Growth and Development

Growth and DevelopmentGardner Denver is a unique place to build your career. We empower employees and encourage ideas from everywhere. As a new hire, you will have the ability to hit the ground running. Right from the start, you will begin working on active projects to grow your current skills, gain new knowledge and learn through realistic, hands-on experience. As a valued team member, you’ll get to share your capabilities and background with multi-functional teams to leverage the synergy of working together and foster our belief that, “None of us is as good or as smart as all of us!”

Gardner Denver feels that top performers have a natural drive to learn and grow. We support that drive through a performance management process that ensures all employees have personal developmental objectives.

Our Leadership Development Program provides future leaders with the opportunity to learn critical leadership skills while working on cross-functional teams to complete capstone projects that are presented to our Executive team.

Those strong individual contributors who progress into supervisory roles are supported with our Supervisor Development Program that hones their existing managerial skills.

In addition, there are 175 online courses that sharpen those business skills that support the Gardner Denver Way. Employees are also given an opportunity to improve their language skills through effective online classes and resources that help them better communicate on the job.

Tuition reimbursementA tuition reimbursement program allows employees to pursue their educational goals and we provide financial support for those employees who wish to attain accreditation in their professional field.

For those entering the workforce, we have offered internships and apprenticeships. In addition, various summer jobs provide students with an opportunity to experience the Gardner Denver Way of doing business. If the skills, attitude and behavior are a fit, the students become candidates for future positions.
 

 "As a part of Gardner Denver's Tax and Finance team I am able to contribute within my daily responsibilities and through exciting projects to the success of a great Company in achieving its ambitious financial goals, which is always challenging and stimulating to me, and, means a lot of fun!"
Klaus , Puchheim, Germany
Director, European Taxation