Training & Development
at Bilfinger
Our most valuable asset as a leading international industrial service provider is our employees, whose continuous training and qualification is crucial to the success of our company. Regardless of your career level and area of work, we therefore work together with you to continuously improve your professional qualifications. To this end, we offer you interdisciplinary programs that help you to achieve your personal best.
Together for what's next
Your continuous further training and qualification is crucial to the success of our company.
Regardless of your career level and area of work, we will therefore work with you to continuously improve your professional qualifications. To this end, we offer interdisciplinary programs that help you to achieve your personal best:
- Worldwide further training concept
- Linking of global, regional and local training measures
- Bilfinger Academy with a focus on global programs such as leadership development and talent development
- Focus on global learning & development trends and cooperation with international training providers
- Use of first-class digital learning offerings such as LinkedIn Learning
- Regional and local development and training programs in Bilfinger's operating units and divisions (focus: commercial sector)
Bilfinger Academy: Together for What's Next
Under the virtual umbrella of the Bilfinger Academy, the various aspects of qualification and further training are bundled across the Group. It is your point of contact for a wide range of topics relating to your professional and personal development. The Bilfinger Academy offers a wide range of internal and external programs tailored to specific target groups, enabling you to build on your strengths and give your career new impetus. If you have requirements that go beyond such target group-specific programs, the Bilfinger Academy will of course be on hand to advise and support you.
There is a range of available learning services in the areas of training and development, such as our Learning Weeks, Lunch & Learning Sessions and other learning initiatives.
Learning Week, for example, allows us to set aside a week to incorporate additional learnings to benefit our personal and professional growth. You can expand your personal expertise through diverse workshops, seminars and online training sessions throughout the week. In addition, there are annual learning events such as Lunch & Learn Sessions. These events give you valuable inspiration for your career, and let you discuss career-related issues with colleagues from all over the world. Professional presentations, meetings with Executive Board members, and diverse evening programming supplement regular events.
Bilfinger is pioneering industrial service digitalization. Digital learning aligns with our strong technological focus – and with the needs of our technologically-minded employees. In line with global standards, we use E-learning programs specifically designed for Bilfinger, such as programs on compliance topics or HSEQ. We also offer other opportunities for continued digital training. Through our collaboration with major global learning provider LinkedIn Learning, we provide you with 14,000 digital courses on economic, technology and creative topics which you can use to expand your skills and drive your career development.
Our central Talent Management & Academy department concentrates on providing group-wide development and support for competent managers and talented employees. In doing so, this makes a key contribution to our long-term corporate success. Our leadership programs help our managers develop in a targeted way and in accordance with our requirements, to expand their own networks, and help promote discussion with Senior Management and the Executive Board. Our programming includes the Talent Program for early career starters, international leadership for management, and executive leadership for those leading businesses.
Project management at Bilfinger is diverse and exciting. With our comprehensive qualification series for project managements, we offer you the expertise you need for small and large projects alike based on internationally recognized standards like PMI. Bilfinger will also support project managers through certification, if needed. Regardless of where you are in your development as a project manager, our qualification programs offer you custom-tailored support based on your individual profile of requirements and your development plan.
In our mobilization centers, we can prepare you perfectly for your offshore work. You will receive training on all topics relevant to safety. Well-equipped rooms at Bilfinger mobilization centers are always located directly adjacent to your lodgings so you do not have to do any additional traveling. We work to create an exciting atmosphere where you can meet with your project team and engage in active discussions with your colleagues. Courses offered in mobilization centers include the following:
- Risk assessment training
- Computer-supported learning programs
- Leak testing for respiratory protection
- Current safety modules
- Company-wide safety campaigns
- Instruction and testing for rope access technicians
