Taking home the award for the CH2M Beca Young Water Professional of the Year at last year’s Water New Zealand Conference and Expo has helped motivate Jules Scott-Hansen to continue striving to do her best for the industry and her community.
“Getting recognition was really special,” she says.
As an engineer with Opus International, Jules impressed her associates and colleagues with her professionalism, communication skills and passion for how engineering can make a difference to people’s lives.
“As a new person in the industry you’re not always told if you’re doing well, so it was great to be nominated by my Business Manager and really nice to have the recognition of my peers and colleagues for the work done early in my career.”
Jules was one of more than a dozen industry professionals to receive recognition for their contribution to the sector through the Water New Zealand awards.
“Every year we run these awards because the conference provides a great opportunity for our members to show our appreciation of the work of our colleagues and the professionalism of the water sector,” says Water New Zealand Chief Executive John Pfahlert.
“These awards do mean a lot to those who have been nominated and support the professionalism of our sector. So I strongly encourage all our members to look at the awards on offer this year and ensure you get nominations in.”
Other key awards include the Ronald Hicks Memorial Award which is given for innovative work on water pollution and sewage treatment in New Zealand. Since 1985 some of the many creative leaders of the association have been recognised through receiving this award.
Chair of the Ronald Hicks Memorial Trust, Mark Milke says the award helps communicate new knowledge and important innovations and he’s asking for more nominations now.
“Today’s society continues to be challenged to solve or better understand its water pollution and sewage treatment problems. We do not have all the answers, but we do have many people contributing to important innovations,” he says.
Go to our website www.waternzconference.org.nz for more information on awards and criteria.
Key awards include:
Non-members of Water New Zealand are eligible for some of these awards.
Criteria and Scope for Awards
The definition and scope of each award, the criteria for selection, along with the nomination processes and timelines for submission can be found under Awards section on the conference website www.waternzconference.org.nz
Nominations this year will close Friday, 25 August August 2017, and the awards will be presented at this year’s Annual Conference in Hamilton.