Success for Balfour Beatty as WICE awards celebrates women in Business

WICE awards bring another success for Balfour Beatty’s women working in construction and engineering.

Balfour Beatty are celebrating success after Business Analyst, Jwerea Malik, won the Best Woman in Highways award at The European Women in Construction and Engineering (WICE) awards this week.

The award celebrates the most exemplary women in the industry, highlighting great contribution and encouraging companies to train and employ more women.

As well as attending numerous external speaking and networking events, Jwerea Malik is driving forward the Balfour Beatty Women in Business Allies Affinity network, helping to create a more inclusive environment for the company’s future pipeline of female employees. An active promoter of Health and Safety Initiatives, Jwerea was also recognised for her work to encourage the use of safe reporting resulting in a marked increase of safety observations.

Jwerea said: “It is a real honour to be recognised at the European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards. Improving diversity in our workforce is key for Balfour Beatty, and we are constantly seeking new ways to ensure our business fully reflects the society we serve.

“I understand the importance of providing guidance, mentoring and preparing young females for a career in engineering and construction. It gives me great joy to think that together, we can encourage more women to join the industry.”

Balfour Beatty work to decrease the gender gap within construction, with a range of initiatives to achieve progress. The group has signed up to the Young Women’s Trust to help more women enter the industry by undertaking a construction apprenticeships. They have also officially launched there Women in Business network to help maintain and develop its talent.

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