The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) celebrated 2018’s Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) in partnership with The Telegraph at a high-profile event at Royal Academy for Engineering on 26 June. The WE50 winners this year represent the top 50 female returners and transferrers in engineering and allied sectors.
The WE50 winners represent the very broad range of routes it is possible to follow for a career in engineering. Sectors in which the winning women are employed include structural and electronic engineering, health, environment and academia. The winners are all at very different stages in their careers, varying from early career engineers to senior leadership and from a crane operator to lecturers. The WE50 winners were awarded their trophies at an International Women in Engineering Day afternoon tea event held by Women’s Engineering Society, hosted at the Royal Academy of Engineering.
WE50 winner, Savina Carluccio said of her achievement: “Being recognised as one of this year’s Top 50 women in engineering is humbling and thrilling at the same time. I hope my example will inspire other female colleagues and encourage them not to be afraid to take time off to look after their young families or to take different paths in their engineering career.”
The judges had to make difficult decisions, as WES received nearly 200 high-quality nominations from a wide range of STEM sectors, career stages, career routes and backgrounds.
Kirsten Bodley, chief executive of WES, commented: “The nominations were all amazing. For the Top 50, we looked for women who had overcome hurdles and returned to or transferred into/or across roles in engineering. In addition, they have all demonstrated that they are doing something to help support and inspire other women to succeed and progress in engineering whether it is working within their organisation through mentoring or inspiring young women through STEM activities for example.”
Top 50 Women in Engineering 2018 Returners and Transferrers
Katie Atkinson, Materials Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover
Kate Black, University Lecturer, University of Liverpool
Cheryl Blenkinsop, Lead Engineer – Development, SP Energy Networks
Emma Booth, Senior Project Manager, Black & Veatch
Karen Britton, Technical Director, AECOM
Emma Browning, Environment Manager, Scottish Power Renewables
Antje Budge, Design Coordinator, Balfour Beatty
Samantha Burchell, Operations Manager, UK Power Networks
Isobel Byrne Hill, Senior Engineer, Arup
Kate Cairns, Founder, Cairns Consultancy
Savina Carluccio, Associate, Arup
Dr Fiona Charnley, Senior Lecturer in Circular Innovation, Cranfield University
Dr Sarah Chen , Civil Engineer, EDF Energy
Dr Lorna Dallas, Graduate Safety Engineer, Babcock International Group
Rachael De'Ath, Senior Engineer, Arup
Kellie Dillon, Innovation Workstream Lead, UK Power Networks
Agata Downey, Engineer, Elliott Wood
Karen Friendship, Managing Director, Alderman Tooling Ltd
Penny Gowler, Associate Director, Elliott Wood Partnership Ltd
Nicola Grahamslaw, Ship's Conservation Engineer, SS Great Britain Trust
Hilary Hill, Director of Engineering Operations, KBR UK Ltd
Isobel Houghton, Senior Engineer, Atkins
Sharon Jones, Eagle Lab Engineer, Barclays Eagle Labs
Katie Kelleher, Crane Operator, Laing O'Rourke
Louisa King, Project Engineer , Waterco Consultants
Keely King, Area Manager—Gas Mains Replacement, Triio
Georgina Lockwood, Senior Engineer, Arup
Leah Lucien, Graduate Mechanical Engineer, ChapmanBDSP
Eur Ing Dr Phebe Mann, Chartered Engineer, Institution of Civil Engineers
Stacey Marple, Project Development Manager, Monitor Coatings Ltd
Lisa Matthews, Associate, Arup/CEO, HellyHolly
Louise Maynard-Atem, Innovation Exchange Lead, BAE Systems
Danielle McGrellis, Senior Engineer, Arup
Angela McIntosh, Design Project Engineer, SP Energy Networks
Carol Morris, Senior Lecturer-Engineering & Innovation, Open University
Lisa Montague, Business Intelligence Engineer, BAE Systems
Fi Neoh, Senior Consultant, Amey
Hayley Oakes, Offshore Project Engineer, ODE
Maria Ribera Vincent, Teaching Fellow, Imperial College London
Nicole Saunders, Aviation Consultant, Osprey Consulting Services Ltd
Professor Emma Sparks, Head of the Centre for Systems Engineering, Cranfield University
Sarah Tattersall, Associate, Arup
Dr Emma Taylor, Lead Systems Safety Engineer, RSSB
Julie Verrill, Junior Technician, Cundall
Ruth Voisey, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Dyson Technology Ltd
Catherine Wenger, Director, Arup
Tammy Whelan, Apprentice Civil Engineer, Arup
Dr Connie Wilson, Senior Systems Engineer, BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Kate Young, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Skanska
Ellie Zemani, Project Engineer, Spirit Energy