Diversity at Lendlease

As a woman in construction, I have felt incredibly welcomed on my site. You can immediately tell Lendlease has a strong emphasis on promoting diversity as there are so many women on site. This includes both Lendlease employees and trades. There are also a lot of social sustainability targets, aiming to create a more supportive environment. I was also very encouraged to see so many of my colleagues (both male and female) taking parental leave. It was also amazing to hear one of my colleagues got access to childcare subsidies which wouldn't have been available to them through any government schemes. This allowed their partner to return to work when they were ready.

The company definitely aims for it. Some people really do care about diversity, whilst others are just focussed on the statistics.

There was a strong emphasis on having female engagement in the workplace, through several initiatives such as free subscription to NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction) and university engagement projects (site walks etc.). On top of this, there is a strong focus on Indigenous inclusion programs and male & female maternity leave

I did not see many issues about diversity. Everyone was inclusive.

Lendlease has a diverse range of people

Site teams are generally quite diverse with gender, more ethnicities and LGBT recruitment could be helpful though. My site team is quite good in this aspect. Need more gender/racial diversity with senior management. Child care and maternity leave is excellent according to those who have used it.

It is quite diverse given the field. Would be cool if they introduced holidays for other religious holidays instead of just Easter, Christmas etc.

Very diverse workplace - people of all ages, ethnic background, sexual orientation work here. People do not seem to want to leave, many people here with over 10+ years service awards. A few people currently on maternity leave - 1 year job retention I believe.

We have received training regarding cultural awareness. There is also more women being hired. Generally ethnic minorities are somewhat represented but they are still largely outweighed by the majority male white society. LGBT is not discussed often but it is accepted

We have a great policy on diversity. It's easily accessible on our website.

In the scheme of the wider industry, great diversity in the company and in my immediate team.

Strong focus on diversity and Aboriginal participation.

The construction industry is dominated by white males between the age of 25-65. Lendlease hires more diversely than both, but remains behind most other industries.

Of huge importance to them. One of our key training videos when I started working and during interview process.

The company instills diversity from a corporate level and it is impressive that the company is striving to make a change to a very masculine, male dominant industry. Only down fall is promoting one group of people without disadvantaging / not making another group feel comfortable. i.e. Acceptance of flexible working for mothers / fathers.

When I first interviewed for Lendlease, I was shocked by the shortage of women in the company. However, in the last 6 months with the company I have seen a massive recruitment of female graduate engineers. My team on site is very diverse with women, men with people from all different backgrounds.

Good parental leave arrangements. Child care and flexibility in an onsite role is non-existent. Lose a lot of employees due to hard hours

A lot of information and celebration around diversity within the company

Lendlease is inclusive of all of the above. There is parental leave, flexible working hours, particularly for parents, quotas and targets to hire more women and indigenous Australians in particular. There is a program in place to ensure transitioning staff feel safe and included. Internal social media Yammer has many groups such as women and LGBT.

As a business unit we have looked at engaging and employing more indigenous people into roles.

Partnerships with various foundations to attract talent from underrepresented groups.

Purposely seeks to employ people from such backgrounds.

Lendlease initiatives/partnerships for social mobility include; Womens Business Enterprise National Council CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion ACE Mentor Program Lendlease Employee Resource Groups And may others

They have Reconciliation Action Plans

Have not heard anything around this area.

They have an international student program. And are also making a lot of indigenous partnerships lately.

Reconciliation Action Plan. Careertrackers Indigenous Internship Program. Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience.

Actively tenders with the communities needs at heart. Will set local or indigenous employee goals

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I cannot recall this being discussed throughout my recruitment process, however understand the company runs different programs with universities and other external organisations with regards to this matter.

Lendlease is a supporter of Career Trackers which provides links for university students with Indigenous backgrounds to become interns within the company providing work experience and possible future employment.

I am from a less privileged background, however I can't think of anything specific to this. The job advertisements are on their website, they attend career fairs. I was hired for my "keenness" for the job - I think the hiring system is fair in regards to this.

It has a RAP in place to address this, as well as other programs or plans I'm sure.

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Not entirely sure of all that the company does, but it is involved with indigenous groups providing a combination of employment, training, and help with recruitment/securing a job.

Initiatives aimed towards indigenous community

RAP program

There are specific programmes in place, in particular for those from indigenous backgrounds.