In our latest gender pay gap report we shared that 8% of our engineers are women. We’re committed to changing this by attracting more women engineers at entry level through partnerships in the communities we serve to promote the value of STEM careers. We’re also a proud partner of the Women in Engineering Society.
Safety is extremely important at Electricity North West and is the first thing we consider in everything we do. From digging a hole to fix a fault to safely connecting new customers to our network, and everything in between.
Charlotte
"I’m responsible for ensuring proper rules and regulations are followed on my projects to keep everyone safe."
Charlotte is a project manager in our connections team and started her career with us in 2016 as an apprentice. We’ve supported Charlotte in starting a family with our enhanced leave package, flexible working and time off for medical appointments.
Charlotte shared that as a shorter woman she’s struggled to find personal protection equipment (PPE) in her size as it’s designed for an average man’s build and height.
“Having two young children, safety is so important to me. As a project manager I’m responsible for ensuring proper rules and regulations are followed on my projects to keep everyone safe.”
Rachel
“We have a responsibility for the safety of the communities we serve.”
Rachel is a project manager in our connections team and has worked with us for eight years. Rachel shared that she loves being an engineer, with all the new challenges and achievements her career brings.
“I'm so grateful for the women who came before me, who’ve opened doors and made it possible for a woman to study at university, to become an engineer, to return to work after having a family and to be equally rewarded for the job I do.
“Safety is important because everyone should go home from work as healthy as they arrive. We have a responsibility for the safety of the communities we serve when we’re working in them.”
Puspha
“When I design a connection the first thing I do is ask: What’s the safest way to do this, are there lots of pedestrians, is there lots of traffic, is it near a school or hospital, and will my colleagues be safe doing the work?”
Pushpa has worked with us for 20 years and is a design engineer responsible for designing safe electricity connections to our network across the North West. We’ve supported Pushpa on her journey to become an engineer by sponsoring her further education to give help her get the qualifications she needed.
Pushpa shared that sometimes when she’s on site with a male colleague that assumptions can be made and they’ll be spoken to about technical aspects first before she asks the questions she needs too.
“When I design a connection the first thing I do is ask: What’s the safest way to do this, are there lots of pedestrians, is there lots of traffic, is it near a school or hospital, and will my colleagues be safe doing the work?”
For us, embracing our differences is what makes us stronger.
Our people are our most important asset so we’re passionate about creating a great place to work where we can all be ourselves, reach our full potential and build long-lasting careers. We’re striving to increase diversity of thought and talent in our people and to recruit a highly skilled workforce that’s representative of the communities we serve.
