Trusted by 2,000+ IT & HR leaders in Microsoft-first organizations
Zensai transforms learning, engagement, and performance into impact right inside Microsoft 365. No disruption, just smarter ways to grow where your teams already work.
Run one HR system
across every site, project, and office
HR software for construction and engineering teams, with learning, performance, and engagement built together in Microsoft 365
Too many tools.
No single view of your people.
Engineering and construction firms end up running learning, performance, and engagement in separate systems — or paying for a heavyweight HR suite where half the modules go unused. Either way, the data's fragmented and no one can see how the workforce is actually doing, across offices, sites, and projects.
Set your people up for success with Zensai HR software for construction
No switching between platforms. Learning, performance, and engagement connected inside Microsoft 365. With AI doing the busywork and your team in control.
One platform for the whole employee picture.
Learning, performance, and engagement run as one connected system inside Microsoft 365. HR sees how capability, output, and morale move together, instead of stitching separate tools into a story.
Develop and keep the engineers you can't afford to lose.
Skilled people are hard to hire and easy to lose. Career development, regular performance conversations, and engagement signals work together so your best people keep growing, and stay.
Answer the board without the scramble.
When someone asks how the workforce is doing, the answer's already there: capability, performance, engagement, and compliance across every site and project, current and in one place.
HR that reaches the site, not just the inbox.
Office engineers get the full experience; site and field crews get the safety, compliance, and onboarding they need, even without Microsoft 365. So your people programs reach everyone, not just those at a desk.
Zensai leads construction HR with +90% user adoption
Most HR software for construction ends up being a compromise. Zensai is different. With the Zensai Platform, HR, employees, managers, and IT each get what they need in one connected system. And because it’s built inside Microsoft 365, people actually use it.
CHRO / HR Director
"Enterprise HCM is overkill for us, but a pile of point tools means no single view of our people."
- One platform for learning, performance, and engagement — sized and priced for mid-market engineering and construction firms.
- Sell the board one platform, not a portfolio of disconnected HR tools to stitch together.
Employee
"I want to keep growing here, not feel like my development depends on luck or my manager.
- A clear path to build skills and progress, with regular conversations about goals — not a once-a-year review
- Development, performance, and feedback in one place, wherever they’re based — head office, site, or on a project.
IT & Security Leaders
“We're a Microsoft shop — we don't want another HR suite to integrate and secure.”
- Native to Microsoft 365 — one platform, one security review, no separate HR suite to stand up.
- People data stays in your tenant, under the governance and identity your team already runs.
Loved by users, trusted by leaders
See why more than 2,000 people leaders choose Zensai
We've built something that agents actually want to use. They're asking for more. More sessions. More content. More pathways.
Shelby Colgan
National Academy Manager, Belle Property
We wanted to heavily invest in people's growth and a robust and modern LMS was critical in achieving that goal.
Wayne Brown
Learning & Development Manager, Kennards Self Storage
Zensai is easy to navigate and manage. It's so straightforward to add courses, training plans and then track the progress. I would strongly recommend a system like this!
Anders Fabricius
Group Training & Development Manager, KOMPAN
More ways to grow your people.
Zensai was the differentiator because it was the only solution that integrated into the tool that we had grown accustomed to using - Microsoft Teams.
Randy Cruz
Director of Talent & Organizational Development
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FAQs
What is HR software for construction and engineering firms?
HR software for construction and engineering manages the people side of the business — learning, performance, engagement, and compliance — for a workforce spread across offices, sites, and projects. It runs workforce management across locations, covering office-based engineers and site teams in one Microsoft 365 native platform. Without the cost and complexity of traditional HCM or HRIS products.
How is this different from Workday or SAP SuccessFactors?
Enterprise HCM suites like Workday and SAP are powerful but over-engineered and priced per seat in ways that rarely fit engineering or construction firm with a distributed workforce. Zensai gives you learning, performance, and engagement in one Microsoft-365-native platform, sized and priced appropriately.
How do you reach site and field teams?
Zensai includes a frontline worker experience sold per license, so site and field workers get onboarding, safety, and compliance — including those without a full Microsoft 365 license. Office and site workers are on the same platform, so HR software for construction covers the whole workforce, not just the people with a company inbox.
Is it right for a mid-market engineering or construction firm with 250–2,500 employees?
Yes — that’s exactly who Zensai is built for. Mid-market firms are caught between enterprise HCM that’s too heavy and a stack of point tools that don’t connect. Zensai gives this segment one platform for learning, performance, and engagement, without the cost and complexity of an enterprise suite.
Does it keep compliance audit-ready?
Yes. Certification and completion records are captured across sites and projects with audit-ready compliance reporting — so when an inspection, client, or tender audit comes, the evidence that the right people are trained and certified is already there, not reconstructed in a scramble.
Does it work for manufacturers or other industrial firms?
Yes. The same model fits any distributed, compliance-heavy workforce — manufacturers, industrial, and field-service firms included. If your people are spread across sites or projects and your stack is Microsoft 365, the fit holds. A dedicated manufacturing page is on the way.
Which edition do we need?
The platform offers different editions — start with the learning foundation (Grow), add continuous performance (Scale), and add engagement, recognition, and the full Human Success Score (Transform), with the frontline worker experience reaching deskless workers at the entry tier. Which capabilities you turn on scales with your needs.
Do we need to replace our HRIS?
No. Zensai reads org and people data from Entra ID or if you store your people data elsewhere, can connect to 80+ HRIS or HCM systems, including Workday and SAP — so it runs learning, performance, and engagement alongside other workforce management tools.
What do our customers say about Zensai?
Our customers are our best proof, and on G2, that proof comes straight from verified reviews rather than analyst or vendor input. Reviewers point to the same strengths again and again: an experience that feels native to Microsoft 365, a rollout that’s fast and low-friction, and a support team they genuinely trust. Read what our customers say in their own words on our G2 review page.