The WE50 awards take place each year to coincide with International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) on 23 June, a day endorsed by UNESCO patronage since 2016. INWED celebrates the achievements of women in engineering and related roles, and highlights the opportunities available to engineers of the future Concrete Society.
The WE50 were judged by a panel of industry experts and head judge, Dawn Fitt, commented: “As a former engineering technician apprentice it has been a pleasure, and encouraging, to see at firsthand the fantastic achievements of both current and former apprentices. This is particularly heartening given the push to increase the apprenticeship numbers within the construction industry.” If you are ever thinking about working in construction, then check out these great construction jobs.
Jacinta is the living embodiment of this route to success. She is a qualified refrigeration engineer and has been working in the industry for over 16 years. She began her apprenticeship with an RAC contractor in Dublin while, for the off-the-job phases of her studies, she attended both what were then DIT Bolton St, Dublin and FÁS Cork.
Since then she has progressed from the practical, hands-on side of the industry through to various roles including technical, design, sales and managerial positions. Her role with Critical Project Services (CPS) is to develop the European business through the management of clients who have new-build, retrofit or upgrade requirements on their data centres.
CPS is a management consultancy business dedicated to the mission-critical industry. It predominantly delivers project management, program management, site selection, project control, D&B, procurement, commissioning and assessment services.