Almost 50 years, Building Better Careers
Our people are our greatest asset. As a business, Ardmac is incredibly proud of the dynamic, forward-thinking culture we have built, and we recognise our employees as the driving force behind our success. Their passion, dedication, and commitment to excellence are evident in everything we do, every single day. We continue to invest in enabling our people to thrive in a supportive and inclusive culture and we know that our concerted efforts to achieve this are working because our people tell us.
In 2024, we were delighted to achieve a satisfaction index score of 93.5% in our annual employee satisfaction survey. For us, this is a strong validation of the impact of our people-first approach. It also informs our future efforts to ensure that Ardmac continues to be a place where people feel respected, rewarded, and recognised for their commitment to delivering our clients’ vision.
Life at Ardmac
Ardmac is about people. We believe in building long-term relationships with both our employees and our clients.
A Culture of Respect
Respect is a core Ardmac principle and is evident in every aspect of our work. For us, respect means being open, honest and transparent, enabling us to achieve our shared goals. The respect Ardmac employees have for each other extends across all levels and locations of our business.
It shapes our culture. It supports the realisation of expectations too. As a business, we are proud to acknowledge our team’s efforts, and we respect the boundaries between personal and professional life in order to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
“I can honestly say that Ardmac is one of the most dynamic, forward-thinking organisations you’ll find in our industry. Our teams are incredibly passionate about delivering an exceptional product and experience for our clients.”
Wesley Duffy, Chief People Officer
A Commitment to Development
Our clients are building the future so ensuring Ardmac’s people are at the forefront of developing sector expertise is incredibly important to our business. We recognise the essential role played by investing in learning and development. We consider investing in our people as an investment in our success. Our leadership team plays a key role in this and proactively ensures that our comprehensive learning and development framework is implemented across our entire organisation.
We believe that through supporting the growth and development of our employees, we are maintaining and enhancing Ardmac’s reputation for quality and technical expertise. We are committed to equipping our people with the skills and knowledge they need to meet our clients existing and future requirements. Through strong partnerships with institutions like Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Management Institute, along with our dedicated panel of coaches and mentors, Ardmac continues to support our people to enjoy meaningful, long-term careers where they can reach their full potential.
Proactively Promoting a Diverse & Inclusive Workplace.
Ardmac continues to create and promote an increasingly diverse and inclusive workplace in an industry where Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) have faced their fair share of challenges. We recognise that we are not where we would like to be just yet, but we are proud to be a leader in advancing inclusivity in our sector.
We know that it is essential to match our ambitions with actions and have now adopted a formal approach to ensuring an inclusive and diverse workplace where culture can thrive.
To ensure our policies and procedures, the backbone of our organisational structure, authentically reflect our commitment to DEI, we have partnered with the Irish Centre for Diversity (ICD).
Our efforts to enhance these were recognised through achieving Bronze accreditation from the ICD, a significant achievement for our business. In 2023, we built on this recognition and were honoured to achieve Silver accreditation—a milestone that underscores our dedication to embedding diversity into the core of our business.
For us, this accreditation is more than a badge; it’s a symbol of our efforts to put our aspirations into practice, and it sends a strong message that DEI is essential to our people, and therefore, essential to our business.
Enhancing our Efforts
As we continue to grow, Ardmac is acutely aware of the need to grow our DEI efforts at pace. To do this, we are prioritising our data collection and processing to gain deeper insights that will allow us to target even more impactful initiatives. We are now tracking the 28 nationalities that make up our diverse team and reporting our monthly gender balance ratio, which currently stands at 78% male to 22% female.
Although this ratio isn’t yet where we want it to be, we are proud of the fact that it is ahead of the industry norm and we’re actively working to improve it through implementing more inclusive recruitment practices. Ardmac also believes in using our voice as a leader in the sector to proactively influence others.
We do this through targeted DEI-focused initiatives including sponsorship of industry events like the Construction Industry Federation’s (CIF) International Women’s Day conference. We take great pride in supporting our people to flourish in an inclusive and respectful workplace. Ardmac’s ambition is to encourage others to join us in creating a more diverse and inclusive industry where all talent is actively sought out and celebrated.
Wellness at Ardmac
At Ardmac, wellbeing is at the core of our culture. Our Employee Wellness Calendar focuses on four key areas — physical health, mental health, financial wellbeing, and ESG — with each quarter led by our senior leadership.
From step challenges and health screenings to cycle events and group-wide initiatives, we empower our people to stay healthy, engaged, and connected. Because when our people thrive, we all thrive.
At Ardmac, We foster an environment that promotes the personal and professional growth of all our employees. Our carefully tailored employee package includes:
Compensation
Competitive salaries
Bonus scheme
Subsistence allowances
Working overseas allowances
Pension and health care allowances
Benefits
Illness protection insurance
Further education and professional chartership support
EAP and wellness programme
Mental Health first aiders panel
Paid family leave
Life assurance
Career
Graduate development and
Professional trainee programmes
Career development and training opportunities
Continuous feedback on performance
Working with multi-national clients
Training plans
Work Environment
Autonomy
Hybrid working policy
Digitalization and innovation
Work-life balance/flexible working times
Supportive (Buddy and Mentor panels)
Shared sense of purpose
Culture
Organisational guiding principles
Senior Management visibility
Corporate Social Responsibility programmes
Collaborative and inclusive approach
Open and regular communication
Investment in people