PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Valve48 www.valve48.com As a veteran-owned business, we’re focused on the mission: getting you the parts and expertise you need to get the job done quickly. With 40+ years of experience, we’ve built strong connections with top manufacturers, allowing us to provide what you need from our extensive on-site inventory. data collection and analysis, providing utilities with multiple engineering options tailored to specific initiatives, so making sure that we have the right people with the right experience from a civil, structural, electrical, or gas perspective to try and provide streamlined solutions is paramount,” he explains. The generational workforce transition poses particular challenges.Years of minimal utility hiring created a significant experience gap, with many organizations now facing simultaneous retirement waves among senior staff while lacking mid-career professionals. “The industry has individuals at the retirement stage of their careers, while others have only five to seven years of experience. Very few people fall into that 15-to-20-year experience gap,” Frantz notes from his prior utility experience. In response, Orbital has developed robust internal training programs and an emerging leader’s initiative to address these gaps.The programs aim to accelerate professional development while building retention through mentorship and career growth opportunities. As the utility industry confronts unprecedented infrastructure demands alongside workforce constraints, companies like Orbital that invest in talent development will lead through the transformation ahead. 146 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 12
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