These 4 Women of Distinction are Shaping the Offshore Industry

Eileen Woodford – Director Business Development, WorleyParsons

Eileen has worked in Business Development over the last 18 years supporting the oil and gas industry in Atlantic Canada. Since joining WorleyParsons three years ago, the St .John’s office has grown from 50 personnel to over 260.

WorleyParsons delivers projects, provides expertise in engineering, procurement and construction and offers a wide range of consulting and advisory services. They cover the full lifecycle, from creating new assets to sustaining and enhancing operating assets, in the hydrocarbons, mineral, metals, chemicals and infrastructure sectors.

Since joining WorleyParsons, Eileen has been promoted to Director within the company. At work, she is actively involved in the promotion of women in the workplace with the Women of WorleyParsons group. Her tenacity is evident in her everyday work life and she instills that can-do attitude to all those around her.

Eileen describes her formula for success as, “Confidence, trust, tenacity, and the ability to network have been the backbone of my success.The cliché of no “I” in TEAM is very true: if you surround yourself with successful teams you will be successful. Understanding our customers’ needs and delivering on our promises will nurture an ongoing mutually beneficial relationship. If you consistently treat your customers with respect they will follow you.”

For the future of our energy industry, Eileen states, “I would like to see the energy industry embrace more senior management positions for women, more women in the boardrooms. At WorleyParsons, we have a company-wide committee called WOW (Women of WorleyParsons) supporting women’s advancement and recognition as leaders in our industry. I am very proud that our company has embraced and encouraged women. We have made great strides in the past few years. We need to remain active for the next generation, helping them explore all their options and giving them every opportunity to be successful. To be sustainable in business you need to be agile and responsive to the times. You need to be able to diversify and adapt to changing markets faster than the competition, without feeling a sense of entitlement. At WorleyParsons we support many customer sectors; this diversification gives our people numerous customers to support, a team that adapts to all working environments and women who are extremely important in that vision.”

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