It's Manchester Pride today and we're excited to be taking part in the parade! 🌈 At Costain, we firmly believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive and succeed and our commitment to LGBTQIA+ inclusion, is evident through our Stonewall Silver Employer status, achieved in 2022 as part of our ongoing partnership as a Stonewall Diversity Champion since 2020. As a family-oriented employer who values #inclusivity, we're proud to have six employee networks: • Disability and Wellbeing Network • LGBT+ & Allies Network • Parenting and Carers Network • Religion, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage Network • Services and Services Families Network • Women's Network We invite all employees to join our #inclusion networks as active members or as supportive allies. Together, we can shape an inclusive and intersectional #culture that empowers each individual. ✨ If you're heading to Manchester Pride today, we look forward to seeing you there! 🎉 Discover more in our ESG report: https://bit.ly/41EX3YR #ImprovingPeoplesLives
Costain Group PLC
Civil Engineering
Improving people's lives through connected, sustainable infrastructure
About us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet thrive. We shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We are organised around our customers anticipating and solving their challenges and helping to improve performance. By bringing together our unique mix of construction, consulting and digital experts we engineer and deliver sustainable, efficient and practical solutions. Our ambition is to become a net zero business by 2035, while enhancing biodiversity and natural capital, and we have plans in place to deliver this. We are committed to procure responsibly and to be an inclusive and accessible business for all, enabling us to be our best while focusing on the outcomes that we deliver for people and planet. At Costain, we have a vibrant, challenging and growing business – an environment that provides tremendous opportunities for everybody. We're looking for curious, collaborative and courageous people who'll help transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK. For more information about our careers go to www.costain.com/careers Today, we employ around 3,500 people and are one of the nation’s Top 100 Most Admired companies and have been named in the Times Top Employers for Women 2021.
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External link for Costain Group PLC
- Industry
- Civil Engineering
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Maidenhead
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1865
- Specialties
- Engineering and technology led solutions, Integrated services across the asset lifecycle, Advisory and concept development, Specialist design, Programme management, Complex project delivery, Technology integration, and Asset optimisation and support
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Employees at Costain Group PLC
Updates
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Commenting on Costain’s results for the first half of 2024, Alex Vaughan , our CEO, said: “We are performing strongly and are progressing with our strategic priorities in our chosen growth markets, including broadening our customer and service mix. In the first half we have delivered a further significant increase in operating profit together with a sharp growth in earnings per share. “As a result of our strong performance and valued long-term relationships with our customers, we have increased our forward work position to a very healthy £4.3bn at the half year, with contract wins across all our sectors." You can watch our results presentation here 👉 https://bit.ly/46UVI3Y #SustainableInfrastructure #TransformingPerformance #ImprovingPeoplesLives
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Today we announced our Half Year Results for the first half of 2024 to 30 June. We’re pleased with our continued strong financial performance, with a £4.3bn forward work position. Adjusted operating profit is up 8.7% and we’re on course to meet margin targets of 3.5% and 4.5% in FY24 and FY25 respectively. As a result of our confidence in our long-term prospects, and our strong cash position, we have today announced a £10m share buyback and interim dividend payment of 0.4p. You can read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3yDm65Y #SustainableInfrastructure #TransformingPerformance #ImprovingPeoplesLives
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We champion any opportunity that advances and empowers our people. As part of our gas mains replacement project with Cadent Gas Limited, several of our team have enrolled in the Trainee Site Manager programme. This initiative is tailored to shape the next generation of front-line management and offers fundamental manager training, access to key engineering qualifications, and devoted support from senior colleagues. 👏 Huge congratulations to the first cohort of participants who have successfully completed the programme and presented to Cadent’s Chief Operating Officer, Howard Forster, and Cadent’s Commercial Director, Steve Hunt, about their experience. Whether you’re an experienced professional looking for a new challenge, or just emerging into the workplace, we can offer you opportunities to be your very best. We have a development framework that can flex to your individual development needs, giving you the opportunity to explore new roles, take part in management and leadership training, or further your technical expertise. Visit our careers pages on our website to learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/ddEe3Spq #ImprovingPeoplesLives #careers
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Laura Wood, natural resources growth lead - advisory and digital, recently wrote for New Civil Engineer about the importance of data in #digital transformation strategies and why it often gets overlooked. Laura explains why #data is a core asset for any #infrastructure organisation and outlines five steps for infrastructure asset owners navigating data transformation within their business. 👉 You can read Laura’s article here https://bit.ly/3WT2xyj #TransformingPerformance
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As part of the CMDP - JV, a joint venture between Costain and MWH Treatment, we have been selected by Southern Water to deliver essential #infrastructure solutions for its next #AMP8 investment programme. We'll work across the region to upgrade #water and #wastewater assets for Southern Water and its customers, safeguarding the #environment, creating new jobs and adding #socialvalue. Read more about the news 👉 https://bit.ly/4cBzLsc #SustainableInfrastructure #ImprovingPeoplesLives
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💧 We've successfully secured a contract worth £6.6m to upgrade two Thames Water strategic wastewater treatment sites at Markyate and Brickendon in Hertfordshire. Due to complete in 2026, our work will modernise operations at inlet stations and upgrade storm tanks which will improve the sites’ ability to manage incoming wastewater. We're also working on similar projects in Berkshire and Hampshire, amounting to £5m. This is all part of Thames Water’s £1.12bn investment programme to upgrade sewers and sewage treatment works on over 250 sites. You can read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3SJOPNi #SustainableInfrastructure #water
Costain awarded £6.6m by Thames Water to upgrade Hertfordshire treatment sites | Costain
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We've been selected by bp to deliver a front-end engineering and design (FEED) project that will enable the construction of a new #hydrogen pipeline network in the Teesside area. 🔷 As part of the East Coast Cluster, the integrated blue #hydrogen production facility and hydrogen distribution pipeline will provide industrial users with an alternative to natural gas, a key step in the development of the hydrogen economy. 👷♂️ 👷♀️ Our in-house #engineering expertise will design a 31km pipeline distribution network that will safely transport hydrogen from bp's proposed H2Teesside project, its low carbon hydrogen production plant. The network could capture more than two million tonnes of CO₂ per year, equivalent to capturing the emissions from the heating of one million UK households. 🏡 Read more about the project 👉 https://bit.ly/3AfruwB #SustainableInfrastructure #ImprovingPeoplesLives
Costain given green light for transformational hydrogen network | Costain
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We've been awarded a six-figure extension to a long-term agreement with a #defence contractor, building on our long track-record of delivering efficient and practical solutions to support the UK defence mission. The contract will see our experienced team of project delivery and controls specialists carry out management #consultancy, risk management support and planning services over a six-month period. You can read more about the work here: https://bit.ly/4dr5fCB Costain supports the UK’s most strategic systems and the service personnel that use infrastructure to live, work and train for operations. Find out more about our current vacancies in the defence and nuclear energy sector 👉 https://bit.ly/47HNZWR
Costain awarded extension to long-standing framework with defence contractor | Costain
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We’ve been recognised by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for our health and #safety credentials. The awards, the UK’s largest health and safety awards programme, recognise organisations’ commitments to continuous improvement in the prevention of accidents and ill health at work. Our #energy and #defence teams have been awarded the Patron’s award – the highest possible accolade – after achieving 33 consecutive Gold awards, whilst our Industrial Cooling business has received an Order of Distinction for achieving a Gold award for the 18th consecutive year. Two of our other projects were also recognised with Gold and Silver awards. This recognition is testament to our commitment to safety, enabling an inclusive and accessible workplace where our people can be at their best. To find out more and check our current vacancies, click here: https://bit.ly/39EcMO6 #ImprovingPeoplesLives #CostainCareers
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