Worker Wednesday: April 19th and Leslie Maldonando
Wednesday, April 19th
WORKER SPOTLIGHT (via CE4AEF’s #FacesofCleanEnergy program)
Texas’s Leslie Maldonando is a completions engineer at Fervo Energy, where she supports engineering and supply chain management for the company’s geothermal well work.
Leslie began her career as a drilling engineer in the oil and gas industry, but she pivoted. “Clean energy is the opportunity to improve our energy status-quo,” she said via CE4AEF’s Faces of Clean Energy.
“The ability to implement oil and gas industry practices to the geothermal industry is an innovation that will increase the accessibility and resources available,” she said.
“[This] is an investment I want to continue making for the wellbeing of future generations.”
What is your proudest accomplishment in clean energy? “The ability to implement oil and gas industry practices to the geothermal industry is an innovation that will increase the accessibility and resources available to both the renewable and non-renewable sectors. This is a stepping stone to help accelerate the transition from non-renewable to renewable resources that I believe is the main accomplishment of our goal as a company.”
What did you do before entering clean energy? “Drilling Engineer in the oil and gas industry.”
Read about Leslie’s work in this featured Twitter thread and at CE4AEF.org.
SHAREABLE JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS (Here’s sample social to amplify news of this growing workforce.)
Michigan: Magna planning new EV seating plant (detroitnews.com)
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500 more jobs coming to Michigan, as @potus’ affordable #cleanenergy plan continues to spur more jobs and manufacturing. #CleanEnergyAtWork https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/03/30/magna-planning-auburn-hills-ev-seating-plant/70064849007/[🖱CLICK TO TWEET]
The jobs and investments keep coming, following @potus' affordable #cleanenergy plan. In Michigan, what's coming is potentially 500 new jobs / $100M new investment, as @magnaint eyes new plant to supply seats for @GM #EVs. #CleanEnergyAtWork https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/03/30/magna-planning-auburn-hills-ev-seating-plant/70064849007/[🖱CLICK TO TWEET]
For anyone keeping score at home, that's another 500 #cleanenergy jobs / $100M investment coming to Michigan for #EV manufacturing, following @potus' affordable #cleanenergy plan. That's the power of investing in America's #cleanenergy workers.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/03/30/magna-planning-auburn-hills-ev-seating-plant/70064849007/
