CQUniversity construction student Karen Reynolds quite literally gained 15 minutes of fame this week, as one of the workers featured during Channel Ten's Undercover Boss Australia TV series.

Hutchinson Builders CEO Scott Hutchinson posed as a novice worker and visited a Rockhampton CBD commercial build under Karen's control in her role as a contract administrator for the company.

LINK HERE to see Karen in action during Undercover Boss Australia

Construction student Karen Reynolds featured on national TV

The CEO was so impressed with Karen that he praised her on camera and offered her a promotion to "anywhere in the Hutchies network she wanted to go" (with Karen and her partner choosing Hobart), as well as extra work flexibility to finish off her construction degree.

Speaking after the show went to air, Karen said it had been 'a bit of a blast' to be involved and proof it's possible for a girl from the bush to achieve. [She did her schooling in Barcaldine before moving to Rockhampton to study at CQUniversity].

Karen has already gained her Bachelor of Business (Advanced Marketing Management) and is only two terms from completing her Bachelor of Construction Management.

By the time she finishes, she will have spent eight years juggling work in the construction industry with her studies.

Between times, she took advantage of a CQUniversity scholarship program to attend an Engineering Winter School in Germany, to focus on renewable energy.

Karen was also winner of the 'Construction Female of the Year' award for Construction Skills Queensland in 2009, and two CQ Regional Master Builders' Women in Building Awards (2008 & 2009).