Kiwi engineers' ultimate work experience

Kiwi engineers invited to apply for the ultimate work experience

Sika is giving young engineers worldwide the chance to win the ultimate work experience with trips to some of the company’s key international projects being offered.

Sika, a leader in speciality products for the ready mixed concrete, civil engineering, construction, automotive and marine industries, is running ‘The Sika Experience’ competition to celebrate its 100th anniversary and promote engineering as a career.

“The Sika Experience is about giving young engineers a work experience on a global scale. Sika is playing an important role in developing our young engineers. We want to provide these engineers with a valuable experience that they can take into their future careers,” said Mike Edwards, Manager Business Unit Contractors, Sika New Zealand.

Greymouth-based engineer Jamie Ferguson (28) recently beat hundreds of young engineers worldwide and won the first trip to view construction of the Gothard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest rail tunnel, currently being built in Switzerland – a US$9 billion investment.

Trips still to be won include –
- A climate focussed trip to London and the Swiss Alps which will showcase new construction technologies to reduce the energy consumption of building. Entries close 31st May
- A trip promoting water storage technologies in Germany and Switzerland. Entries close 30th June
- A trip to Switzerland to learn about photovoltaics and Sika’s R&D production facilities. Entries close 30th July

Visit experience.sika.com/main/the-experience/ to find out more about the competition and to enter.

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