Kirby Group Engineering has been awarded the CPD Accredited Employer Standard by Engineers Ireland in recognition of its continuing professional development (CPD) strategy.
L-R: Aaron Reilly, senior mechanical engineer, Kirby; Mark Flanagan, group managing director, Kirby; Kyle Hayes, HR/training officer, Kirby; Eoghan Hegerty, electrical engineering manager, Kirby; Caroline Spillane, director general, Engineers Ireland; Sean Meagher, associate director, commercial, Kirby
Founded in 1964 in Limerick, Kirby is a leading mechanical and electrical engineering contractor with operations in Ireland, the UK, and Mainland Europe.
Full mechanical and electrical engineering contracting services
The organisation provides full mechanical and electrical engineering contracting services as well as specialist high voltage (HV) and medium voltage (MV) design and construction services across a range of sectors including data centres, life sciences, industrial, energy and commercial.
With a turnover of €400m, the organisation employs over 1,300 highly skilled professionals and has more than 2,500 people deployed across Europe. The Kirby Academy trains all key site staff to deliver its projects as a collaborative team with a world-class process.
In 2021, Kirby spent more than €1m on training initiatives and has undertaken a €2m upgrade of its headquarters in Co Limerick to keep pace with the predicted growth.
L-R: David Duggan, electrical project engineer, Kirby; Paul Dickinson, mechanical engineer, Kirby; Kyle Hayes, HR/training officer, Kirby; Melandri Van Zyl, HR officer, Kirby; Aaron Reilly, senior mechanical engineer, Kirby; Mark Flanagan, group managing director, Kirby; Eoghan Hegerty, electrical engineering manager, Kirby; Caroline Spillane, director general, Engineers Ireland; Sean Meagher, associate director, commercial, Kirby; John Grogan, group engineering director, Kirby
Caroline Spillane, director general of Engineers Ireland, said: “Investment in professional development is essential for organisations to grow and develop their people. This investment ensures career progression and success for employees’ while also ensuring continued growth and market success, nationally and internationally.
“I would like to congratulate Kirby Group Engineering for their dedication to professional development and achieving CPD Accredited Employer status. It is clear that Kirby Group Engineering has a strong commitment to developing its people and will continue to benefit from the strategic approach facilitated by this standard.”
“Our clients like our honesty, integrity and our values-based approach. Our success in winning repeat business has been driven by consistent delivery. Every day we aim to deliver innovation through synchronised world-class engineering and operational excellence and being a CPD Accredited Employer highlights these aims prominently,” said Mark Flanagan, group managing director of Kirby.
L-R: David Duggan, electrical project engineer, Kirby; Caroline Spillane, director general, Engineers Ireland; John Grogan, group engineering director, Kirby; Mark Flanagan, group managing director, Kirby; Paul Dickinson, mechanical engineer, Kirby; Melandri Van Zyl, HR officer, Kirby
“We have a solid reputation of trust and integrity, and this trust has been earned by consistently delivering on our promise, going the extra mile, and being a values-driven business. Our core values of People, Safety, Quality, Delivery and Value are central to what we are as a business, and there is a clear link between our core values and our success.”
The Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited Employer standard is a strategic framework which enables engineers and engineering employers to raise competency levels and deliver tangible business benefits by investing in engineers through continuing professional development.
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