Drive to increase women in engineering
Published: 30 June, 2021
Siemens is planning to increase the number of women in engineering with the aim of achieving gender parity in its Early Careers recruitment.
Latest figures from its core businesses show 43% of those enrolled on Siemens’ graduate programmes and 36% on its apprenticeship schemes are female.
The company is now targeting 50/50 gender parity in Early Careers recruitment by 2025 as part of its drive to build an innovative and diverse culture.
Joanne Gogerly, head of Siemens Professional Education UK and North-West Europe, said: “The digital revolution in industry offers an opportunity to build a better gender balance in engineering and technology companies like Siemens.
“We are driving this change by making Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) a core focus to enable women to succeed in every kind of role from management and manufacturing to projects, sales and service.
“The UK still languishes amongst the lowest when it comes to the percentage of female engineering professionals in Europe, yet industry needs the talent, skills and experience of women more than ever.
“By improving the methods, we use to attract more women to Siemens’ engineering roles such as more inclusive language in recruitment advertising and using more diverse recruitment platforms and sharing more of the inspirational stories of women in the company to bust a few myths about modern engineering, Siemens can play its part on bridging this gender gap.”
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