Christian Emil Warncke

In addition to the daily supervision, Christian is also responsible for coordination between the many parties on the project.

"If a contractor experiences ambiguities in the project, for example, communication always goes through us in Construction Management. We review the technical query and assess whether it is correct and understandable, and if so it's passed on to the consultant," Christian says.

Once the query has been processed, Christian gets it back as a technical instruction, which is again quality-assured before it's returned to the contractor.

"That way we make sure the documentation is always in order."

Christian has been part of MI Support for over a year. He experiences the work as a consultant as more independent than in his previous jobs. "And I mean that positively," Christian points out, "because it gives both freedom and an opportunity to really show what you can do."

"On top of that, there's always a support network at MI Support to catch you – there's no doubt about that. But you also have to be able to seek out the work yourself and support where the need is, because the project and the tasks are constantly evolving."

If you're proactive and adaptable, it creates good professional development opportunities, Christian believes. His role on the project has, for example, already changed quite a bit in the time he has been there.

"When I started out here, it was actually as supervisor on the mechanical part, which was a bit of an interface project where I had to consult quite a lot with the specialists."

For Christian, that meant a steep learning curve in the first couple of months, as he had to familiarise himself with the strict requirements and work procedures. In return, he can today add several new skills to his CV.

"Among other things, I've really strengthened my ability to read P&ID diagrams, a kind of process diagram widely used at power plants, laboratories and production units," he says.

"As a consultant, you also have to be able to understand the client's values and quickly adapt to them. You must always set a good example," Christian says, "but I certainly don't mind that either."

According to Christian, it's something you learn quite quickly, as long as you have the right attitude.

"If the client wants us to follow a particular procedure, I usually just say: Yes! Then that's how we do it."

In general, he finds there's a clear consensus about this among all the MI Supporters allocated to the same project:

"For example, you'll never see any of us walking around without the right protective equipment. We always wear it all and follow every rule – after all, we represent the client and must always come across as role models."

All in all, Christian expresses that he thrives in the job as a consultant.

"Through MI Support I get the opportunity to develop both professionally and personally – and on top of that to work on much more complex and exciting construction projects than I have tried before," he says.

"At the same time I've also gained a lot of great colleagues. Even though we work on different projects, we see each other every 2-3 months at MI Support's social events, seminars, parties and so on, where we get to know each other better and can exchange experiences."

The network across MI Support is something Christian greatly values and regards as a major advantage.

"Because you never know if we might end up on the same project one day," he concludes.