USA day . These daily meetings , attended by engineering , maintenance and operations managers along with key supervisors , serve to address potential safety issues as they come and before they grow into major hurdles .
“ It has really improved the communication of our staff in successfully completing their daily tasks ,” says Vokal . “ From both a safety and performance standpoint , that ’ s one of the key things that we ’ ve done to enhance our communication — just by simply sitting down and huddling for 15 minutes each day .”
The results of this prioritizing speak for themselves : MCV is able to boast a sterling safety record , coming up on four years with no OSHA recordables and no lost time injuries . It ’ s a point of pride for MCV and for its staff .
A valuable company culture MCV prides itself on building a strong and supported company culture , made stronger by its employees — many of the 123 employees currently on staff have been with the company for over two decades . “ We definitely benefit from the fact that 20 percent of our workforce has been with us for more than 15 to 20 years ,” says Vokal . “ With such a significant number of veteran employees , the expertise here is unmatched .”
Nevertheless , people management is a difficult endeavor across the board in the energy sector today : with the average age of staff approaching retirement age , turnover is frequent and the need to find skilled and interested young workers is critical .
“ We ’ re starting to see that attrition with our aging workforce beginning to retire and move on to other things , so we ’ ve really in the past couple years had to be proactive in our recruiting strategies ,” says Kelly Moldovan , Director of Human Resources and Corporate Support at MCV .
To counter this issue , MCV has looked to the power of partnerships . “ We had to reevaluate where to find these new hires coming in , which has created positive relationships with local universities , technological schools , military recruiters ,” says Moldovan . By building the right
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