In 2025, three of the most respected workplace recognitions in Europe and the UK arrived for Willmott Dixon in the same week.

  • The Financial Times named us the 4th best place to work in Europe in its Best Employers 2025 guide — placing us in the top ten of 1,000 companies assessed across the continent and making Willmott Dixon one of only two UK companies to feature in that top ten.
  • The Sunday Times named us one of the top ten Big Companies to Work For in the UK in its Best Places to Work 2025 guide, and the best big construction company to work for in the country.
  • The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) named the project director who led our work transforming the Bristol Beacon, as Construction Manager of the Year — the highest individual honour in our industry.

Three independent assessments. Three different lenses. The same conclusion.

A pattern

Recognition in a single year is gratifying. Recognition repeated across years and across awarding bodies is the more meaningful signal, and it is the one that defines Willmott Dixon's track record.

  • In 2022, we were ranked #1 in the Big Company category of the Best Companies Awards, the most rigorous workplace engagement assessment in the UK.
  • In 2023, we received a King's Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity, recognising our work on social mobility.
  • In 2024, we received a second King's Award for Enterprise - this time for Sustainable Development - making us one of only a handful of UK companies to hold King's and Queen's Awards across both categories.
  • We have been the UK's highest-ranked contractor on the FT Diversity Leaders list between 2019-2025, the longest sustained leadership record in our industry on diversity and inclusion.
  • In 2025, we can fourth in the FT's Best Workplaces list

These are independent assessments by national newspapers, the leading UK industry bodies.

"These tremendous accolades help us stand out as a diverse, inclusive and supportive place to work, where our people can enjoy a career of a lifetime as we deliver outstanding projects for our customers. Our brilliant people really do help lift us to new heights."

Graham Dundas, Chief Executive Officer, Willmott Dixon

Built on family values

Willmott Dixon is one of the largest privately and family-owned construction companies in the UK. Founded in 1852, we will mark our 175th anniversary in 2027.

That continuity is more than heritage. It shapes how we think about people, time and trust. Our culture is built on values that the founding family articulated and that successive generations have preserved: humility, integrity and care.

  • Humility
  • Integrity
  • Care

What this means for our customers

A culture this strong is a hard commercial advantage that our customers feel directly.

  • Stable, motivated teams. The people who start your project are the people who finish it. Construction projects are won and lost on continuity of the people involved — and ours doesn't break.
  • A workforce that cares. Independent assessment after independent assessment confirms that our people are highly engaged, supported, and proud of where they work. That translates into the quality of what they build for you.
  • Talent that wants to be here. Our trainee, apprentice and graduate programmes — recognised among the strongest in UK construction — bring the next generation into our team. Our retention of experienced people brings depth alongside it.

A career of a lifetime

Construction is changing. The buildings we deliver — net zero in operation primary schools, Passivhaus university facilities, hospitals, leisure centres, social housing — demand more from the people building them than at any point in our 173-year history. The careers available within Willmott Dixon are changing in step.

If you want to work for one of Europe's best-rated employers, on some of the country's most ambitious projects, alongside people who genuinely care about doing the work well — we want to hear from you.