{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Engineers Ireland Amplified","title":"Bridging Communities | Public Sector Engineering in Focus","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2183,"description":"Engineers are having a meaningful impact across communities in Ireland through working in the public sector. \nToday we hear from three professionals with extensive experience working within the public sector about the rewarding projects they have worked on and the career paths they have taken. \nOur guests are Head of the National Building Control & Market Surveillance Office in Dublin and a fellow with Engineers Ireland Mairéad Phelan, Executive Engineer with Limerick City and County Council Fergal Timlin and Senior Executive Engineer with Louth County Council Claire Hughes. \n\nTHINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT\n\n01:09 Public sector and private sector differences\n02:15 Job fulfilment in public sector work \n04:40 Time scales in public sector work \n06:46 Working with members of the public \n10:41 Advice for those looking to move into the public sector \n12:06 Taking a step back from the business calculations \n16:27 The variation of work in the public sector \n19:02 Career progression in the public sector \n26:58 Changing the perception of engineering gender stereotypes at school level \n\nGUEST DETAILS\nClaire Hughes has a degree in Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering from Trinity College Dublin in 2006, an MSc Eng in Fire Safety Engineering from University of Ulster in 2013 and Postgraduate Dip in Road & Transport Engineering (inaugural year of the course) from IT Sligo in 2017. Claire is over 17 years working in Local Authorities (Monaghan, Offaly, Meath and now Louth County Councils) across a number of Departments such as Housing Capital, Road Design, Operations, Water & Wastewater services and Environmental services. She is currently working in Louth County Council as a Senior Executive Engineer in Waste Management & Environment Department.\nWebsite: https://www.louthcoco.ie/en/ \nSocial Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-hughes-3215961b7 \nMairéad Phelan is Head of the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office. A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yT1HKVBRO-_0Tw5LD-gGV6EOyCLdCro-cFnWSlmkksA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMjUz/ODU1M2Y5NWViNTE3/Njc1NjAzZTgxMjY0/YjZlMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}