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Special Report—Women in Manufacturing
process engineer at Zeon Chemicals, in Hattiesburg, MS. Dressler, armed with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and working toward her
master’s degree, hit the ground running when she joined Zeon straight from college. Management assigned her projects right out of the gate, and also
takes advantage of her green-belt six- sigma certification by having her par- ticipate in the firm’s corporate quality committee.
While at first limited to more general plant-wide and relatively smaller proj- ects, Dressler now takes the lead on process-specific and critical projects throughout the plant. These include development of a visual-inspection program to monitor and verify product quality.
“The opportunity to grow and progress in my career in this industry has been exciting, and rewarding,” Dressler says, echoing Farrer’s per- spective on an engineering career. “I love getting up and going to the plant every day. While many of my female engineering-school classmates opted for sales jobs rather than finding jobs working in manufacturing plants, I thrive on the hands-on work.
“Throughout my life,” continues Dressler, “if someone questioned my ability to perform a task I became
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“One response we received,” she says, “was ‘Modern Women, Modern Work.’ We feel this perfectly sums up our current proposition to the graduating women of today, who we invite to join manufacturing and experience a rewarding and contemporary career.
“We would like your company’s support to attract, retain and advance women in manufacturing,” adds Grealis. “Visit www.womeninmanufacturing.org to explore how to help. Any action you take individually or companywide is important and timely. We are at a critical juncture where we need to devote resources and energy to fill open man- ufacturing positions with talented women.”
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