We would like to Congratulate Alexander Christie who is employed by WSP in London, as he has been awarded a STEGTA Excellence Award for Outstanding Performance in Railway Engineering Design.

We asked Alexander how he felt about winning the award.

“I decided upon a career in engineering because I felt it best suited my practical and problem-solving mindset. Combined with doing well in maths and science at school.

I was helped through my Apprenticeship by my STEGTA Training Officer Hugh Mclay.

He helped me through the Apprenticeship by helping me organise all my information into one place and how to be more precise with my use of words instead of having long answers that miss the point of the question.

The part of my work that I have been most proud of is contributing to the method of track installation for phase 2b of HS2.

I am proud of this because it involved using all the technical knowledge I had learnt to create the fastest and safest installation method possible.

The future for my career is to start doing a rail engineering degree through WSP via day or block release and become an incorporated engineer after finishing my degree.

I’m pleased to have won this award because it means that my English skills have improved over the past 2 years and I have been able to put my thoughts down on paper a lot better than I could at the start of my Apprenticeship”.

Alexander’s Training Officer – Hugh Mclay commented:

“It’s been a pleasure to support Alex throughout his Level 3 Apprenticeship in Rail Engineering Design. He is a genuine, pleasant individual who is keen to learn, organised, self-motivated and a great team player.

Alex has also represented his employer within schools as part of the Brathay Challenge to talk to younger students about the benefits and journey of becoming an Apprentice.
I wish him well for the future and his career at WSP”.