Careers paths
Key figures in the from across the industry explains what drove their careers
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Career path: Monica Steele
Our latest career path features a young geotechnical engineer with an interesting route into the industry.Read more -
Career path: StructureMode founding director Geoff Morrow
If you can’t find the right firm for you, start your own advises structural engineer and sculptor Geoff Morrow.Read more -
David Waboso appointed to forge Digital Railway
Network Rail has announced that London Underground's capital programmes director David Waboso will join NR to lead its Digital Railway directorateRead more -
Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2016 - shortlist announced
Consultancy and Engineering Awards 2016 - shortlist announced including clients and young professionalsRead more -
Career story: Raja Narwari on designing Birmingham New Street
Raja Narwari, practice manager for Atkins rail solutions explains how the firm’s global design centre stepped up to help design the station.Read more -
Career Path: Lavinia Melilla of Bechtel
Lavinia Melilla is a port and marine technical expert with Bechtel, and has recently been awarded a fellowship by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Aged 35, she is the ICE’s youngest Fellow.Read more -
Career path: Charlene Baker - principal consultant at Temple Group
A working trip to New Zealand introduced planner Charlene Baker to large infrastructure projects and since she came back to the UK that has been her focus.Read more -
Career path: Patricia Moore, Turner & Townsend
Patricia Moore is the managing director of infrastructure for Turner & Townsend in the UK. She gained her first degree as an apprentice.Read more -
Career path: Rosario Barcena, Tony Gee and Partners
Rail, and particularly the high speed variety, runs throughout Rosario Barcena’s career from her start in Spain to her job as regional director with Tony Gee and Partners.Read more -
Career path: Steve Katesmark, Waterman Group
Steve Katesmark has joined Waterman Group as head of transportationRead more -
Career path: Bhoopathi Rapolu
Bhoopathi Rapolu is head of analytics in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Cyient. His focus is on a major future issue for infrastructure – Big Data.Read more -
Career path: Zoe Madams, Mace
Overseeing project controls within the Mace Major Programmes and Infrastructure business is Zoe Madams. She explains her career to date.Read more -
Career path: Mark Huggett, Mace
Mark Huggett is a construction leader at Mace based in the firm's Moorgate office in London.Read more -
Career path - Tom Brancati: project director, Mace
Tom Brancati is a project director at Mace and is currently working with client Affinity Water.Read more -
Career path – Tom Sturman, Bechtel
Bechtel’s Tom Sturman shares his experience of developing a career in rail and how a Top Gear style cool wall set him on the route to being an engineer.Read more -
Interview: Dervilla Mitchell, Arup director and the most senior female in its business
Dervilla Mitchell joined the Arup board in May, yet she remains deeply engaged in global projects as a structural engineer.Read more -
Career path: Howard Ritchings - Head of Estates Management for the RNLI
Howard Ritchings has spent 25 years modernising lifeboat stations around UK and Ireland to help the RNLI save lives.Read more -
Career Path: Kayin Dawoodi of Arup and charity Bridges to Prosperity
Arup structural engineer Kayin Dawoodi, 31, is a founder of the Bridges to Prosperity charity and among other project is involved in the the National Museum of Qatar development.Read more -
Career path: Nicola Moriarty – BWB associate
Nicola Moriarty is a chartered structural engineer having started out in construction at 16.Read more -
My working life: Kirsty Jamieson, associate, Tony Gee and Partners
Redesigning bridges to accommodate overhead rail power lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow requires a calm head and an ability to hit a deadline.Read more -
Career Path: Susan Claris, Arup
Susan Claris is a transport planner and associate director at Arup and is enjoying being part of “a family of 11,000 individuals”.Read more -
My working life – Chris Lawler, principal engineer, Tony Gee and Partners
Chris Lawler has found his home in the rail sector after nine years with Tony Gee.Read more -
Career paths: Michelle Hicks, WSP
Michelle Hicks is a graduate engineer with consultant WSP Group which also sponsored her studies throughout university. What made you choose a career in engineering and infrastructure? This question normally provokes accounts of a childhoodRead more -
Career paths: Eleana Karayianni, Tony Hogg Design
Eleana Karayianni is a design and structural engineer of tensile fabric structures working at Tony Hogg Design.Read more -
Overseas..... with Amey: Hannah Tully on her international bidding role
Hannah Tully can be away for a week or three months at a time supporting Amey's international bids.Read more -
Career women: class of 2001
As the government calls for more women to enter the engineering profession Bernadette Ballantyne asks her former engineering classmates about their career paths.Read more -
Overseas…..with Amey: Andrew McArthur on Australia
Fancy a stint down under? Andrew McArthur shares his experience of Sydney as roads asset stewardship manager.Read more -
Overseas…..with Amey: Gareth Jefferies on working in Qatar
Civil engineer Gareth Jefferies, 28, moved to Amey's Qatar contract with public works authority Ashghal nearly two years ago. He shares what has been a "brilliant" experience so far.Read more -
Career paths: Katerina Vatti, Tony Hogg Design
Katerina won the IABSE Young Designers Award this week for her presentation on tensile fabric canopies in Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRead more -
BWB boss Steve Wooler is new ACE Midlands chairman
Find out about Steve and his career path in this article.Read more -
Career path – Chris Burton, business development manager, Tony Gee
Get involved with your profession to get the contacts to help you develop your career, he says.Read more -
A day in the life: Amey lead environmental consultant Orla Fitzpatrick
As head of Amey's newly environment team, Fitzpatrick's day revolves around finding the staff to build her businessRead more -
John O' Groats is reborn in multi colour
Scotland’s in the news politically but what about the architecture? Take a look at John O' Groats. Neil McAllister of GLM explains.Read more -
A day in the life: Atkins signalling project engineer Jon Leach
Signalling engineering offers huge opportunity if you like being involved in innovation.Read more -
Career Path - Neil Farmer, executive director Tony Gee & Partners
Tony Gee & Partners celebrates 40 years in business this November. Infrastructure Intelligence talks to executive director Neil Farmer.Read more -
Career Path - Liz King
Liz King is the new managing director of Mott MacDonald India.Read more -
Colin Matthews as Highways Agency’s new chair - a positive statement on the future of roads
Customer focus and technology enabled solutions are the key to the Agency’s private sector future, says Antony OliverRead more -
“Our people make our company… this is good news for them” says Hyder UK boss
Nelson Ogunshakin spoke to Hyder Consulting’s UK MD Graham Reid on the day the potential merger with ARCADIS was announced.Read more -
GrowUp Urban Farms: lessons on starting a sustainable business
Kate Hofman and Tom Webster left secure careers to launch the GrowUp Urban Farm project in 2012.Read more -
Q and A | Jon Kirkpatrick, sustainability director, Lend Lease
The Elephant and Castle project in south London is eating the bench mark for sustainable development. Jon Kirkpatrick explains.Read more -
Q and A | Andy Milner, managing director, Amey Consulting
Amey, working in joint venture with Swiss rail maintenance specialist Sersa, was this month named preferred bidder for Network Rail’s Northern Alliance contract to renew switch and crossings across two thirds of the UK railRead more -
Q and A | Cameron Cromwell, managing director for infrastructure, Capita
Cromwell joined the firm in January from Jacobs. He explains his plans for growth.Read more -
People and relationships key to growth says Systra UK's new chief executive.
Tim O’Neill took over as Systra UK new boss last month having spent the last 10 years running Atkins’ rail communication division.Read more -
Planning for growth - interview with Michele Dix of TfL
Following her keynote presentation at last week's BASELondon event, Dix explains her transport plans for the capital of 2050.Read more -
Kotecha on power distribution: “If we just adopt conventional methods, we’ll be caught out”
Nirmal Kotecha of UK Power Networks on the need for smart thinking in the next phase of electricity distribution spending.Read more -
Video: Turquoise Cities – an integrated approach to designing cities of the future
Planning now for the next century and beyond is vital says Temple Group’s Chris Fry.Read more -
Jean Venables to chair the Nuclear Liabilities Fund
Understanding of risk management and long term thinking made flood expert best choice for decommissioning role.Read more -
Ten things I've learned over 10 years in green policy
The language of green; the complexity and the simplicity of policy; the incomprehensible scale of global opportunity. Matthew Farrow reflects on a sustainable decade.Read more -
Rethinking the basics on track renewals - LU needs your help
Jackie Whitelaw talks to infrastructure programme director George McInulty about ideas to speed up one of the toughest tasks on the capital’s Underground.Read more -
Video: David Picton Carillion’s chief sustainability officer sets a 2020 vision
Social value and impact on communities must be the starting point for thinking.Read more -
Video: Interview with High Speed 2 chief executive Alison Munro
High Speed 2 chief executive Alison Munro talks to Infrastructure Intelligence Editor Antony Oliver about progress toward Royal Assent for phase 1 of the project.Read more -
New Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne: the first 100 days
Infrastructure Intelligence offers top ten tips for success to help the new railway boss get his feet under the deskRead more -
Higgins: Building momentum for HS2
Interview with HS2 chief executive David Higgins on the challenges aheadRead more -
Video: Engineers need to stand up and be noticed says prize winning consultant
Mission is to spread the engineering word, says Engineering Excellence winner Roma Agrawal of WSP.Read more