Powering Your Career
Powering Your Career
Podcast Description
Powering Your Career Podcast 🎙️ Bringing You Insights from Australia’s Energy Leaders Welcome to the Powering Your Career Podcast, a show dedicated to exploring the energy transition and the professionals shaping its future. Hosted by David Smith, founding partner and director of West Energy and West Recruitment, this podcast delivers authentic conversations with senior leaders from Australia’s energy sector. Whether you’re an experienced energy professional or considering a career transition into the industry, this podcast will equip you with: ✅ Career development insights from top energy executives ✅ Leadership lessons in a rapidly evolving sector ✅ Perspectives on the energy transition and its challenges ✅ Mental health and wellness strategies for thriving in a high-pressure industry Why Listen to Powering Your Career? The energy transition is one of the biggest shifts in Australia’s economy, and it’s being led by people who are navigating new technologies, policies, and challenges. Our goal is to bring you real stories and actionable advice from energy leaders who have built successful careers and are shaping the future of the sector. Meet Your Host: David Smith David Smith has over 20 years of experience in executive recruitment and leads a team specializing in placing professionals across the entire energy supply chain. His passion for connecting great talent with transformative opportunities makes him the perfect host to guide you through these conversations.
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The podcast focuses on the energy transition and professional development within the industry, covering topics such as leadership lessons, career transitions, mental health strategies, and the future of renewable energy, with episodes featuring professionals like Andy Evans discussing offshore wind and Daphne Yao on innovation in energy retail.
Powering Your Career Podcast 🎙️
Bringing You Insights from Australia’s Energy Leaders
Welcome to the Powering Your Career Podcast, a show dedicated to exploring the energy transition and the professionals shaping its future. Hosted by David Smith, founding partner and director of West Energy and West Recruitment, this podcast delivers authentic conversations with senior leaders from Australia’s energy sector.
Whether you’re an experienced energy professional or considering a career transition into the industry, this podcast will equip you with:
✅ Career development insights from top energy executives
✅ Leadership lessons in a rapidly evolving sector
✅ Perspectives on the energy transition and its challenges
✅ Mental health and wellness strategies for thriving in a high-pressure industry
Why Listen to Powering Your Career?
The energy transition is one of the biggest shifts in Australia’s economy, and it’s being led by people who are navigating new technologies, policies, and challenges. Our goal is to bring you real stories and actionable advice from energy leaders who have built successful careers and are shaping the future of the sector.
Meet Your Host: David Smith
David Smith has over 20 years of experience in executive recruitment and leads a team specializing in placing professionals across the entire energy supply chain. His passion for connecting great talent with transformative opportunities makes him the perfect host to guide you through these conversations.
In Episode 7 of Powering Your Career, Dave sits down with Heidi Sick – an inspiring and honest voice in the energy sector who was named a ‘Top 100 Green Power Player’. Heidi shares her journey from growing up on the Mornington Peninsula to becoming Regional Business Line Director – Energy & Environment at AECOM. With a background in chemical engineering and a career built on saying yes to new opportunities, Heidi reflects on the twists, turns and pivots that shaped her path to executive leadership.
This episode explores:
- Navigating imposter syndrome and the pressure to “do it all”
- The value of vulnerability and building trust at work
- What she’s learned from being mentored – and mentoring others
- The reality of balancing big roles, parenting and personal wellbeing
- Supporting the next generation of leaders in energy and infrastructure
It’s a real, down-to-earth conversation on leadership, setbacks, and self-belief – and one many of you will relate to.
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