Hitting the heights
Milca Kouakou is a power supply design engineer at Cegelec, the VINCI Energies Côte d’Ivoire tertiary-sector business unit in Abidjan. Working on major projects such as West Africa’s future tallest skyscraper, this young Ivorian is proud to be contributing to her country’s development.
25-year-old Milca Kouakou, a power supply design engineer at Cegelec, the VINCI Energies Côte d’Ivoire tertiary-sector business unit, is managing the technical studies for the electrical engineering component of the Tour F project in Abidjan. Tour F will be West Africa’s tallest skyscraper. Having been scouted by VINCI Energies teams during a recruitment event at her university, ESI (Ecole supérieure d’industrie), she first worked on the Abidjan exhibition centre site, then at the Yamoussoukro stadium.
“My work involves defining and leading design studies for the electrical component of a project. It’s a job I love because I get to see my thought process become a tangible result,” she says.
Milca Kouakou greatly appreciates the support and training she has received since arriving at the Group. “When I arrived at Cegelec, I didn’t have a lot of practical knowledge. I was immediately given training on professional software packages and collaborative working tools. I’ll soon be taking a course specific to my role as a design engineer to deepen my understanding of the subject,” explains the young woman, who hopes to participate in the creation of a design study unit, something Cegelec is currently lacking in Côte d’Ivoire.
Watch the video:
