A Geelong woman has been recognised for her positive contribution to the construction industry.
Irish-born Sinead Redmond, GeelongPort’s head of infrastructure delivery, took out the Excellence in Construction Award at the national Women in Industry Awards 2024 in Sydney last week.
The award celebrates Mrs Redmond’s years of advocacy and volunteering in the construction industry, including time in the Northern Territory working on housing projects for First Nations people in remote communities and facilities and accommodation for medical workers.
Throughout the past 15 years she has also held leadership positions with organisations such as Engineers Australia, Women in Engineering Network Australia and National Association of Women in Construction, acting to implement policy changes and mentoring programs.
Mrs Redmond said she was honoured to win an award featuring such a talented field of women.
“I have been fortunate to work for companies that support my passion for helping people in the community and in the engineering and construction professions,” she said.
A mother of two, Mrs Redmond has a passion for helping young professionals break into the field and seeing other mothers pursue their careers.
Since joining GeelongPort in 2022 she has created processes and structures to ensure a wide range of diverse companies have access to equal opportunities to work with the port.
“It’s important that all suppliers have equal opportunities,” she said.
“As a result, the port now has more than three times the number of diverse local suppliers, consultants and contractors from the construction sector.”
