What should working life at E.ON be like so women can capitalize on their opportunities more easily? How can more women reach managerial positions? What can be done to make working conditions more attractive to women? These are just a couple of the issues tackled by IngE, the group-wide network for female engineers. Women from all market units use the network as a platform to identify common targets and improving opportunities and prospects for female engineers.

 

IngE focuses on balancing career and family, boosting career opportunities as well as systematic coaching and mentoring. Promoting the next engineering generation is another cornerstone. IngE informs young women from an early age about the wide range of academic and career options. Successful female engineers present their profession and act as role models for young women. The ties many young female employees still maintain to universities are used to help push E.ON as an employer brand and make the company an attractive option for female graduates.

 

One of the foundations of our work is cooperating with Femtec GmbH, the Berlin-based career center for women in engineering and natural sciences. Femtec creates motivation and training programs to help spark interest in engineering and natural sciences among young women, as well as working to improve entry and promotion opportunities for women in technical careers.