Guest Interview with Aisling Guilfoyle - EP 083

Guest Interview with Aisling Guilfoyle discussing Engineering - The Common Language We All Speak from Coffee Time with Kauffman.Aisling is Civil Engineer with over 11 years of experience. Her early career started as a site engineer on a construction site. After this, Aisling digressed into wet utility design, bringing with her the site knowledge to develop constructible designs. She joined Hyder Consulting (now Arcadis) based in Qatar in 2013 where she was involved in various utility infrastructure projects.From there, she joined WSP (UAE) in 2014 where she continued to grow within the wet utility design team. In her current role, she provides both technical and management advice associated with wet utility design in urban development and infrastructure. In addition to her technical role, she has a long list of leadership skills, particularly in the project management realm.She is an assertive individual who works well in a team and on her own. She was heavily involved with WSP initiatives such as the Early Career Leadership program, Taskforce, and Professional Registration development campaign. She also was the Middle East representative of Engineers Without Borders for WSP. After 5 years in her role in WSP, she embarked on a role with Atkins Middle East, where she is now part of a highly driven and ambitious team, working on mega projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and UAE. She moved on to Project Engineer for the Design and Build project for Atkins, in collaboration with ASGC where they are delivering a landmark Marsa Al Arab a Luxury Hotel in the shadow of the iconic Burj Al Arab. Currently, she is now back at WSP as a Project Manager for the Property and Buildings Department.Aisling is the Award winner for the Next-Gen Woman of the Year 2021 ~ Middle East, Africa & South Asia and The Big 5's Women In Construction Awards.Maria Kauffman - Engineer, SuperHeroine, PodcasterFor access to the full blog posts go here.Discover more about Maria Kauffman by going here.Schedule a Discovery Call to be a guest on the show here!