The Operations and Human Resources team of Komatsu Mining Panama is constantly implementing actions to promote gender equality in order to promote economic growth, productivity and well-being for the company.
Thanks to the relationship that the company maintains with the career coordination area of the Technological University of Panama, students can apply for and participate in the incorporation process for Mechanical and Electromechanical Engineering in the private sector. This was the case of Alejandra Scantlebury and Elizabeth Pérez, who started working as Maintenance Technicians on August 1st of this year at the KMP workshop located in Panama Oeste, District of Arraiján.
The company seeks to successfully promote the role of women as value-added professionals who contribute in a positive way, since this is the first time that women enter this area.
“I am grateful to Komatsu for every learning experience and for the opportunity to do what I am passionate about and to be able to prove that women can do it”,
Alejandra Scantlebury
“We are shattering paradigms in a profession that requires a lot of mental and physical strength. Komatsu is a very renowned company and the fact of being here gives me gratitude and satisfaction”.
Elizabeth Pérez
Who is working for the first time formally in the mechanical area
“At Komatsu, one of our strategic objectives is to give equal opportunity to women, in terms of training and skills development, in order to ensure not only good business results in the medium term as a result of higher productivity, but also motivated people, ensuring lower talent turnover”.
Luis Smith
Operations Manager
Komatsu Mining Panama
