🎙️I got interviewed for the Engineering Matters podcast, thanks Will North and Johnnie Dowling at Reby Media for the opportunity to be involved. The podcast is five times winner of the Publisher Podcast Awards, including Best Technology Podcast, Engineering Matters celebrates the work of engineers who use ingenuity, practicality, science, theory and determination to build a better world. 🥰Proud to have been included... Continue Reading →
Strange where an apprenticeship can take you
Five years ago I made my BBC debut 😂 while working on the Blackfriars site of the Tideway project, interviewed by the one and only Steph McGovern. Very interesting site to work on sat in the middle of the Thames, getting a boat to and from a floating barge. The barge constantly moving with the... Continue Reading →
Double Trouble
Before I go into my bauma experience the ins the outs etc I just want to share this, walking around Sunday with Liebherr learning about the new machines I spotted a familiar meaty head that I wasn't expecting to see hanging from a crawler crane lol After getting over my initial shock I returned the next day,... Continue Reading →
Featured in the Liebherr Upload Magazine
Recently I was featured in the rather beautiful Liebherr Upload magazine. Really proud with how it turned out and honoured to be invited to feature ❤️ I touch on 👉My journey 👉 The future 👉 Necessary industry changes 👉Working for Select 👉Unplugged cranes If you haven't has a look you can have a look at... Continue Reading →
Television Debut – Impossible Engineering With A Steam Shovel!
8 months ago I undertook maybe my biggest challenge I was contacted by Impossible Engineering to appear on their Tv show talking about steam shovels. Having never done TV presenting I wasn't sure what to expect, I was told it was only a short segment but to expect being filmed for the whole day. We... Continue Reading →
BBC Bitesize
What do a crane operator , a power lifter and a grime violinist have in common??? Ok not much but we are all featured in a BBC Bitesize piece for International women day. BBC Bitesize is a learning resource for school children in England. Please click and have a read - BBC Bitesize IWD2020
National Apprenticeship week!!!
I love National Apprenticeship Week, its great seeing what work everyone is doing around apprenticeships in the industry. I put a video together to give my thoughts about apprenticeships and a look into my experiences. https://youtu.be/LwHaVb0lwEQ NAW2020
Year One
So on the 6th of October 2014 I joined the Select first Lifting Technician apprenticeship. This was a huge step for me I had spent my previous working life working in sales, starting in mobile phones, to advertising eventually ending up in recruitment. Sales was something I started doing while I was at university and... Continue Reading →
Stickers! (I did a thing)
So where did these come from?? A short while ago I attended a fab event at Brookland's race course with WES and was giving out small 'Girl's can't what?' stickers with a picture of a engineer, I posted on Instagram and everyone loved it. I however felt they were missing a site feel and wondered... Continue Reading →
BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour
So I won't pretend I knew much about Woman's hour prior to receiving a phone call about it but did I want to appear on BBC radio with a group of legendary Women in construction................. Hell yeah! When explaining to my Dad that I had been invited to the show he was really happy as... Continue Reading →