WGEA case study: CPB Contractors

CPB Contractors is the largest engineering-led construction company in Australia. 

Priyanka Bharti, a senior project engineer, has been working with CPB Contractors in Australia for 8 years. 

In this video, she talks about what she enjoys about construction, and how she first got a start in the industry in India. 

CPB Contractors EGM People and Culture Sarah O'Neill talks about the company's commitment to gender equality in the male-dominated industry, and the importance of setting targets to help them achieve their goals.

"We're absolutely committed to this and we have seen that having more women and having a gender diverse workforce produces better results.

"It produces better project delivery outcomes, better cultures, places where our people want to work." 

WGEA is publishing a series of case studies to highlight the steps some employers are taking to improve gender equality in their workplaces.

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CPB Contractors has created a specialist tool to help it become a more gender equal workplace.

CPB Contractors EGM People and Culture Sarah O'Neill says the company is committed to progressing gender equality.

She says gender segregation within the male-dominated industry is a big challenge, and to respond CPB Contractors has developed a tool so it can better understand and respond to its data.

It stems from a comprehensive gender pay gap  analysis the company did.

"We thought, what can we do to actually elevate this issue and create awareness in our leaders at all levels," Ms O'Neill says.

"What we found was actually building a pay gap tool that actually shows them where they are sitting from a pay gap perspective, we are able to make decisions on hiring, on promotions, by using a live tool that then shows us what the impact would be on the gender pay gap."