Balfour Beatty’s employee engagement programme, My Contribution, has featured in The Times exploring how employees can help organisations to run better and save money, but only if employers value their contribution.

Launched in 2015, My Contribution has played a key role in helping Balfour Beatty go from strength to strength, harnessing the enthusiasm, knowledge and expertise of employees to crowd-source ideas, innovate and problem solve to drive the business forward.

The article explains that in 2024, 2,000 ideas were submitted to the My Contribution platform with 24% of employees engaged and submitting ideas, saving the business £3.2 million and 53,800 working hours.

One idea stemmed from the company’s Tilbury flood barrier site where an employee suggested that instead of installing cabling for high-powered lights during construction, that the company use solar-powered lights instead. This resulted in savings of £9,600 as well as three days of digging trenches for the cabling.  

Talking about My Contribution, Melanie Page, Head of Group Innovation Programmes at Balfour Beatty said: “My Contribution is a critical driver for business innovation, empowering employees at all levels to share and deliver their ideas that can lead to substantial improvements and efficiencies. 

“We have so many experts across Balfour Beatty who understand what the business needs, what works and what doesn’t, and ultimately how we can improve things for the company and our people. My Contribution gives them the voice, but Balfour Beatty truly wants to hear what they have to say. It’s great to work at a company where we have so many people invested in making our business as great as it can be.”

To read the article in full, click here.