A Laing O’Rourke crane operator has been named among the Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50).
The list, revealed a day after International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June, is part of a campaign to raise awareness of the skills shortage facing the engineering industry and the huge discrepancy between the number of men and women currently working in the engineering profession.
In all, there were more than 20 women with roles related to construction, including Dr Phebe Mann, who is the first and only woman to hold six professional qualifications concurrently in the UK.
As well as being a qualified construction and engineering lawyer, Mann holds the titles of: chartered civil engineer (CEng MICE), chartered surveyor (FRICS), chartered construction manager (MCIOB), European engineer (Eur Ing), fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), fellow of the Royal Society of Art (FRSA), and fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
She is also the first female chair of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in Leicester and chairs Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) knowledge lectures at One George Street in London, is a STEM ambassador, Talent2030 Hero and a Queen’s Young Leaders mentor.
She graduated from Cambridge University in computer science and interdisciplinary design for the built environment and also has a masters degree in bridge engineering from Surrey University and a masters in construction management from Loughborough University.
She has worked for Westminster City Council, then Cambridgeshire County Council, then Atkins.
The full list of the Top 50 Women in Engineering, which this year was open to women working in engineering, having either returned after a break of at least 18 months or transferred to engineering from another sector was:
- 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
- Penny Gowler, associate director, Elliott Wood Partnership
- Nicola Grahamslaw, ship’s conservation engineer, SS Great Britain Trust
- Hilary Hill, director of engineering operations, KBR UK
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
