Rosalinn Erga – Riding toward a successful career

Rosalinn Erga – Riding toward a successful career

当机器控制支持工程师Rosalinn Erga决定进入Birkebeinerrittet, the world’s largest mountain bike event at 86 kilometres and with more than 1,400-metre heights from Rena to Lillehammer, Norway, she hadn’t ridden a bike in almost a decade. Encouraged by her teammates in the Norway Selling Unit from her first days on the job, though, she quickly jumped back on and joined the Leica Geosystems team of 21 colleagues entering the race.

“In our remote office on the Norway coast in Stavanger there are only three of us; everyone else is in either Oslo, Trondheim or Bergen,” said Erga. “The bike race provided a social opportunity to do something fun with the rest of the team I don’t get to see every day.”

In preparation for the August 2019 race, Erga began training in January 2019. She bought a new bike and began riding three days a week, gradually increasing her distance while decreasing her time. She even entered a shorter ride in June 2019 to get ready for the big event.

借鉴过去的经验
Her discipline in training can be attributed to a seven-year career as a land surveyor. Enduring tough terrains and extreme weather conditions in one of the coldest countries in the world, Erga had experience in taking on challenges.

“I really enjoy the outdoors, typically doing climbing and surfing,” said Erga. “I became a surveyor because I wanted to be able to work outside.”

As one of only two women on the bike race team, Erga was also no stranger to being in the minority. In her survey career and now on construction sites, she works with mainly men.

“You really don’t think about being the only woman on the site,” said Erga. “I focus more on the exciting work, and my colleagues have always been great to work with.”

In her career, she used Leica Geosystems instruments, so she knew the company when a career change opportunity came up closer to her home. She was recruited in 2018 to support the Machine Control Division of Geosystems. Though there are new things to learn in this part of the business, she explains the theory is the same.

Erga说：“机器控制系统使用了我在测量中使用的相同的GPS和工作流程。”“我觉得这很有趣，即使我主要通过电话支持，我仍然喜欢在室外并在建筑工地上支持并与我们的客户见面。”

一个工作和骑行的好地方
As Erga learned her new position, her colleagues were always ready to lend a hand.

“Everyone here has been so nice,” said Erga. “Anytime I have questions, my colleagues are ready to answer them and point me in the right direction.”

根据销售经理托马斯·克杰特兰（Thomas Kjetland）和团队队长的说法，自行车竞赛不仅为员工提供了一种运动手段，而且在部门和地区线之间的同事之间建立了牢固的联系。

“在过去的一年中，我已经参加了许多自行车演讲，目睹了在晚上和周末一起骑行的同事，” Kjetland说。“这确实以积极的方式影响了工作环境。”

埃尔加（Erga）在五个半小时内完成了比赛，这是她的首次大型自行车比赛的出色纪录。她计划再次参加比赛。