Senad Cajlakovic, born in former Yugoslavia and with over four decades at thyssenkrupp Uhde, began his career as a Technical Draftsman and is now an experienced Service Provider ID (SPID) administrator. His journey has been marked by enthusiasm for technical solutions, diversity in international projects and a strong commitment to sustainability – both professionally and personally.
The historic submarine U-995 is not just a relic from the Second World War, it’s also a valuable memorial that impresses around 350,000 visitors every year on the beach of the Kiel Fjord. Launched in July 1943, the submarine served in the war before being confiscated in Norway and used as a training boat.
thyssenkrupp is actively shaping the transition to a climate-neutral industrial economy with the Decarbon Technologies segment. Decarbonisation will generally be achieved through leading global key technologies in the hydrogen, ammonia, cement and lime, polymers and renewable energies sectors.
Sebastian Weidenbach was confident that he wanted to start his professional career in international sales at a larger company when he was still a student. Having grown up in Ingelheim am Rhein, Sebastian had no connection to the Ruhr region until 2022 - the 28-year-old had associated thyssenkrupp primarily with lifts and escalators. And the technology company headquartered in Essen turned out to be a stroke of luck.
Adnan Büyüksahin has had a keen interest in technology from a young age. He would spend hours researching how everyday objects worked. Adnan’s thirst for knowledge is so insatiable that he’s now outgrown his desire to understand how simple mechanisms work. As a working student in thyssenkrupp’s Operational Excellence department at its site in Bilstein, the mechanical engineering student (specialising in production engineering) at the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences is streamlining complex production processes at the shock absorber specialists.
At least five million Syrians left their homeland in 2015 to escape the horrors of the Syrian civil war. One of them: Mouhamed Alzaeem, he was 11 years old at the time, and found a new home in Hagen with his family. The lack of language skills was not the only challenge that the now 19-year-old had to confront in a totally foreign country.
Professional athletes and musicians are occasionally heard to say that they have turned their hobby into their profession. Engineers, on the other hand, rarely say this. One exception is Leonard Lapis, an engineer at thyssenkrupp Steering and part of the #GENERATIONTK.
University graduates who want to join a trainee programme to launch their professional careers are often spoilt for choice. At least in theory, but things often look different in practice. This is because many programmes only offer limited opportunities for professional development, lack exciting challenges and structured supervision or the chance to take on responsibility at an early stage. This was not the case for Lisa Sauerzapf: The young engineer started out as a trainee at thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe and has never looked back—quite the opposite.
Even when he was a law student, John Cebreco knew that he wanted to think outside the legal box in terms of his future career. The Essen native was able to gain a first-hand insight into a particularly exciting, global company during his legal traineeship at thyssenkrupp – and was immediately won over. So won over, in fact, that he had his sights set on just one employer after graduation.
The two apprentices Finn-Oliver and Thore from thyssenkrupp Marine Systems have produced a robotic arm for the next trainee fairs to help hand out the goodies.
Viktor had had such a positive experience working at thyssenkrupp during his elective placement that he could think of no better place than here to start his career as a fully qualified lawyer.
For five days, Udo, Patrick and Jana worked as volunteers at the Special Olympics World Games. A unique experience from which they took lots of inspiration for the inclusion work at thyssenkrupp.
Women are still outnumbered in technical professions? Sadly, that's still the reality. To mark International Girls' Day, we present three female engineers from thyssenkrupp who have found their passion in the technical world.
Think what it would mean if everyday items such as shoes and mattresses could be produced sustainably! thyssenkrupp Uhde is engineering and developing sustainable chemical plants that will turn this into reality.
At thyssenkrupp, we promote diversity. That is part of our culture. Therefore, we took part at the CSD in Cologne again. Around 280 colleagues made a joint statement against discrimination.
David Kosinski is studying industrial engineering at the renowned RWTH Aachen University. When he was looking for a job as a working student, there was no way around thyssenkrupp. As a working student at thyssenkrupp Services GmbH, David is independently responsible for sub-projects and, among other things, helps analyse the corporate carbon footprint of the entire group of companies.
At thyssenkrupp rothe erde, Thomas Handreck can pursue his passion for tinkering. The engineer has been developing calculation methods for slewing bearings for over 33 years. With his latest project, a 3D viewer, he is making the interpretation of data even faster and easier.
Climate change already poses a serious threat in the present and will continue to influence our daily actions in the future. That is why we must take responsibility to drive the green transformation as a global player.
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