reservists, members of armed forces cadet organisations, and spouses. We aim to support these through our current and future initiatives. We also welcome those who are wider family members or supporters and want to get involved.

Embrace

Embrace is a support network providing a community and safe space for Ethnic Minorities and Allies within AtkinsRéalis. The network focuses on encouraging, empowering and influencing positive change at all levels within the working environment by educating and raising awareness about race inequality in the workplace. Our Mission Statement is to be Influencers of change that encourage and embrace the creation of a more diverse and inclusive workforce.

Watch our video to learn more here. 

Empower

The Women’s Professional Network (WPN) is a staff network encouraging a gender-balanced, inclusive workplace where all employees can flourish. We endeavour to create a space for attendees to network and share knowledge with colleagues from across the business and other organisations.

Enable

Enable is a friendly vibrant community for sharing ideas, information and news relevant to those affected by disability or health conditions – visible or not.

Equilibrium

This is a place for our employees to discuss LGBTQ+ issues, regardless of whether they identify themselves as a member of the LGBTQ+ community or otherwise. Learn more - here. 

Faith Network

We understand that people have varying faiths and beliefs, we want to embrace everyone’s individual relationship with their faith or belief, and we want to celebrate with all faiths and beliefs within our organisation. Our Faith Network helps us cultivate an environment in which staff of all faiths and beliefs can have confidence in themselves and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work.

Neurodiversity Network

Neurodiversity refers to individuals with ‘spectrum’ conditions including autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Chances are, we sit next to, work with, work for, manage or have family members at home who are neurodiverse. Our Neurodiversity Network brings awareness, support and a chance to normalise conversations around the topic.

ParentNet

ParentNet is a group for everyone with an interest in parenting to ask questions, share stories and support each other. All are welcome to join, whether you’re a parent, parent-to-be, line manager, grandparent, aunt, uncle or Super Nanny!

Every voice matters. And only by hearing them all will we create a culture that fosters true inclusivity and equality.