2019 Construction & Heavy Industry Benchmark

"Acknowledging outstanding service and demonstrating that people are important to company success are top drivers of engagement."

Summary:

This benchmark covers industries that are often doing things on a grand physical scale. They employ engineers, machinery operators and other skilled workers who can bring big projects and endeavors to life.

Anatomy of the benchmark:

Response rate:

• 80% average response rate across all companies
• Bottom quartile (25th percentile) was 69% participation
• Top quartile (75th percentile) was 91% participation

Sub industries:

• Construction
• Renewables & Environment
• Automotive
• Oil & Energy
• Utilities
• Civil Engineering
• Machinery
• Environmental Services
• Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
• Building Materials

Distribution by sub-region:

• Europe: 40%
• North America: 29%
• Oceania: 19%
• Asia: 6%

Glassdoor ratings:

We have connected the employee feedback data with ratings for each company included in the benchmark to provide the below insights.

• 3.2/5 stars average overall company rating
• 52% average CEO approval
• 60% average recommend to friend

Key Insights and Data for the People Geeks!

How engaged are employees in Construction, Engineering & Heavy Industry?

Insight: Employees in Construction, Engineering & Heavy Industry tend to be more engaged than employees in other industries.

Construction, Engineering & Heavy Industry employee engagement scores by percentile

If you are interested in the spread of employee engagement ratings, below are the engagement scores by percentile.

What has the biggest impact on employee engagement in Construction, Engineering & Heavy Industry?

Insight: Learning and development and leadership communicating a motivating vision have the largest impact on employee engagement. We also find that the scores on these topics are generally more favorable in our Construction, Engineering & Heavy Industry Benchmark compared globally.

Questions included and excluded:

Engagement Questions Excluded: The following questions did not have enough responses to be included in this generation this year.

• I have been provided an opportunity to see and discuss recent employee survey results
• My manager, or someone else, has communicated some clear actions based on recent employee survey results
• I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results

Learn more

Gain a deeper understanding of what makes our benchmarks special and learn more about how we calculate our Industry benchmarks here.