{"id":127959,"date":"2018-11-07T18:56:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T00:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/leaders-under-40\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:08:14","slug":"leaders-under-40","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/leaders-under-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Leaders Under 40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-top-fade has-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-wide-break is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-33ba964e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-49d3f660 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:56px;flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leadersUnder40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leadersUnder40.png 526w, https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/leadersUnder40-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large)\">The <strong>Engineering Leaders Under 40<\/strong> program* recognizes manufacturing professionals under the age of 40 who are making a significant contribution to their plant\u2019s success, and to the control engineering and\/or plant engineering professions. Our research shows that finding, training and retaining workers is the biggest issue facing manufacturing today. The goal of the Engineering Leaders Under 40 program is to call attention to these successful young engineers in manufacturing and to show how manufacturers are recruiting and developing the next generation of manufacturing professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions regarding the Engineering Leaders Under 40 program please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McKenzie Burns<\/strong><br>Marketing Manager<br><a href=\"mailto:mburns@wtwhmedia.com\">mburns@wtwhmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-left-width:1px;padding-left:56px;flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large)\">2025 Engineering LEADERS Under 40<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Wednesday, April 2, 2025: Nominations open<br>&#8211; Friday, June 27, 2025: Nominations close (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deadline extended<\/span> to Friday, July 11, 2025, at 5 p.m. CT)<br>&#8211; Monday, September 8, 2025: Class of 2025 announced online<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/powering-progress-meet-the-2025-engineering-leaders-under-40\/\">Meet the class of 2025!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon submission, all nominations are final. Decision of judges is final. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/engineering-leaders-under-40-official-rules\/\">Read the Official Rules here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sub><em>*This program was formerly known as the Control Engineering Leaders Under 40 program.<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large)\">PAST LEADERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/articles\/rising-to-the-challenge-engineering-leaders-under-40-class-of-2024\/\">2024 Engineering Leaders Under 40<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/articles\/what-is-an-engineering-trailblazer-read-about-the-2023-leaders-here\/\">2023 Engineering Leaders Under 40<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/articles\/engineering-leaders-under-40-class-of-2022\">2022 Engineering Leaders Under 40<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/articles\/engineering-leaders-under-40-ce2021\">2021 Engineering Leaders Under 40<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.controleng.com\/articles\/younger-workforce-leads-the-way-for-manufacturing-ce\/\">2020 Engineering Leaders Under 40<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantengineering.com\/events-and-awards\/engineering-leaders-under-40\/2019-engineering-leaders-under-40\/\">2019 Engineering Leaders Under 40<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Engineering Leaders Under 40 program* recognizes manufacturing professionals under the age of 40 who are making a significant contribution to their plant\u2019s success, and to the control engineering and\/or plant engineering professions. 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