Young Woman Engineers of the Year announced

The Awards are as follows:

IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year: Audio Engineer Orla Murphy from Jaguar Land Rover

IET Mary George Prize for Apprentices: Controls Engineer Emma Goulding from Siemens

Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Award: Process Improvement Manager Helen Cavill from M&H Plastics.

The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards celebrate today’s most successful female engineers, encouraging them to become role models to inspire more girls to become engineers and help address the gender imbalance in engineering and science. Recent statistics from the IET’s Skills and Demand in Industry survey showed that women represent only 9% of the engineering workforce.

Naomi Climer, IET President, said: “I’d like to congratulate the three winners who have been recognised and rewarded for their talent. They are a real credit to the engineering profession.

“But let’s not forget that these women will also help to champion engineering careers to the next generation, particularly girls, who may need a bit of encouragement to consider a career in engineering and technology.

“This is crucial because women are currently losing out on an interesting and rewarding career – engineering is a hugely exciting and diverse career with the opportunity to do something life- or world-changing. And our failure to attract enough women into engineering is also contributing to the national skills shortage.”