International Womens Day 2024 | Inspire Inclusion
CE Group are proud of their steps toward providing equal opportunities for women across non-traditional female roles. We asked a few of our team in these roles, what Inspire Inclusion looks like for them in their roles, what they love most about their roles and what can be done to encourage further education and empowerment to women to encourage them into non-traditional roles.
Anastasia Oriani-Parata | HSEQ
What does Inspire Inclusion mean to you?
Inspire Inclusion means creating an environment where everyone feels valued, confident, and empowered to contribute.
How do you feel your role at CE Group demonstrates the crucial role of achieving gender equality?
My role at CE Group showcases the importance of gender equality by demonstrating that women can excel in traditionally male dominated industries.
What are your biggest challenges as a women in a male dominated space, and how do you overcome them?
Overcoming unconscious biases and stereotypes is a challenge, but I do so by staying confident and continuously learning.
What do you feel will help bridge the gap for women, and inspire inclusion in the construction space?
To bridge the gap for women in construction, we need to promote more diversity initiatives and shine a spotlight on authentic, accomplished female role models.
What do you love most about your role and the positive impact it has day-to-day?
I value the impact of my role in ensuring the safety and well-being of our employees and the environment, contributing to a safer workplace every day.
Kristen Nightingale | Project Administrator Infrastructure Services
What does Inspire Inclusion mean to you?
The inclusion of women in the workplace to be able to take on roles in a male dominated industry, and be supported and encouraged by their peers & management.
How do you feel your role at CE Group demonstrates the crucial role of achieving gender equality?
For a male dominated industry like ours, CE Group has a high number of women employees, both in the office and in trade.
What are your biggest challenges as a women in a male dominated space, and how do you overcome them?
Being undervalued & spoken to differently in high pressure situations. Overcome by choosing to work in a workplace where women are valued and they are high in numbers, and feeling
supported.
What do you feel will help bridge the gap for women, and inspire inclusion in the construction space?
More encouragement and awareness for women to take on trade roles.
What do you love most about your role and the positive impact it has day-to-day?
That the women work together and get the job done.
Vanda Ines | Project Coordinator – Mining
What does Inspire Inclusion mean to you?
It means working in an environment where each person is valued for their individuality and encouraging them to use their strengths in a way that not only uplifts them, it also boosts the culture and business of the company.
How do you feel your role at CE Group demonstrates the crucial role of achieving gender equality?
My role as Project Coordinator has me interacting with different business units, managers, supervisors and administrators who are all diverse in culture and personality.
What are your biggest challenges as a women in a male dominated space, and how do you overcome them?
My biggest challenge is not having the experience or knowledge they do in this industry, it puts me at a disadvantage. However my approach has always been to learn each individuals’
quirks, the way they like to work and their preferred way of communicating and to engage with them in this way. By also asking questions, encouraging opinions and taking time to get to know each person, it builds trust, comradery and better working relationships.
What do you feel will help bridge the gap for women, and inspire inclusion in the construction space?
More knowledge and training in areas they want to learn more about, and having employers who encourage this. Networking is also a great way to mix with a diverse range of people and builds confidence and business relationships.
What do you love most about your role and the positive impact it has day-to-day?
I work with a great group of people, am learning a lot and I feel supported and acknowledged in the role I play in the company.
Jayll Silas | Electrical QA/QS (Electrician)
What does Inspire Inclusion mean to you?
Inspire inclusion means to celebrate diversity and empowerment on IWD 2024 and beyond.
How do you feel your role at CE Group demonstrates the crucial role of achieving gender equality?
CE Group promotes gender equality and for me to be a female electrician among the males I am proud to work with them and learn from them.
What are your biggest challenges as a women in a male dominated space, and how do you overcome them?
My biggest challenge would be working with experienced male electricians, I overcome that by working twice as hard to prove that women are strong, and they are confident enough to work hard and prove it.
What do you feel will help bridge the gap for women, and inspire inclusion in the construction space?
Women in field must reach out and encourage others who are yet to be that women can be in male dominated workplace only if they are confident enough to work hard and prove it.
What do you love most about your role and the positive impact it has day-to-day?
As a female electrician that is now doing the QA works, I love my new role and what I am doing daily. I also learnt from my little mistakes during inspections and improve from them.
If you’re ready to take the next challenge in your career, and join a contractor that encourages and strives for equality reach out to the team for all open opportunities.
