Continued Professional Development (CPD) of the staff at Downes Associates is essential to the ongoing success of the Practice in meeting the demands of projects. As a recognition of the importance of CPD, Downes Associates is a member of the Engineers Ireland CPD programme.

Downes Associates has a policy and framework to develop all personnel in order to maximise team and individual contributions to the organisational objectives. Downes Associates believes in the promotion of career satisfaction and progression through providing relevant internal training and education, participation on new projects and acquiring new skills is key to individual and organisation success.

Downes Associates supports the development of the working team, so those individuals can acquire additional skills for their present positions and new skills for future opportunities within the organisation. All employees working for Downes Associates are encouraged to take advantage of development programmes both within and outside the organisation. As recognition of the importance of CPD, Downes Associates is accredited with Engineers Irelands CPD programme to ensure best practice for our CPD policy.