Heather McKeown Named a VIP Member of Worldwide Who's Who for Excellence in Human Resources

    CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, August 14, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Heather McKeown, Director of Talent Attraction and Human Resources for URS, was recently named a VIP member of Worldwide Who's Who. This special distinction honors individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to achieving personal and professional success.

Ms. McKeown has 19 years of professional experience, with two years as a Director of Talent Attraction, Oil & Gas Division, North America for URS. She is an expert in human resources and strategic leadership. In the course of her duties, she is responsible for managing the talent in the Oil & Gas Division. In addition, she recruits brand development professionals, and she also manages budgetary planning and fiscal management teams. Ms. McKeown provides talent solutions to critical path challenges within tight deadlines.

Ms. McKeown attributes her success to her ability to constantly focus on the end vision, and through the development of innovative strategic plans and a high performing team, achieve aggressive targets despite chaotic external changes. She could see that the true path to any business success is through the effective engagement and leadership of an organization's workforce. She is quite proud of the fact that through a team of committed professionals, she managed to break and exceed previous records and increase value added services to meet a very dynamic business environment.

Ms. McKeown received a bachelor's degree in business with a concentration in human resources from Simon Fraser University, and she is a member of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta. In years to come, Ms. McKeown envisions growing her scope beyond traditional boundaries that significantly shift the competitive advantage of the company.

The Oil & Gas Division has a team of human resources professionals that has attracted more than 5,000 new employees to the Division in 2012, which was a record-breaking year for on-boarding new talent. The team has evolved from a small centralized recruiting team to a diversified group of 64 serving as a model for cost effectiveness and operational efficiency for URS while achieving goals for the Division.

URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning; design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; information technology; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for federal, oil and gas, infrastructure, power, and industrial projects and programs. Headquartered in San Francisco, URS Corporation has more than 50,000 employees in a network of offices in nearly 50 countries (www.urs.com).

About Worldwide Who's Who
With over 500,000 members representing every major industry, Worldwide Who's Who is a powerful networking resource that enables professionals to outshine their competition, in part through effective branding and marketing. Worldwide Who's Who employs similar public relations techniques to those utilized by Fortune 500 companies, making them cost-effective for members who seek to take advantage of its career enhancement and business advancement services.

Worldwide Who's Who membership provides individuals with a valuable third-party endorsement of their accomplishments, and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively. In addition to publishing biographies in print and electronic form, it offers an online networking platform where members can establish new professional relationships.

For more information, please visit http://www.worldwidewhoswho.com.

Contact:
Ellen Campbell
Director, Media Relations
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