Tenacity and independence at work
Mulija Sikira Lokvancic recently joined VINCI Energies Belgium as a project engineer. This first post has enabled the young Bosnian to fulfil her life plan in her adoptive country.
In May 2023, Mulija Sikira Lokvancic was finally able to return and visit her family in Bosnia, more than 18 months after arriving in Belgium. This 25-year-old, who has been working as a project engineer at VINCI Energies Belgium since October 2022, had to complete a long and tedious process to obtain her Belgian visa and work permit. “Throughout this difficult time, VINCI Energies was fantastic, supporting me and waiting for my application to be accepted so they could hire me,” she says.
Newly married and freshly graduated from a Bachelor in electrical engineering, in July 2021, she decided to settle in Antwerp. “As a hijab-wearing immigrant woman, I was worried about the kind of welcome I would receive. But I now feel fully integrated and useful here in Antwerp.”
In her first eight months at VINCI Energies, Mulija Lokvancic has already worked on three major projects: a laboratory and a 12-storey building for Ghent University Hospital, and a six-floor office building in Brussels. The young engineer is very demanding when it comes to training. Her longer-term ambition is to become a project manager and lead her own team.
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