CECA
Trainee engineer Christy Dickson is the recipient of CECA – The Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s ‘Scotland’s Most Promising Apprentice 2023‘ award.
Since joining construction and civil engineering business McLaughlin & Harvey in 2019, Dickson has gaining experience with a team at the Bushmills Distillery Offsite Maturation Facility site, followed by a spell with his company’s estimating department. Since September 2020, he has been working on the Hawick Flood Protection Scheme. Despite balancing working away from home on challenging projects and the impacts of Covid, Christy sailed through his Higher Level Apprenticeship (HLA) Foundation course and moved straight onto the HLA in Civil Engineering. He is currently in his second year and attends university every Thursday during term time.
In 2022, Christy helped guide eight S3 girl pupils from Hawick High School on-site as part of the CECA Scotland endorsed What-IF programme. Upon completion, the S3 girls were keen to explore opportunities in construction, with each offering compliments to and of Christy.
From day one, he has shown a real willingness and eagerness to learn and advance his knowledge in civil engineering.
Robin Erskine, Senior Contracts Manager at McLaughlin & Harvey, says: “I have had the opportunity to work with Christy at the Hawick FPS for the past two and a half years and I’m very proud of how he has developed into a very competent young engineer.
“From day one, he has shown a real willingness and eagerness to learn and advance his knowledge in civil engineering. His attitude, dedication and work ethic are exemplary. He works every other weekend on-site in Hawick due to his mid-week college day commitments back in Belfast.
“He has an excellent relationship with his peers, colleagues, subcontractors and client team, and I am delighted that he has picked up CECA Scotland’s Most Promising Apprentice award – thoroughly deserved.”
Dickson adds: “I am very honoured to have won this year’s CECA Scotland award for Most Promising Apprentice. I cannot thank Seamus Devlin and the team at McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd enough for all the training, support and opportunities they have given me. As well as my family and friends who have helped guide me throughout these early stages in my career as a Civil Engineer.”
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