Celebrating Women’s Day and building futures in Lifting
In recognition of International Women’s Day, which took place on 8th March 2025, Emily Buck of Delmark Lifting Equipment discusses her career journey towards building a bright future in the Lifting Industry.
Opportunities are immense in a Lifting Industry that is truly global and includes a myriad of occupations and fulfilling careers in which to build a future. They can be in sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, ports and maritime, construction, mining, quarrying, defence and renewables. And there are a multitude of non-industrial sectors that offer their own attractions, such as entertainment, medical, aeronautical, agricultural and the military. Roles may include working with IT and intelligent technology, mechanical engineering, design, safety, sales, marketing, administration and management.
As the world recognises International Women’s Day on 8th March, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, the global Lifting Industry proudly demonstrates how woman are progressing in exciting careers and building their futures. Among them is Emily Buck. As a Trainee Lifting Equipment Engineer / HSQ Manager at Delmark Lifting Equipment, which provides bespoke lifting solutions for the elevator industry, she offers an interesting insight into this world and the future she is building.
“Typically, my days consist of working on site alongside my engineer to install and test lifting structures within lift shafts and motor rooms,” she says. “The location varies from day to day, and it can take me to some very cool places like Buckingham Palace and even the McLaren Technology Centre, which sounds amazing until you find yourself stuck on a muddy building site in the middle of winter. It’s all swings and roundabouts or, as they say in the lift trade, it’s all ups and downs!”
Emily also handles the day-to-day accounts for the company. “It was a major learning curve as I started from having no knowledge to having sole responsibility for this critical core function of the business.”
In addition, Emily has the challenge of managing the health and safety tasks for the company. “It started with the more mundane tasks of completing various audits to ensure compliance, but when it got down to the nitty gritty, I started to really enjoy implementing all that I had learned.”
