Beca Gives Students Step Up on Career Ladder

Beca Gives Students Step Up on Career Ladder

Two Wellington students have been provided with an incredible opportunity to work with and learn about New Zealand’s largest employee-owned professional services consultancy and at the same time be supported through their academic studies in 2016.

Anna Finkenauer and Martin Lotz are studying engineering this year and with the support of Beca are receiving a scholarship towards their tuition fees. They will also be partnered up with engineering mentors at Beca and be offered the opportunity for work experience and projects to develop their skills.

Both students applied for a Beca scholarship and were thrilled when they were advised they had been successful. The scholarships are one of a number available to prospective engineering students studying at diploma or degree level. They are hotly contested, with Beca being viewed as a leading company to be associated with.

“There’s never been a better time to study engineering”, says Michael Kerr, Beca Wellington Regional Manager, “and the skills provided via the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering or the Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree are ideal.”

“There’s a real shortage of technical engineers and with so many opportunities in the engineering and construction industry, it’s a great time to be in the engineering field. There’s not only the rebuild of Christchurch, but also big roading projects, major construction works, significant building developments, geotechnical engineering opportunities and much more across the country. At Beca we want to support talented young people to become engineers and provide them with the opportunity to work on some exciting projects in New Zealand and overseas.”

Steve Scannell Beca’s People & Culture Recruiter agrees, “Last year we employed 80 graduates across New Zealand. We need 30 new engineers in Wellington this year alone. We really want students to consider engineering as a potential, rewarding career.”

Adds Michael, “We can offer people really exciting and varied work across many disciplines from structures to civil to mechanical. Because we are present across the Asia-Pacific, our people can focus on the areas they are passionate about, whether that is working to solve environmental problems, improving water quality, designing leading edge environmentally sound buildings or bringing Wellington’s historic buildings back to life. We can provide these opportunities and more.”

“The bottom line is that there is real demand for engineers with technical skills. We want to help Anna, Martin and other talented prospective engineers like them get a step up onto the engineering career ladder.”

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