Female Engineer is 'Best of British'

​Engineer, Emma England, won the 'Best of British' prize at the Semta Skills Awards  at The Hilton Park Hotel in London recently. 

There were many more women nominated this year and Emma won the top award.

​Emma England, 26, is from Exmoor, Devon and is a Loads and Aeroelastics engineer at Airbus Operation in Bristol. She has an Aeronautical Engineering MEng from Bristol University, and completed the aerospace and defence companies graduate program. 

She stated:

​“I have a huge amount of drive and energy to develop Airbus as a business and myself and other people around me. I have a real passion to advance engineering as a sector.

“I have also run lessons, workshops and careers fairs at local schools. I believe that engineering is an option for everyone regardless of background or circumstance.

“When I am at schools or talking to young people I enjoy taking the time to explain the different roles and opportunities available in an engineering company like Airbus.”

​Semta CEO, Ann Watson said:

​“Not long ago women cleaning up at an engineering awards ceremony – would have had different connotations.”

​Other female award winners were Joanna Sharples from BAE Systems winning Higher Apprentice of the Year and Dawn Bonfield from the Women’s Engineering Society for Diversity.

See the video of Emma being presented with her award by BBC TV Breakfast presenter, Steph McGovern.