"The personality types I got from the quiz were coordinator, influencer, and campaigner, and from looking at the key traits each of these include, I think it matches me very well! As a coordinator and a campaigner, I enjoy bringing the right people together from different disciplines to discuss a project. Being part of a team helps me to come up with creative, out of the box ideas, to solve problems. A coordinator is organised and delivers work to deadlines - this is important in my job as I must make sure that all the relevant environmental surveys are conducted at the correct time of year (e.g. certain species can only be monitored during certain seasons) so that the project is completed to meet deadlines. A trainer thrives on helping others improve, simplifies complex information, and helps people learn in different ways. In my day job, I am an environmental specialist so must explain complex information to colleagues without an environmental knowledge in a way that they can understand and see the relevance of it to their work. "

"As an Environmental Engineer it is my role to ensure that the construction work we do has the least impact on the environment as possible. I look at lots of different maps to do desktop studies; I get out on site to see the environmental risks and to audit the teams doing the construction work; and work in projects teams with project managers, civil, electrical and mechanical engineers, and the operational teams.The best thing about the job is that it is so varied - I have to consider ecology (\"maybe bats and badgers live in that woodland\"), archaeology (\"there might have been an bronze age fort here years ago\"), flood risk (\"we are working in the floodplain of the river\"), and waste management (\"can we recycle the waste that is dug up on site?\"). This is all important to make sure we are following the laws about the environment. Every day is different, but with the overall aim of protecting the environment, which I am really passionate about!"

"At school I always loved Biology, and I was really inspired by how passionate my Biology teachers were about their subject. I decided to study it at university because I found it so interesting, and I was always asking questions that my teachers said I didn't need to know the answers to - but I was curious and wanted to know! Whilst I was at university, I studied a whole range of topics from microbiology (teeny tiny bacteria and cells), all the way up to marine biology (huge whales), and everything in between. I loved learning more and more about the world around us and how everything works. I have a real passion for the environment, and sustainability, so I did a summer internship at a company called Arqiva, in their Environmental team. My project was all about recycling and resulted in all the single use hot drinks cups being removed from all their sites - a great achievement! Throughout university I worked as a swimming teacher, and I also spent another summer working as a kids club leader. This was great experience of working with many different people and being able to respond to every situation imaginable. After university I came straight to work for Thames Water, on their Science Graduate Programme. I really wanted to do work that involved my two passions of helping people, and saving the environment, and the water industry was a place that I believed would allow me to do just that. We must supply safe drinking water to millions of customers, and make sure that when we take away the waste water from people's homes, we clean it properly before it goes back into the river. I was inspired to join an industry where I would feel like I was making a real different to society, and I feel like I found the right company for that with Thames Water. The grad scheme let me try 4 different roles across the company (from drinking water quality science, to pollution reporting). I applied to be an environmental engineer as my permanent role because I wanted a job that was part office based, and partly out and about; and I wanted to improve the environment through my work!"

"I love doing lots of sport, especially running, netball and Korfball (no, I haven't just made that up, it's a real sport! It's Dutch, and boys and girls all play together on the same team. It's a little bit like netball, but I think it's even more fun!). I also really enjoy painting, knitting, and any arts and crafts in general! I love cooking and baking, and am always making too much food, which my housemates love because it means they get to eat it all!"

"No day is the same as an environmental engineer! I work of hundreds of projects - some looking at sewer pipes, and sewage treatment works, and others that are on water pipes and water treatment works. But some of the things I do as part of my job are:1. Desktop environmental screening assessments - I look at lots of maps (flood maps, conservation area maps, landfill site maps) and try to understand what the environmental risks at the location of my project are. This way I can tell the project team early and we can do the necessary surveys and apply for consents to allow us to work in the area.2. Reviewing documents - I work closely with contractors who are doing the construction work. Any environmental documents they produce, need to be checked to make sure all the technical information is correct and included.3. Environmental Audits - I get to put on my hi vis jacket and trousers, my hard hat and goggles and go to construction sites to see the work our contractors are doing. I'll make sure that they aren't causing any pollutions, and that they all understand how to limit their impact on the environment."

"A Levels: Biology, Geography, English Literature, German (Grade A)Undergraduate BSc Biological Sciences, at the University of Exeter (First)Thames Water Science Graduate Scheme (2 years - 4 x 6month placements: Lab Quality Control; Drinking Water Quality Science; Pollutions Reporting; Environmental Protection Team/Disconnections)Thames Water Environmental Engineer "