Keltbray Gender Pay Gap 2023

Esher, UK – 9 April 2023: Keltbray, a leading UK specialist construction engineering and infrastructure solutions business, today releases its Gender Pay Gap Report for 2023.

Gender Pay Gap reporting is a statutory requirement of all companies with 250 or more employees and shows how men and women’s average pay compares across the organisation.

Highlights of the 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report include:

• Embedded the Inclusion Council within our Corporate Governance Framework which is made up of representatives from across the business to set and drive the Inclusion strategy for Keltbray.
• The gender pay gap has increased slightly during the review year due to recruiting more diverse talent overall at entry levels, this temporarily impacts on their gender pay gap as more females join the company in the lower quartile pay ranges initially, before progressing higher.
• A slight increase in gender diversity from the previous year across the group (+2.94% female diversity).
• We deployed inclusion and diversity training as a mandatory module for all new starters as part of their induction.
• In 2022 we conducted a company-wide health and wellbeing survey supported by Robertson Cooper, this has provided us with areas to target in 2023 to ensure our employees have more “good days at work”.
• Carried out STEM and career events in local schools and colleges, including schools where social mobility is historically low and to promote careers in construction to females.
• Continued to recruit, retain and develop more females into entry-level apprentices and graduates intro core construction and engineering roles.
• Created a job levels framework to provide a better structure for how we group, manage, develop and reward our people.
• As part of the benefits review, we have been able to significantly enhance family leave and pay for all our people.
• We continue to provide ‘We Care’ which is a comprehensive health and wellbeing support service, giving all our people to 24/7 support, counselling sessions, financial advice, legal advice and a virtual GP service.

Find more in our 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report here.

Commenting on the results, Darren James, Chief Executive Officer at Keltbray said “Reflecting on the year covered by this report, we are pleased with the progress we are making in changing our policies and practices to drive greater inclusion and pay parity across our recruitment and retention activities.

We recognise that as a rapidly growing business facing the same resourcing challenges experienced by the whole industry, there still remains a lot of work for us to do.

I am particularly proud of the brilliant women already working in our business, their stories are inspiring and show exactly why having more women in our industry is good for business on many levels.”

Keltbray’s Group People Director, Neil Patterson, said: “In 2023, amidst the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent challenges in recruitment and retention across the construction industry, Keltbray remains steadfast in our commitment to greater diversity and gender balance within our workforce.

Building upon the foundations laid in 2022, our focus has intensified on integrating inclusivity into our organisational culture.

I extend my sincere thanks to all within Keltbray who share our vision of creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace. We remain committed to working collaboratively towards achieving our shared goals, confident in the transformative impact we can affect together.”

Our 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report can be found alongside our other publications here.