Emma Goulding

"My personality types were \"Explorer\", \"Coordinator\" and \"Quality Controller\". I essentially do all of these things every day! I have to continually explore new ideas and concepts in my role to understand how to improve the performance of a gas turbine. I also provide a service to Siemens' customers to make sure their engines are operating as intended and 'Quality Control' any reports or investigations I conduct to make sure that any recommended changes to the engine's operation is effective, clear and safe."

"I am a Performance Engineer working with industrial gas turbines, which is just a formal way of describing large engines. My role is to ensure that these gas turbines are operating correctly and to find ways to make them more fuel-efficient, understand what happens when these engines operate in different climates (e.g. Africa or Russia) as well as advising customers on the best ways they can operate their engines to increase their effectiveness at producing power. Working on increasingly complex and interesting projects is exciting for me. I have recently completed a one-year project that involved coding a new software programme that would help to increase the power output of Siemens' industrial gas turbines. This was something I never thought I'd be able to do when I first started as an apprentice, but over time, my knowledge and confidence has grown. I suddenly realised I am more capable than I first thought. Siemens encourages career progression and has multiple schemes in place to help people do that. Whether you want to progress your technical engineering career, or perhaps go into management, the company encourages its employees to undertake additional courses or training to help them achieve this.Almost all of the engineers in the Warwick office have had the opportunity to travel. It's not compulsory, but the opportunities are definitely there. I've travelled to a variety of places including Angola, Montreal, Germany and Belgium. Each country has been fantastic to visit, and it is always great meeting new people from a different country and getting their view on what it is like to work in engineering."

"I unI undertook an engineering apprenticeship with Siemens. My apprenticeship lasted three years, during which I undertook three month placements in different departments within the company in order to gain exposure to the way in which the business operates. Once my apprenticeship was complete, I accepted my first role as a Controls Engineer within the company, which I did for three years before recently accepting my new role as a performance engineer. I found engineering to be a highly creative and interesting field to work in simply because everything around us has had some form of engineering influence. Whether this is the phones we use, the cars we drive or even the chairs we sit on - there has been an engineer who has created that concept, designed it, tested it and manufactured it into a useable item. My curiosity as to how things work and what happens when they don't work, led me to look at pursuing engineering as a career. My daily role now allows me to do this - I'm continuously learning and then applying that learning to my role, which is very rewarding. There was no particular individual person who inspired me, but I think it was more a collection of individuals whose innovations within science and engineering led me to want to investigate this field for myself. The work done by people such as Stephen Hawking and Ada Lovelace has been very inspiring, but I also find that the very people I work with are also inspiring. Working alongside incredibly talented engineers, who are willing to knowledge share is inspiring in itself.dertook an engineering apprenticeship with Siemens. My apprenticeship lasted three years, during which I undertook three month placements in different departments within the company in order to gain exposure to the way in which the business operates. Once my apprenticeship was complete, I accepted my first role as a Controls Engineer within the company, which I did for three years before recently accepting my new role as a performance e"

"I have been doing athletics since I was 11 and still love to train and compete all year around - I've met some of my best friends from athletics, so it is always great to see them and to catch up. I also love walking and will often take my dog on long walks on a weekend! I also love visiting new places and often go on weekends away to different parts of the country."

"I will usually start work by answering any emails I have received. These emails could be technical queries about a project, or even a request to run a performance test. I begin to work on projects I am assigned to which may involve coding, performing software simulation testing, running performance models or conducting data analysis. I often have to write reports detailing my findings as well as preparing technical presentations to share knowledge or results with customers and colleagues. I sometimes have apprentices working with me on my projects, which is a great opportunity for me to share knowledge with them. My work is very varied and almost every day I learn something new. It is rare I work on the same project twice, but if I do, it usually presents me with a different set of challenges. I also enjoy working with other people. There are a lot of knowledgeable engineers within Siemens who are great to work with and are equally as great to learn from."

"Secondary education (GCSE/O-Levels)Post secondary education (College, A-levels, NVQ3 or equivalent)Vocational qualification (Diploma, Certificate, BTEC, NQV4 or equivalent)Apprenticeship (please specify level in over) I completed an engineering apprenticeship with my employer, Siemens. I was then sponsored to undertake a HNC, before then also being sponsored to undertake a degree in mechanical engineering to undergraduate level.Undergraduate degree (BSc, BA, etc.) Mechanical engineering\t"