Business performance
Building capability for the future More than 4,100 people make up our direct workforce across Australia and North America, extending significantly when we consider the people that contribute to our major infrastructure projects – creating jobs for more than 10,000 people. 1
Strategic Leadership Program
Partnership program with Stanford Graduate School of Business for some of our most senior leaders, focusing on developing capability to shape and pursue strategic and cultural ambitions. Business Leadership Program Program for mid to senior level leaders, focusing on enterprise leadership capability and creating strategic impact. Foundational Leadership Program Development program for people leaders, focusing on leadership foundations and building understanding of our leadership culture. Leadership forums Alignment and capability focus on relevant topics, including leading through change, developing talent and organisational strategy. Professional development All employees have access to self- directed learning programs for transferable or career-oriented skills. Emerging talent Australian graduate program with annual intakes for strategically critical disciplines, including engineering, technology and finance.
Transurban is a growing business operating in an environment of increasing complexity and advancing technology. We rely on the capacity and capability of our workforce to deliver value to all our stakeholders. To attract and retain talented people, we offer opportunities to work on city-sized solutions and provide unique experiences that support learning and career growth. Emerging talent Investing in emerging talent is crucial to the growth of our business and industry. Our graduate program provides on-the-job experience for early career professionals with skills essential to our business. In FY24 we saw eight graduates join Transurban in disciplines including asset and intelligent transport systems engineering, technology and finance. The program runs for 18 months and graduates rotate through three different functions to build their knowledge and experience. We also offer, in partnership with universities, industry-based internships and problem-solving challenges for students to apply and test their skills on real-life business problems.
relevant topics and themes. This year we introduced hiring manager training to support leaders in attracting, engaging and selecting diverse, talented candidates to enable our growth agenda. Our leaders have access to targeted learning content, on-demand support from trained advisors, and leadership program participation. Growing our people Our people want to feel empowered to learn and grow, and almost 90% of employees have a development goal as part of their performance plan. Throughout FY24 we encouraged our people to embrace a deliberate development mindset, including accessing self-directed learning. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning’s on-demand content, along with AI-powered coaching to support learning and career goals.
Teams implemented tailored learning strategies to increase their capability to deliver on our strategy and for their
stakeholders. We also delivered more than 20 enterprise learning sessions, leveraging our own people’s knowledge and inviting external speakers to present on topics such as innovation, project success, safety, health and wellbeing, and technology. 84% of Our Voice – our annual employee engagement survey – respondents agreed their people leader supports them to achieve their career goals, and 76% agreed they are empowered to develop skills and experiences that support their career at Transurban.
Building leader capability We continued to invest in leadership
development to ensure our leaders were well equipped to support employee development and performance. Regular people leader and Transurban leadership forums bring leaders together to align, connect and develop across
1 D irect workforce includes direct employees (including casual, fixed term and permanent employees but excluding leave of absence and non-executive directors), temporary workers and workers contracted through our partner organisations
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