Imogen Snell

"I work as a Building Physics Consultant in an engineering construction consultancy firm that specialises in designing buildings.I am a collaborative and understanding person, and think that it is important as a consultant to be the ‘Communicator’ type. I feel it is one thing to be able to analyse a building but it is key in my role to be able to interpret the results and feed that back to a team, so being the ‘Trainer; type is useful too. Buildings are large pieces of work and working in the construction industry requires a good deal of management, communication and collaboration in order to be the best team and provide a high standard of work, so it’s a good thing I am organised and the ‘Quality Controller’ type!"

"I work in the construction sector, for an engineering company that specialises in the design of buildings. I consider their environmental impact.As a Building Physics Consultant, I work in the sustainability and physics team, which involves improving the sustainability of spaces and influencing the design of buildings to consider sustainable measures. I use physics to model buildings in a software to look at their predicted thermal and energy performances over the course of a year, to see how I can make improvements. I also consider other environmental factors, such as daylight use. I have worked on some really cool projects - big stadiums, schools and offices in my local area.My day is spent doing geometry creations using software programmes and running an analysis, and then looking at and writing up the results. I then attend meetings to help inform the client and design team about the performance. By doing this work, I am able to have an impact on the sustainability of the building design. This could be to help it meet planning requirements for the area it will be located in, or the sustainable aspirations of the client. "

"I studied Physics before joining my company as a graduate consultant, on a starting salary of £24,000. I was promoted to consultant after 2 years of working there, and senior consultant two years later. I'm motivated in this team and path by being able to make a positive difference to the environment, and being able to use mycollaborative and organised approach to push for more communication in the process."

"I like being in the outdoors; hiking, running and cycling. I also love the indoors and enjoy baking and playing board games with friends! I would love to go travelling more, so I'm lucky to work for a global company with 21 offices spread across the continents that has opportunities to move about. Also, in the future I hope to be able to visit more projects on site and take on a more senior role. That could be located anywhere in the world! I hope to continue to work on sustainable design in some form or other as it is something I am passionate about."

"I spend most of my time doing analysis of building design using a computer software. This might entail creating the building based on architectural drawings in the software, then running some test conditions to assess the predicted energy performance, temperature or light levels of the space.The rest of my time includes writing up the results in reports, or creating presentations detailing the results. I also respond to emails throughout the day and deals with some of the financial and managements sides of the projects I work on.Although it is a desk based job, I do travel to design team meetings, present to clients and visit sites. I enjoy the variation of work and projects, but also working with the people I sit next to day-to-day."

"I gained 11 GCSEs which included Triple Science and Maths, but also Art and Geography.I then went on to study Maths, Physics and Chemistry at A level, as well as an extended project on carbon nanotubes in solar panels.Following this, I studied at the University of Southampton an MPhys Master of Physics course, before applying my technical knowledge and expertise in the field of engineering."