A Training Culture

One of McCarthy’s core values is Learning … which translates into a companywide focus on the importance of training and education.

While McCarthy has a staff of full-time trainers, the company distinguishes itself by emphasizing that EVERY employee is a trainer – from the CEO to the administration staff. The majority of this training is instructor-led – while McCarthy also offers significant self-study opportunities.

In 2005, McCarthy employees received a total of:

56,000 hours of training or 54 hours per employee

This level of training is far superior to the national average for construction companies.

Specific training opportunities available at McCarthy include:

• 5-day New Employee Orientation
  
• 5-day Superintendent training
  
• 5-day Advanced Superintendent training
  
• 5-day Project Manager training
  
• 5-day Advanced Project Manager training
  
• 5-day Project Director training
  
• 5-day Estimator training
  
• 3-day Scheduler training
  
• 44 Leadership training courses
  
• 34 Team skills training courses
  
• 50 professional development workshops, some via video conference
  
• Monthly 1-day Project Engineer training
  
• Every other month 1-day Superintendent training
  
• Every other month 1-day Project Manager training
  
• Twice a year all-employee meetings on company performance
  
• Continuous (daily) safety training – an investment of $1.4 million
  
• Extensive TQM learning library of training materials in print, audio and video
  
• Comprehensive “lessons learned” and CSI directory on company Intranet
  
• On-going relationships with Dale Carnegie, American Management Association (AMA), Achieve Global and Development Dimensions International (DDI) for more personalized training.

Additionally, McCarthy has a proven history of promoting within. Only two of the company's senior management spots are held by employees who haven't spent their entire careers at McCarthy. In 2004, 124 employees (1 in every 9) were promoted.

In order to best serve the development needs of our employees, we rely on Chuck Avery, our Corporate VP of Training, with over 25 years of training experience.