Our workplace

We have around 13,000 employees at RWE npower, and the success of our business depends on these people. Our objectives are to attract the right mix of skills, talent and diversity; to create a healthy and safe working environment, and to provide our employees with the opportunities, training and motivation they need to do their jobs to the best of their ability.

The nature of our business as not only an energy retailer but also an energy generation company means that health and safety is a critical issue for us. We have set ourselves high standards and established strong leadership to make sure that the appropriate measures and training are in place to protect employees, contractors, visitors and the general public.

Retention of our best people is also important for our continued success.  We recognise that we must offer flexibility, opportunities for personal development and progression, along with an environment where our people feel able to provide feedback and ideas.

We run a number of recruitment programmes to make sure we have the right mix of skills for the future. We recognise particular challenges in our generation business, where it can be difficult to recruit engineers due to shortages of people taking up the engineering profession.

To help us retain talent, our career-development activities include personal development plans, which link in with individual training programmes. And we’re committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace, allowing us to benefit from the ideas and creativity provided by people from differing backgrounds.