Leading female engineers from the Sizewell C project are meeting local young females this week to mark International Women in Engineering Day (23/6) which this year celebrates Engineering Heroes.
The online class is being run in partnership with Speakers for Schools, a charitable organisation that puts schools in touch with business leaders to gain insight into the world of work.
This session is part of the work Sizewell C is doing to tackle diversity and inclusion in the work force and an important way to make the connection from school subjects to the world of work.
Fifty local students including a class from Holbrook Academy in Ipswich will attend the session and meet with a number of Sizewell C female engineers to hear their career journeys and ask questions to help with their own development. They will also meet with female VR engineers who helped to create the computer-generated images of Sizewell C.
Dr Syinyi Phoon, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers is working on the Sizewell C project and will be speaking with local students on International Women in Engineering Day:
Dr Syinyi said: ‘I am more than happy to share my wide ranging engineering experience gained through many nationally significant infrastructure projects. I started out after completing a PhD researching the effects of climate change which has now led me to work on Sizewell C which can help tackle the climate crisis. I have always found this an incredibly rewarding career.’
Proposals for Sizewell C are currently being examined by the Planning Inspectorate. If Sizewell C receives planning permission it will create jobs for 7,800 people at peak construction and then offer 900 rewarding careers likes those enjoyed by Poppy, Jess, Syinyi and Emma – as well as saving 9million tonnes of Co2 every year of operation.