Jane Victoria Atkinson CBE FREng is Executive Director of Engineering and Automation at Bilfinger UK. [1]
Education
Atkinson studied chemical engineering at Loughborough University, [2] [3] and in 2011 she received an honorary doctorate in business administration from Teesside University. [2]
Career
Her career began as a sponsored engineering student with British Steel in 1990. [3] On completion of her first degree she worked as a technical advisor at the Teesside blast furnace before moving into operations, becoming the first woman in the world to manage a blast furnace in 2004 – the Corus cast house at Redcar. [1] [3] She was later the second woman in the world to manage a coke oven. [1] [3]
During her time in the steel industry she managed many major production units and spent five years with the company in Alabama in the USA. [1] [4]
She later became Senior Vice President Utilities Operations at SembCorp Utilities UK. [5] Moving to Cape plc in 2014 [2] she was eventually responsible for its merger with Hertel and NSG to create Altrad. [1] She moved to Bilfinger in 2019. [1]
Honours
The CBI honoured her as Britain’s top female engineer in 2007 and in 2010 she became the youngest woman Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. [1] [6] In 2019 she was recognised as the first of the 100 top women leaders in engineering in the UK. [7] [8] She is also a Fellow of IChemE and has chartered and designated European Engineer status. [4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jane Atkinson". www.inclusiveboards.co.uk. InclusiveBoards. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Our Alumni: Dr. Jane Atkinson". www.lboro.ac.uk. Loughborough University. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Jane Atkinson: Engineering's leading lady". www.thejournal.co.uk. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b SembCorp News Archived 11 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Major University Honour for Jane
- ^ SembCorp Homepage Archived 13 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine SembCorp
- ^ Ingenia - Profile Jane Atkinson FREng
- ^ "Women in Business". www.ft.com. Financial Times. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Women in Engineering". www.inclusiveboards.co.uk. InclusiveBoards. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- Living people
- British chemical engineers
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 20th-century British engineers
- 21st-century British engineers
- 20th-century British women engineers
- 21st-century British women engineers
Jane Victoria Atkinson CBE FREng is Executive Director of Engineering and Automation at Bilfinger UK. [1]
Education
Atkinson studied chemical engineering at Loughborough University, [2] [3] and in 2011 she received an honorary doctorate in business administration from Teesside University. [2]
Career
Her career began as a sponsored engineering student with British Steel in 1990. [3] On completion of her first degree she worked as a technical advisor at the Teesside blast furnace before moving into operations, becoming the first woman in the world to manage a blast furnace in 2004 – the Corus cast house at Redcar. [1] [3] She was later the second woman in the world to manage a coke oven. [1] [3]
During her time in the steel industry she managed many major production units and spent five years with the company in Alabama in the USA. [1] [4]
She later became Senior Vice President Utilities Operations at SembCorp Utilities UK. [5] Moving to Cape plc in 2014 [2] she was eventually responsible for its merger with Hertel and NSG to create Altrad. [1] She moved to Bilfinger in 2019. [1]
Honours
The CBI honoured her as Britain’s top female engineer in 2007 and in 2010 she became the youngest woman Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. [1] [6] In 2019 she was recognised as the first of the 100 top women leaders in engineering in the UK. [7] [8] She is also a Fellow of IChemE and has chartered and designated European Engineer status. [4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jane Atkinson". www.inclusiveboards.co.uk. InclusiveBoards. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Our Alumni: Dr. Jane Atkinson". www.lboro.ac.uk. Loughborough University. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Jane Atkinson: Engineering's leading lady". www.thejournal.co.uk. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b SembCorp News Archived 11 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Major University Honour for Jane
- ^ SembCorp Homepage Archived 13 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine SembCorp
- ^ Ingenia - Profile Jane Atkinson FREng
- ^ "Women in Business". www.ft.com. Financial Times. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Women in Engineering". www.inclusiveboards.co.uk. InclusiveBoards. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- Living people
- British chemical engineers
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 20th-century British engineers
- 21st-century British engineers
- 20th-century British women engineers
- 21st-century British women engineers