{"id":8860,"date":"2023-03-09T13:20:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/?p=8860"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:21:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T02:21:41","slug":"go-from-strength-to-strength-with-a-career-at-downer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/go-from-strength-to-strength-with-a-career-at-downer\/","title":{"rendered":"Go From Strength to Strength With a Career at Downer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can\u2019t get enough of hearing career stories that breakdown all the stereotypes and miconcpetions that exist around some of the biggest industries &#8211; and Alissa Lacey\u2019 talk is no exception!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a Senior Project Manager with Downer, Alissa lets us in on why going down the traditional uni path just wasn\u2019t for her. After getting her first taste of working in the electrical engineering industry during a break from uni, she knew she\u2019d found where she wanted to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Alissa in our latest employee interview and discover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More about who Downer are, what they do and the types of opportunities available.<\/li>\n<li>How Alissa got started on her career journey and why uni isn\u2019t the only way to make a successful start.<\/li>\n<li>Why the trades is for ANYONE wanting to build a varied career with lots of opportunity and job security.<\/li>\n<li>What makes Downer such a great workplace to start your career with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We loved that Alissa shares how any pathway is the right one if it works for you and we definitely think her career journey will inspire a few of you!<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-fluid-object o-fluid-object--4by3\" data-aspectratio=\"0.66667\"><iframe title=\"Go From Strength to Strength With a Career at Downer!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NbF0N8UwoVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><strong>Find Out More<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over 150 years, Downer has been developing, building and maintaining some of this country\u2019s most iconic infrastructure that contributes to the way we all live and work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what makes the difference and shapes their success as a company is the melting pot of amazing people from all walks of life. Different strengths, skills and perspectives, all working together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discover where a role with Downer could take you with their dedicated Explore Careers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/employers\/downer\/\">employer profile!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span> We can\u2019t get enough of hearing career stories that breakdown all the stereotypes and miconcpetions that exist around some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[23],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8860"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8864,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8860\/revisions\/8864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}