Joanna Atkinson

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come.

• Strategic HR lead for a $1.2bn regional business across 14 countries, partnering with the regional CEO and senior leadership to drive growth, transformation, and cultural alignment.
• Developed and led a regional, integrated HR team through significant transformation, embedding new operating models, uplifting capabilities, and championing a unified 'One HR' philosophy to deliver a seamless, business-aligned employee experience.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape organisational culture and define the roadmap that enables teams to live it, accelerate performance, and sustain long‑term success.
• Leading the integration of AI Engineering in AECOM (acquisition) from 'start up' to cultural and operational integration.
• Designed and implemented resourcing models to enable growth, delivering over 2,000 hires annually across competitive markets.
• Owned and executed the regional ED&I strategy, achieving Gold Clear Assured status and embedding inclusive leadership practices.
• Built robust leadership talent pipelines through strategic succession planning and high-impact talent reviews, fostering leadership excellence at all levels in the organisation.
• Partnered with global teams to implement a new HRIS and People Services model, enhancing service delivery and consistency across geographies.
• Led organisational design and workforce planning initiatives to support strategic priorities, including market exit and acquisition integration, while developing a regionally aligned operating model focused on people, client delivery, and sustainable growth.
• Introduced a multi-channel employee listening strategy, linking insights to action and improving engagement and retention.
• Implemented regional Remuneration Committee to ensure strategic alignment with reward mechanisms and retention and performance goals; driving a performance and work winning culture.

• Delivered strategic HR support to Civil Infrastructure leadership, including succession planning, leadership development, and team performance frameworks.
• Designed and implemented cross-country talent pipelines and development strategies to strengthen workforce capability across diverse career pathways.
• Directed the strategic implementation of organisational design initiatives, integrating real estate and country operating models to streamline structures and eliminate inefficiencies.
• Led UK HR Business Partner team, ensuring consistent delivery across projects and business units.
• Supported M&A integration in Sweden and Russia, aligning people practices and culture.

• Led large-scale change and mobilisation programmes, including a £1.2bn contract transition involving 1,500 employees.
• Designed and implemented line manager capability programmes and engagement strategies, reducing redundancy costs by £800K.
• Delivered people integration for joint ventures and shared services rollouts.

Furmanite (TEAM) is the worldwide innovator and leader in comprehensive on-site and on-line plant and pipeline maintenance. Generalist role supporting 400 personnel in a face paced reactive engineering organisation covering 7 sites across the UK.

Panasonic UK is a leading supplier of consumer and business related electronics products. Part of an HR admin team to support to three HR Managers, HR Director and employees. 12 month contract as part of sandwich degree.