The annual Engineering Talent Awards shortlist has been released and sees big nominations for corporate leaders including Ørsted, EDF Energy, Dyson and Rolls Royce.
The national event, taking place in London on 15 September, recognises people with a track record of breaking down barriers to succeed in the engineering and technology sectors and celebrates the organisations with a track record of promoting diversity in the workplace.
Siemens UK, Costain Group PLC and Transport for London are among some of the biggest organisations nominated for awards with all of them in the running for their employee network groups. Meanwhile, SSE and Rolls-Royce are both shortlisted for their workplace inclusion programmes which work towards improving diversity across the businesses.
Students from some of the UK’s biggest universities and recent graduates have also been shortlisted for awards. Universities represented in this year’s shortlist include Glasgow, Dundee, Bath and Imperial College London.
A number of individuals are also shortlisted including Dr Patricia Xavier from Swansea University, who has been nominated in the innovation category for developing a new course for engineering students to think more broadly about ED&I.
Dr Mark McBride-Wright, founder of the Engineering Talent Awards, said: “There are some fantastic role models in the engineering and technology sectors working all across the UK and so the Engineering Talent Awards rightly shine a light on their successes and ingenuity.
“This is the one major event in the UK that also gives a huge platform to our country’s engineering businesses as well as the organisations nurturing the next generation.
“This year, we are particularly looking forward to celebrating the success of women in STEM as well as others from a range of diverse backgrounds. These awards are a major recognition of the country’s finest and emerging engineering talent.”
Rebecca Constable, People Experience Director at McLaren Racing, said: “We are pleased to support the Engineering Talent Awards as part of our ongoing partnership with EqualEngineers, a key member of our McLaren Racing Engage alliance.
“It’s fantastic to see the depth and diversity of engineering talent in the UK and we look forward to recognising and celebrating the worthy nominees and winners at the awards ceremony”.
Polly Williams, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Academy of Engineering said: “We are pleased to be supporting these awards, which raise the profile of the work that organisations are doing to make engineering more inclusive and recognise and celebrate talented engineers promoting diversity in the profession.
“The Academy is a vocal supporter of efforts to make engineering more diverse as well as promoting an inclusive culture. These awards will highlight the aspects of our profession that make it a desirable place to work and thrive.”
The full 2022 Engineering Talent Awards shortlist:
Engineering Apprentice of the Year 2022
Brer Cornish, EDF Energy
Britoni Farrer-Williams, McLaren Racing
Daniel Sanders, WSP
Katie Dennett, Jaguar Land Rover
Nabilah Thagi, Dyson
Engineering Graduate of the Year 2022
Axel Gossart, Xylem
Jennifer Natalie Glover, AECOM
Jess Cliff, EDF Energy
Lorena Souza, Siemens Process Systems Engineering (SPSE)
Michelle Watiki, Rolls-Royce
Nour Badenjki, Subsea 7
Engineering Student of the Year 2022
Hoong Hao Yap, Imperial College London
Isabelle Pickett, University of Bath
Jaris Arleen Alvarez Trujilo, Heriot Watt University
Kaitlyn Rodger, University of Glasgow
Nyasha Mutembwa, University of Dundee
Engineer of the Year 2022
Amitoj Singh, Balfour Beatty
Cameron Salisbury, AECOM
Chrisma Jain, Transport for London
Mark Goudie, SP Energy Network
Michelle Green, FJD Consulting
Morenike Amiaka, PM Group
Engineering Returner of the Year 2022
Katie Ireland, Ørsted
Amanda Miller, SSEN Transmission
Jenne Blake, SCS Railways
Executive Leader of the Year 2022
Kelly Rose Paul, Air Products
Lee Timbrell, Vision Labs
Maria Papadopoulou, Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)
Paul Shields, AECOM
Large Employer of the Year 2022
Atkins
Rolls-Royce
Siemens UK
Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) of the Year 2022
FJD Consulting
IGNYS Ltd
Intelect
STS Defence
Inclusion Programme of the Year 2022
SSE Inclusion & Diversity Programme, SSE
Talent Acquisition Programme, Rolls-Royce
Myriad, Wood PLC
Employee Network of the Year 2022
Ability@BAM, BAM Nuttall Ltd
Ambition Network, Siemens
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Costain Group PLC
Females in Transport Engineering (FiTE), Transport for London
Innovation of the Year 2022
Signal processing and AI for an enhanced clinical decision support platform, Nsugbe Research Lab(NRL)
The carbon assessment tool, FJD Consulting
Clean Pig™, Innovolo Ltd
Modularization of electrical containment, MEH Alliance
Hegemonic power and social reproduction, Swansea University, Department of General Engineering
Engineering Society of the Year 2022
Bristol CivSoc, University of Bristol
FemEng, University of Glasgow
HWU Robotics Society, Heriot Watt University
Women in STEM Society, University of Dundee
(Lead image: Tom Dingley)
