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Careers at Calor
A key part of Calor's success is finding the right person for the job, then developing and keeping them well informed and motivated by ensuring that a suitable career path exists, carefully matched to the individual's talents and aspirations.
All employees are informed of Company vacancies across the country and, based on a culture of promoting from within, many employees have progressed through the business.
A transparent Performance Appraisal process enables a career development plan to be agreed and clear objectives set.
Calor has long recognised the benefits of developing people and it operates a Company-wide Succession Planning Scheme. For selected individuals, there is also an opportunity for this to be supported by a Management Development Programme. This is coupled with a Coaching Scheme where individuals are assigned a personal coach, selected from within the business, to further support their career development.
Training and development
Calor is the market leader in it's field and, as such, every employee's future and potential is important. Calor is a place where individuals have the opportunity to grow and flourish; where skills are developed and true potential realised. Calor firmly believes that the future of the Company is founded on the talents of its people and that means that only the best can make a real difference to the Calor team.
The Calor Sales Academy is an initiative to develop the best. It exists to provide a career-long professional and personal development programme for all Calor salespeople to ensure that their sales, commercial and customer service skills are constantly attuned to meet the demands of the ever- changing marketplace.
One of Calor's core brand values is "expertise". Calor's opinions and views are constantly sought by Government and industry bodies on all issues relating to LPG and the greater energy industry. The Calor Sales Academy ensures that our sales force and sales management team are equipped to translate this expertise into real added value for our customers.
Calor is proud to have been continually accredited as an Investor in People since 1999. This recognises that Calor employees, as individuals, have the opportunity to meet their training and development needs, have regular performance appraisals and are sponsored towards their future development through further education as well as receiving up-to-date communication through team briefings and site conferences. Comments from the Investor in People assessors included: "Calor is seen by many staff as the employer of choice" and ".there is a clear and ongoing commitment shown by the Company and its management towards the development of the staff".
Members of the Calor team are expected to take responsibility for their own learning and development. In return the Company provides outstanding support from colleagues and managers, together with substantial investments in time and money.
Communications
At Calor communication is key: everyone has a voice. The Company prides itself on its internal communication channels - developed to encourage two-way dialogue. These channels range from formal forums, such as the Company Council - employee opinion surveys - Intranet and employee forums run by a member of the Business Management Team, to informal forums such as team meetings, e-mail updates and notice boards.
A quarterly newsletter, 'Calor eXcite', communicates Calor's activities and invites comment and feedback from employees (including those retired). As part of the worldwide SHV group, Calor also shares news on SHV's activities through two quarterly publications.
How to apply
To register your interest for a specific vacancy, or register your interest in working for Calor please send a CV and covering email by
