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About Me:

I live with my family just outside of London. I am a systems engineer and proud mum of two children. I love to read, sing, dance and eat delicious food.
My pronouns are:

she/her
My Work:

I am a systems engineer at Johnson Matthey. My role involves working between Design stage and large scale manufacture of the catalysts, ensuring the scale up is handled smoothly and risks are recognised and either reduced or eliminated where possible.
My Typical Day:

After dropping my children off to school, I log in for work at 9am. Most of my morning involves speaking with different teams about projects to support new catalyst designs moving into our Plants (factories). I would then stop for lunch and may go for a walk. After lunch, I spend my time working on improving systems and processes. This can include running workshops with colleagues from different teams, creating process maps (diagrams) to show how a process moves from one step to another and some time to plan tasks for the next day. My working day finishes at 4pm.
What I'd do with the prize money:

I would love to donate the money to a local school so that they can improve their onsite STEM facilities.

Education:

I went to a local primary and secondary school in East London. After school I stayed on to complete A levels at the Sixth Form.

Following that, I went on to study for a degree at UCL (University College London)
Qualifications:

9 A-C grade GCSEs

3 A-levels in Maths, Chemistry and Biology

MSCi Chemistry 2.1
Work History:

While studying, I worked part-time in a department store café and in Woolworths (Entertainment department).

I have been working for my current employer for over 18 years but have changed roles many times. I have worked in Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics (Warehousing and Shipping), Data Analysts roles and now in Engineering.
Current Job:

Senior Transfer Engineer (Systems)
Employer:

Johnson Matthey

Parwinder Hothi