Profile

As I said I grew up in Yorkshire, I lived near and spent lots of time on a nearby farm and we even kept our own chickens. As a teenager I really loved skateboarding but have now put my skateboard away for a while after breaking my wrist for the second time last year. I went to university in Leeds which was awesome and I spent a year living and studying in Norway. I graduated last year and got a job working in the environmental team for a nuclear decommissioning company. I now live and work in Bristol which is great because I am actually a Bristol City FC fan!

Magnox Ltd are responsible for decommissioning (demolishing and cleaning up) 12 nuclear sites across the UK. This process presents a huge risk to the environment so my job is making sure that the environment stay safe and healthy. This involves a lot of planning and investigations into how we can reduce the environmental impact.

I cycle to work each morning which takes about 10 minutes. When I arrive at work, I usually use the first hour or so to go through emails and plan the day/week ahead. My first meetings are usually at 9am and they can last anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours! When I’m not in meetings I am working at my computer, looking at data or writing reports. Sometimes I get to travel to the project sites and see the environmental effect of my work first-hand!