CIBSE YEN SA | Finding Your Voice Panel
About this Event
Join us for an engaging panel discussion exploring what it means to find your voice as a young professional in the building services industry. Hear from professionals across construction, consulting and engineering as they share their experiences, challenges and lessons learned throughout their careers.
This session will provide practical insights and encouragement for emerging professionals looking to build confidence, communicate effectively and make their voices heard in the workplace.
Finding your voice and building confidence can be challenging, particularly early in your career. Young professionals may have valuable ideas and perspectives but can sometimes feel hesitant to speak up, contribute to discussions or navigate challenging conversations.
With the building services industry bringing together professionals from diverse disciplines, effective communication, confidence and collaboration are essential skills for career development and successful project delivery.
This session brings together experienced industry professionals to share their personal journeys, including how they developed their confidence, found their voice and learned to contribute effectively throughout their careers.
Why Attend?
This event offers young professionals an opportunity to hear honest, practical perspectives from people working across different areas of the industry. Attendees will gain insight into the experiences of others and learn strategies they can apply to their own professional development.
Key Takeaways
Attendees will:
- Gain practical insights into developing confidence in the workplace.
- Learn how industry professionals found and developed their voice.
- Understand the importance of communication and self-advocacy.
- Hear how to navigate challenging conversations and professional situations.
- Gain inspiration and practical advice for progressing their careers.
- Connect with other young professionals and industry peers.
Target Audience
This event is ideal for:
- Young and emerging professionals in building services.
- Graduate and early-career engineers, architects and construction professionals.
- Professionals looking to develop their communication and leadership skills.
- Students and recent graduates considering a career in the building services industry.
- Anyone interested in hearing different perspectives on career development and finding their voice.
Session Coverage
The panel discussion will explore:
- What does it mean to "find your voice" in the workplace?
- Building confidence as a young professional.
- Overcoming the fear of speaking up and sharing ideas.
- Communicating effectively across different disciplines and project teams.
- Navigating challenging conversations and professional relationships.
- Learning from mistakes and experiences throughout your career.
- Developing your professional identity and leadership style.
- Advice for the next generation of building services professionals.
Presenter / Panellist Information
Elliot Hewish
Associate National Fire Services Lead, Lucid Consulting
Madison Lanthois
Hydraulic Services Engineer | Aged Care Portfolio Lead, Lucid Consulting
Emily Quinton
Senior Services Manager – Lendlease
CIBSE Young Engineers Network (YEN)
CIBSE YEN provides a range of activities to inspire and support young engineers already in the industry and encourage interest from others outside the building services profession.
CIBSE has YEN chapters around Australia and New Zealand that organise technical and social events to support Young Professionals working within building services. They also engage with students at universities and other tertiary institutions to build awareness of the opportunities offered by a career in building services egnineering
How to join CIBSE YEN: It's free to join!
Click here for more details about CIBSE's Young Engineers Network
CIBSE ANZ events are proudly supported by Seber Recruitment Group — Australia’s specialist recruitment partner to the design engineering sector.
Seber provides permanent and contract recruitment solutions across all Building Services and Civil & Structural disciplines, from Junior through to Director level.
Backed by over 12 years of industry experience, their specialist team is driven by one goal: connecting exceptional engineering talent with leading consultancies across Australia.
www.linkedin.com/company/seberrecruitment
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CIBSE ANZ technical events are supported by Seber Recruitment Group. Seber provide permanent and temporary recruitment solutions in Australia and the UK across the design engineering industry.
Specialising in all Building Services and Civil & Structural disciplines for Junior to Director level positions.
Their specialist team comes with over 10 years of experience and is passionate when it comes to what we do best... recruiting!
www.linkedin.com/company/seberrecruitment
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