Working at International Power
International Power is a leading independent power producer with operations spanning the globe. The company doubled its scale of operations in the six years from 2000 to 2006 and is well positioned for exciting new growth opportunities in the future.
We have a large multinational work force consisting of more than 3,000 people worldwide, in a variety of different roles including engineers, finance managers, business developers and project finance specialists. The company operates in a number of different locations: we have a head office in London; five regional offices, located in Marlborough (USA), London (UK), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Melbourne (Australia) and Singapore (Singapore); and 40 asset locations worldwide.
Clear communication links with all staff are critical to enhance business and commercial awareness throughout our business. Corporate publications, the International Power website, employee awareness briefings from executive management and team briefings are all used to promote communications and an understanding of the corporate strategy. We use the latest technology to aid rapid communication with all staff around the world.
Key to International Power's success is its organisational agility - we therefore place a high priority on the recruitment, retention and training of staff at all levels, whether employed by us directly or by any of our subsidiaries or associates. In particular, we operate an incentive-weighted compensation scheme, which we believe rewards and develops staff on the following bases:
- Achievement of tangible personal objectives: annual targets are set for all personnel, calibrated at levels designed to ensure that individuals are able to contribute to the attainment of these objectives.
- Professional and educational advancement: we promote and facilitate mid-career training, internal and external seminars, personal development plans and other educational programmes. In addition, we encourage our staff to participate actively in their own personal development and in relevant professional organisations.
- Leadership: we expect our staff to exercise leadership in their dealings with colleagues, partners, customers and other parties.
International Power has in place a number of share-based plans under which employees of the Group and its subsidiary companies may acquire Ordinary Shares in International Power plc. These plans form an integral part of the Group’s strategy to provide appropriate reward and retention strategies for employees, to align employee and shareholder interests through incentive targets based on clear operational and financial criteria and to recruit, motivate and retain employees.
This all relies on a foundation of personal integrity. We endeavour to ensure that all of our staff conduct themselves in a manner of the highest integrity.
In such a multicultural and diverse working environment cultural awareness is vital. Therefore diversity training is provided to all relevant managers within the business and specific cultural awareness training is provided to our employees prior to overseas assignments. Our UK assets have established a set of policies and procedures to ensure diversity in the workplace. This ensures equal opportunities are integrated into their recruitment and selection processes and subsequent employment.
For more information on our human resources policies please see Our Policies.
