This Engineers Week IW's Matt Thomson promotes engineering as a career choiceFor the last five years Matt Thomson has played a lead role in providing a more reliable water supply to communities across Westmeath. Working as a Regional Lead with Irish Water’s Leakage Reduction Programme (LRP) he is responsible for overseeing the delivery of projects tackling leakage and reducing bursts. Following in his father’s footsteps, Matt completed a degree in Civil Engineering and started his career working on roads and drainage schemes across Cape Town. Speaking about the opportunities engineering gave him, Matt said, “Engineering has opened up a world of travel and the chance to work on a wide variety of projects. “For anyone interested in engineering – gain a variety of experience in the many different disciplines such as consulting and contracting.

Source: Irish Independent March 05, 2022 23:50 UTC