Gaby Tregurtha

Electrical Engineer

"When I was coming through engineering, there was only one person who was female who I could look up to and aspire towards.

It has been really important for me going forward to give those opportunities to women and other diverse people. I have made a conscious effort to embrace diversity in my career"

Completing a Combined Engineering and Science degree in late 2017 following 7 years of undergraduate study, Gaby Tregurtha joined the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment project working as an Electrical Engineer which at the time was the largest construction project in the state. She then joined JMG and has continued to work across all electrical and fire building services including completing several hospital projects.

"STEMM has been a love-hate relationship for me. I think that like everything that is worth it in life, it has its ups and downs. I love not knowing what the next project is going to be or how I’m going to do it, but having the confidence to know I’ve worked it out before so I can work it out again."

"Coming to university was a huge challenge because I come from the country. I was told by the senior college lecturer that I was not capable of studying mathematics at university, and that I should go into medicine. This was so wrong for me."

“Having gone from having no mathematics knowledge in highschool and college, to having an engineering and mathematics degree speaks volumes to the value of opportunity and actually letting people have a go and fail. Sometimes they’ll surprise you!”

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