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Downer Group
About us
Downer Group is a major ASX listed company that provides comprehensive engineering and infrastructure design, construction, maintenance and management services to the transport, energy, infrastructure, communications and resources sectors. The Group has more than 21,500 employees working across more than 40 global locations, including Australia, New Zealand, the Asia Pacific region and the United Kingdom.
The Downer name, history and experience are deeply etched in the critical infrastructure that has helped build communities and nations across the geographies in which it operates, for more than 100 years. The group has evolved to its current size and market position through a journey of organic growth and acquisition.
It is those origins and the fact that our people are designing, building, operating and maintaining the critical infrastructure upon which the world relies, that creates the foundation for our success and shapes our culture today.
Living the ‘Downer Spirit’ is also a critical part of who we are, as we strive to apply collaboration, courage, excellence and integrity to everything that we do. We are committed to ensuring we design, construct and maintain the best solutions for our clients while keeping our focus equally on the safety of our people and sustainability of the communities we work within.
Our experience, expertise, scale and geographical reach enable us to provide whole-of-life services to our client's assets in the transport, energy, resources, social infrastructure, water and communication sectors.
Downer is a company that is proud of its heritage, strengthened by the diversity of workforce and portfolio of work, and importantly, excited about what the future will bring.
Capabilities
Our cross sector capabilities include:
Infrastructure
- Transport – Roads, Rail, Airports and Ports
- Social – Education, Hospitals and Master Planning
- Water and Environment
- Communications
Downer designs, builds and maintains roads, buildings, electricity networks education facilities, passenger railcars, freight locomotives and other critical infrastructure for cities and communities throughout the world.
Resources
- Mining
- Metals
- Minerals
Downer has been delivering services to the resources sector for over 90 years. We have a strong history in coal and metalliferous mining, open-cut and underground mine planning, operation and rehabilitation, civil earthworks blasting services and tyre management.
Energy
- Renewable
- Power
- Transmission
- Oil and Gas
Downer delivers comprehensive whole-of-life asset services to the energy sector. From design and planning through to operation and maintenance, Downer is building a sustainable future for cities and communities throughout the world.
People
Downer recognises that our business is driven by our people and that they are central to the value we deliver to our clients. We take pride in our ability to source, recruit and develop the most skilled professionals and tradespeople in our industry.
We know that our people are the key factor in our reputation and track record of safe, quality project delivery. Our leadership teams and supervisors are adaptable to changing requirements and committed to high standards of performance in all areas of our business.
Our talented people play a key role in continuing to shape the future of the company, working on world-class resource, infrastructure and energy projects.
We attract values based people into our organisation, who aspire to work for more than just a career and financial security, people who can:
- Work in collaboration with others in our organisation and take pride in the achievements of the team
- Strive for improvement and innovation, and have the courage to think and actively contribute new initiatives that benefit the Group and our stakeholders
- Demonstrate integrity and responsibility through honest, respectful and transparent communication
- Strive for excellence through strong leadership and commitment to the job at hand
- Take responsibility and accountability for the care and protection of peers, the business, the communities in which we operate, and the environment.
More information
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