Alexei
Contract Manager at PEC Central Europe
During the last year of my PhD studies I started looking for a job. I met PEC at a job fair in Budapest and after passing all the tests and interviews, the owners of the company offered me a job opportunity. I preferred to finish my PhD studies first, but I was a little bit worried about telling this and thus missing out on a great job opportunity. However, I found full understanding when I explained it and we agreed to meet one year later to sign the contract.
A year later I started as an Automation Engineer. From year to year I was involved more deeply into the activities of the company. Currently, I’m a Contract Manager.
I could reach this position gradually, gaining the knowledge and experience by means of participation in different projects.
During my studies I was afraid that the work of an Automation Engineer might be repetitive and could get boring. But it is not! Over these 15 years I never had such a feeling. With every new project the tasks are different and full of challenges, plus I do a lot of travelling for the job which gives an added value to your professional life. I visited many countries from the Far East to the US. Being involved in such international projects really contributed to the growth of my career.
Birger
Vice President Contracting at PEC Belgium
I started working as a Software Engineer and I was really attracted by the fact that this company had a broad spectrum of different types of engineers. They had a software department but also an electronics and an automation department.
For most of the projects these departments were closely working together to come with a completely integrated solution for the customer.
I really appreciate the growth possibilities PEC offered me. After 2 years working as a software engineer, I got promoted to project manager. This made me responsible for smaller projects or parts of bigger projects. After another 2 years I became Senior Project Manager, which made me responsible for the software development of our formation line system. Eventually in 2012 I got promoted to Contract Manager where I now report directly to the two owners of the company and where I form the main link between the company and our major clients.
Thanks to the projects I worked on in these positions, I traveled to different countries (China, US, Russia, Japan) and did I receive the chance to broaden my network by working together with several big companies.