Joseph Mifsud has been named one of the Top Ten Achievers for 2017 from among the 140,000 employees of China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) operating in 36 countries and regions.

Ing. Mifsud currently serves as deputy director of the Production and Technology Department of D3 Power Generation Ltd in Marsaxlokk.

Every year, each company within SPIC puts forward the names of nominees for the Top Ten Achievers award. Twenty nominees are then selected for the final round of voting, which is conducted online. Ing. Mifsud received 222,222 votes eventually ranking second from among the 20 nominees for 2017.

Last year, Ing. David Griscti, D3’s director of the Production and Technology Department, was selected by SPIC as one of the Top Ten Achievers for 2016.

Both Maltese engineers were nominated by SEP (Malta) Holding Ltd, a platform established for energy cooperation between Shanghai Electric Power (SEP) and the Maltese government.

D3’s CEO Mr. Zhichao Chen said: “With 27 years’ experience in the relevant field, Ing. Mifsud is responsible for the maintenance of the plant’s eight units, abatement systems and steam turbine plant. He has a great sense of responsibility and is very diligent in his work. As D3 is relatively new to Malta, he is a great resource for the company to understand the community background. Ing. Mifsud is in constant contact with D3’s different departments and their various subcontractors and suppliers, so that the company can fit in the local market without any delays. He also had a key role in the D3 oil-to-gas conversion project,” said Mr. Chen.