For more information go to www.primarybusinesspartnership.org.uk I am part of the Control Systems Group at Sellafield Limited. I provide plant support / technical expertise for various Programmable Electronic Systems which control and monitor the decommissioning facilities at Sellafield. This involves carrying out routine preventative maintenance, and I also have to fix the Control systems when they breakdown. Any changes that we make to the software that we use to control our electronic systems has to be rigorously checked to make sure it is safe to use - this takes up most of my time during the day. I went to Bransty Primary School from nursery through to year 6 and then to Whitehaven secondary school in 2004. I left school in 2009 after my GSCE's and went to GEN2 to do an Electrical and Instrumentation Apprenticeship which ended up with my going to Sellafield as a Control Systems Apprentice. I then completed an NVQ Level 3, a Foundation Degree before getting my First Class BEng Honours Degree in Plant Engineering. I have worked hard to be an Engineer and I'm very proud of my achievements. Plant Engineer Control Systems Group Name: Job Title: Lynsay Jolly 1. What do you like about your job? 2. What is a typical day like? 3. What skills/qualifications did you need? 4. List 5 other roles or jobs within your organisation? The people who inspires me most are my Mam and Dad. My parents were both Sellafield apprentices when they started working, and I’ve followed in their footsteps. Women in Engineering Career Card: 1 Please visit www.primarybusinesspartnership.org.uk for more exciting activities As part of my job I get to share my experiences of being a female engineer. One of my most memorable moments was when I gave a speech to 250 people at the launch of the Sellafield Women's Network. I like the variety of my job; I very rarely come to work and do the same thing every day. There are lots of challenges, and I enjoy working towards overcoming these. I enjoy coming to work because morale is high, and I work with some great people. Technical Assistants – deal with a lot of the administration work or control systems group Technical Specialists – these are the experts in their field who engineers can go to for technical support Control systems team leaders – responsible for managing teams of engineers Control systems managers – responsible for managing a number of team leaders Head of control systems – responsible for managing all of the control systems managers

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I am part of the Control Systems Group at Sellafield Limited. I provide plant support / technicalexpertise for various Programmable Electronic Systems which control and monitor thedecommissioning facilities at Sellafield. This involves carrying out routine preventative maintenance,and I also have to fix the Control systems when they breakdown. Any changes that we make to thesoftware that we use to control our electronic systems has to be rigorously checked to make sure it issafe to use - this takes up most of my time during the day.

I went to Bransty Primary School from nursery through to year 6 and then to Whitehaven secondaryschool in 2004. I left school in 2009 after my GSCE's and went to GEN2 to do an Electrical andInstrumentation Apprenticeship which ended up with my going to Sellafield as a Control SystemsApprentice. I then completed an NVQ Level 3, a Foundation Degree before getting my First ClassBEng Honours Degree in Plant Engineering. I have worked hard to be an Engineer and I'm very proudof my achievements.

Plant EngineerControl Systems Group

Name:Job Title:

Lynsay Jolly

1. What do you like about your job?

2. What is a typical day like?

3. What skills/qualifications did you need?

4. List 5 other roles or jobs within your organisation?

The people who inspires me most are my Mam andDad. My parents were both Sellafield apprenticeswhen they started working, and I’ve followed in theirfootsteps.

Women in Engineering Career Card: 1Please visit www.primarybusinesspartnership.org.uk for

more exciting activities

As part of my job I get to share my experiences of being a female engineer. One ofmy most memorable moments was when I gave a speech to 250 people at thelaunch of the Sellafield Women's Network. I like the variety of my job; I very rarely

come to work and do the same thing every day. There are lots of challenges, and I enjoy workingtowards overcoming these. I enjoy coming to work because morale is high, and I work with some greatpeople.

Technical Assistants – deal with a lot of the administration work or control systems groupTechnical Specialists – these are the experts in their field who engineers can go to for technicalsupportControl systems team leaders – responsible for managing teams of engineersControl systems managers – responsible for managing a number of team leadersHead of control systems – responsible for managing all of the control systems managers