Maite Zelaieta
Responsible for the laboratory and the environment
FURESA/Spain
The job
I am Responsible for the laboratory and the environment. I am managing supervise the laboratory, perform certificates and tests. I am in charge for the management of the environment, waste, analytics, measurements, documentation, procedures.
I was 19 years old when she started. In the beginning, I received support by my quality manager and then my colleagues in general.
Education
INDUSTRIAL MASTER - TECHNICIAN SPECIALIST IN MACHINES AND TOOLS. Degree obtained in 1987 at the Professional School SAN JOSE MARISTAK.
COMPLEMENTARY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Course: STATISTICAL CONTROL OF PROCESSES. 1994.
PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES-IMPROVEMENT GROUPS. 1994.
FUSION course. 10 h. AZTERLAN. 1997.
The motivation
What drives your motivation? Motivation can be the good work environment we have in our department, having controlled work and the possibility of learning new things.
What are the benefits, both personal and social? Being part of the active society, satisfaction of leaving a job well done, closeness to the workplace, good environment in the department; possibility of Training, health insurance, incentives if goals are met.
The challenges
Does your job make you compromise with something or make sacrifices? It is not always necessary but there are times when the job asks for more involvement for different reasons and sacrifices are made to meet the needs.
What challenges you meet working in male dominated environment? The question states that the environment is dominated by men, but it is not something that is perceived continuously, perhaps because in my work environment women prevail. Although in some circumstances it seems that we have to demonstrate more to have the same.
The success
What does it take to be successful? Training and involvement, collaboration, responsibility, empathy, positive attitude