Helen Dorney
Project Delivery Excellence Director at Jacobs
You are capable of doing anything if you set your mind to it and work hard
About Helen...
Who am I?
"My personality types are a blend of coach, manager and quality controller, which I think fairly reflects me and is a good fit with the role that I perform."
What do I do?
"I am now in a central function role and my job is to drive continual improvement in project delivery throughout our organisation. This is a blend of systems, processes, tools and people focus. I enjoy having a broad perspective of the business, but you couldn't do this role without many years doing the delivery role in the organisation."
How did I get here?
"Finished my degree (Mech Eng) and always been fascinated by nuclear, so joined the operational fleet in the UK and did my graduate programme with them. After 8 years moved to Canada to work on the worlds biggest nuclear refurbishment project for 6 years. Came back to the UK to work on nuclear new build, and supported UK, France and Poland projects. Took the functional role in 2015 at the same time as becoming a mum as I needed a different working style / pattern."
The life I live
"I am a cub leader (and have previously been a scout leader and an explorer leader). I love to read and garden."
My typical day
"There are no two days the same, which is what I love about project work. Now I spend most of my day on the computer or in meetings, but when working on projects daily walk downs are part of the role. "
My qualifications
"A levels in Physics, Maths and Geography. Degree in Mechanical Engineering. NVQ Level 4 in Project Management"