Webinar: Rolls Royce, Amazon and Briggs of Burton by Institution of Chemical Engineers

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This live 90 minute session will feature talks from:

ROLLS ROYCE:
Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet our planet’s vital power needs.

We are tightly focused into three core operating businesses.

Power Systems is a leading provider of high-speed reciprocating engines, complete propulsion systems, distributed energy solutions, and safety-critical systems for nuclear plants around the world.

Civil Aerospace is a major manufacturer of aero engines for the large commercial aircraft, regional jet and business aviation markets

Defence is a market leader in aero engines for military transport and patrol aircraft with strong positions in combat and helicopter applications. It has significant scale in naval and is the technical authority for through-life support of the nuclear power plant for the Royal Navy's submarine fleet

BRIGGS OF BURTON:
Briggs of Burton provides turnkey engineering, specialist equipment and automation for global blue- chip companies across the Brewing, Distilling, Food and Pharmaceutical industries. Briggs employs 200+ employees across their offices in Prestonpans, Scotland, Rochester, NY, Louisville, KY and Shanghai, China. Briggs has two UK manufacturing facilities, located in Burton on Trent, UK and Prestonpans, Scotland, along with a global network of stainless steel manufacturing sites. Briggs continues to develop engineering solutions, focusing on carbon neutrality and sustainable manufacturing processes.

Briggs of Burton feature an Engineering Graduate Training Scheme that encourages our young engineers to develop their practical engineering skills through supporting the delivery of global projects across a number of industries.

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Vanesha Prescott

Graduate Design Engineer at Rolls-Royce

Vanesha currently works for Rolls- Royce as a Fluid Systems Design Engineer. She joined Rolls-Royce’s Civil Aerospace Graduate scheme in 2019, before moving to the Nuclear side of the company in 2021. She is passionate about promoting careers in Engineering and enjoys supporting STEM activities for younger students.

Vanesha graduated from the University of Nottingham with a MEng in Chemical Engineering in 2019 and is an Associate IChemE member.

Victoria Darcy

Regions Executive - IChemE

Tori has been with IChemE for 8 years and is responsible for membership engagement and development of the profession. She provides support to individuals and organisations looking to engage with the Institution of Chemical Engineers and find their route to professional registration.

Alex Sowerby

Process Engineer - Briggs of Burton

Briggs of Burton provides turnkey engineering, specialist equipment and automation for global blue- chip companies across the Brewing, Distilling, Food and Pharmaceutical industries. Briggs employs 200+ employees across their offices in Prestonpans, Scotland, Rochester, NY, Louisville, KY and Shanghai, China. Briggs has two UK manufacturing facilities, located in Burton on Trent, UK and Prestonpans, Scotland, along with a global network of stainless steel manufacturing sites. Briggs continues to develop engineering solutions, focusing on carbon neutrality and sustainable manufacturing processes.

Briggs of Burton feature an Engineering Graduate Training Scheme that encourages our young engineers to develop their practical engineering skills through supporting the delivery of global projects across a number of industries.

Lee Greenlees

Technical Team Lead, PRT - Rolls Royce

Lee Greenlees is a Senior Engineering Manager in Rolls-Royce Submarines. In his career, he has worked on fluid systems for the UK’s fleet of nuclear submarines as well as shore based cooling and chemical support plants. Lee has also worked on the design and operation of nuclear facilities including production plants and test reactors. For the past 15 years he has led multi-discipline engineering teams and held a number of technical leadership roles.

Rachel Cooke

Reliability Engineering - Amazon Europe

Rachel is an accomplished technical leader with nearly 20 years of experience in the food, drink, and logistics industries and has lived in five different countries. She currently leads Reliability Engineering for Amazon Europe, where her focus is on the use of science and data to improve asset performance. In this role she is responsible for a team of over 70 people in eight countries working on predictive analytics (including machine learning), computerized maintenance management systems, new technology introduction, robotics, reliability programs, and new site launches. Previously she led a team supporting Amazon's expansion across Europe in capital planning, technical vendor management, commissioning planning, change management, and design.

Prior to working for Amazon she was Global Manufacturing Development Manager for SABMiller and had also carried out a range of technical, project and product development roles for Cadbury.

Rachel is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. She chaired the Food and Drink special interest group for six years and was a member of the UK Board until 2016, when she moved to Luxembourg. She has a long history of voluntary work raising the profile of Chemical Engineering and is a founding Director of the Cheltenham Science Group. She has a starred first and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.