Quinn had been a member of the body for 18 months heading up the skills workstream
Balfour Beatty boss Leo Quinn has stepped down from his role on the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), where he was the body鈥檚 skills lead.
His departure comes less than 18 months after he was appointed to the CLC as chair of the skills workstream, where Quinn鈥檚 remit included helping the government to achieve its target of creating three million apprenticeships by 2020, by reforming apprenticeship training from recruitment through to retention.
Quinn founded 鈥楾he 5% Club鈥� in 2013 - an industry led scheme aimed at ensuring at least one in 20 of workers are apprentices, interns or graduates in formal training programmes.
Quinn鈥檚 frustration at a lack of progress to tackle the skills shortage was revealed earlier this month, when he criticised the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) for failing to deliver.
He said: 鈥淭he CITB occupies a pivotal role in providing all of us in the sector with the skilled workers we need. Bluntly, the present skills shortage shows it hasn鈥檛 been doing this for some time.鈥�
Commenting on Quinn鈥檚 decision to quit the CLC, a Balfour Beatty spokesperson said: 鈥淗aving delivered the skills workstream report in July and taking into account his other important long-term commitments, including The 5% Club, Leo suggested to the CLC that the moment had come to transition his role on the CLC skills workstream to new leadership.鈥�
鈥淏alfour Beatty will of course continue its support and engagement with government on key sector issues including the industry鈥檚 skills shortage.鈥�
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