Have helped any people with your job? – Tomorrow's Engineers Zone

anon answered on 4 May 2020:

I work for a company that makes wind turbines. The team I work in puts all the turbine parts together and connects them to the main electricity network so that the energy produced can be used by people in their homes.

Garrick Simpson answered on 4 May 2020:

Hi i have helped train up apprentices and have helped other people with problems that they may have.

People have also helped me out with any problems that i have had

Rob Husband answered on 4 May 2020:

I often give advice to other grads and apprentices, especially when they need clarification of a software topic. I am planning to make this a more official role by becoming a mentor with the new intake of graduates and apprentices this coming September.

anon answered on 4 May 2020:

Yes, I have helped train apprentices and technicians in design and particularly the 3D CAD software I use daily in my job. I have spent many years studying it to be qualified in the software to be able to make use of its full potential. So I love helping and showing others how to train up in the software also.

Katie Sparks answered on 4 May 2020:

I think my job has helped people, but not directly.
By that I mean that I couldn’t tell you who my job has helped.
Some of the satellites I have worked on look at the health of the planet, it helps scientists to work out what sort of things we need to do to make things better. Other missions take photos of Earth, so that if there is an earthquake (for example) emergency services (like ambulances, police and fire rescue) can work out where people may need help and also how to get there – sometimes the usual roads don’t exist any more!

Amira Tamam answered on 4 May 2020:

Yes, I always give advice to graduates and students about careers paths, and ways to get a job.
In addition, I have worked on projects that were part of public transport services, and medical equipment.
My current job provides to the pharmaceutical industry, which provides people with medications.

Rohin Titmarsh answered on 4 May 2020:

Yes, our research helps lots of people in lots of different industries, from electric vehicles, self driving cars, manufacturing, healthcare and more. The great thing about research is that we’re tackling something new or that hasn’t really been done before, so usually what we find helps companies make something or do something better, or it helps the public.

Conrad Manning answered on 4 May 2020:

Not strictly my job, but it has allowed me to visit schools and youth groups to inspire future engineers with a slightly different story and with some amazing photographs.

On further thought, I’d have thought everyone’s job goes some way to help someone as otherwise they wouldn’t be able to sell their products or services (even if it is to look better around their friends with a quicker/better looking/most expensive boat)

Nicola Grahamslaw answered on 4 May 2020:

My job helps people to be able to enjoy a really special experience, and helps teachers be able to give their classes a great school trip out. I also go to conferences which means I can share my experience and help people who are trying to save energy to learn some tips and tricks.

Charles Sparey answered on 4 May 2020:

Yes, and it is actually those parts of my job that I personally find most rewarding. I enjoy helping people solve problems they may be facing with delivering on their project work. Likewise, I have frequently been involved in helping to grow and develop our teams and to train junior staff. It is always the biggest reward to see someone you’ve been helping become successful and achieve great things in their own right. 🙂

Sophie Louth answered on 4 May 2020:

I work on making artificial bones for people, and I previously worked on hip replacements. Both of them mean people are in less pain and have a better quality of life. This is why I decided to be a medical engineer – we get to make things that help people live happier lives.

David Linsell answered on 4 May 2020:

In my last job working for Thames Water, I worked on waste water treatment and in particular in making Power from Poo. This uses biogas from sewage digestion to make electricity. In that job, and for anyone working in the Water and Waste Water businesses, one could claim to help entire populations of people every day by providing clean drinking water and safely treating and disposing of waste water.
In a previous job I was responsible for the final five months of training of Royal Navy marine engineer officers before they joined the Fleet. In that job I had to help the students change their mind-set from being students behind a desk into active, knowledgeable and capable officers leading their respective teams.

Frances Askill-Kirk answered on 4 May 2020:

I work for an electric vehicle company. I like to think we are helping change the perception people have of automobiles. By convincing more people to change to electric cars, we are decreasing the amount of combustion engine cars sold which is great for the environment!!

Claire Brockett answered on 5 May 2020:

I’m a medical engineer – my job involves designing experiments that allow us to test how medical implants such as joint replacements work – and I also work with surgeons and industry to understand when things go wrong. One of the knee replacements I did testing on is now used in thousands of patients around the world – so I made a small contribution to that 🙂

Stephen Jeapes answered on 5 May 2020:

My last job was working for a company that made health monitors for industrial workers – people in high risk areas and explosive environments like chemical plants or gas rigs. The monitor allows doctors to monitor peoples health as it was happening meaning if someone was getting well they could be taken out of the dangerous area before things got serious.

Juan Carlos Fallas-Chinchilla answered on 5 May 2020:

I work in safety for jet engines. In my company we want people to travel safe and to avoid any event or emergency.

Myself and my colleagues gather data from the jet engines operations and assess whether things are safe or if we need to do some further analysis due to the wear-and-tear. Civil aerospace safety is regulated by European and International agencies and we work closely with them to comply and exceed their rules.

K-Jo O'Flynn answered on 5 May 2020:

Defiantly with the principle of what the antennas and space structures do at Oxford Space Systems:D

Vanessa Stanley answered on 5 May 2020:

Definitely – the team(s) I am in work to ensure that the power lines that supply electricity to trains safely and reliably. This has an impact on the people who use trains in any capacity, as they rely on public transport as a means or doing to work or seeing loved ones

No matter how big or small the impact of your work/volunteering may be, what you do is amazing; it’s always wonderful to see what people will achieve!

Ed Chester answered on 5 May 2020:

I teach and visit schools often, and used to teach at universities also. By mentoring young engineers, I have also created job opportunities, projects, and even companies. So I think so, yes. Maybe not a big number of people, but this will continue.

Deane Sales answered on 5 May 2020:

Being a Life Safety Engineer I would like to think that I have not only helped people feel safe in their home, work and places they visit but I do hear of situations that have happened when a system that I have designed has done its job and has saved peoples lives.

That makes me proud and is the main the reason why I love and do this job. The ultimate job satisfaction.

Matthew Burgess answered on 7 May 2020:

Being quite junior in my company, I don’t feel I have helped lots of people, but when I am talking to younger engineers at work (undergraduates, new apprentices and graduates) I always give them honest advice and try to be the support that I needed when I was new.

Helen Taylor answered on 7 May 2020:

All the time! Team working is part of being an engineer. At the moment I’m helping others by leading a team to solve a tricky problem.

Colin Donaldson answered on 11 May 2020:

I work closely with graduates and apprentices to help them as they start out with the business and hints/tips for them making the most of their respective schemes. Also, the work we do helps thousands every day in their daily travels to work, school or for pleasure

Tom Rooney answered on 12 May 2020:

In my role as an engineer in the Royal yes, and often! From assisting in humanitarian operations, playing my part in the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, providing assistance to the local population in fighting off a rebel takeover in Sierra Leone and saving the crew of a stricken ship on fire in the Arabian Gulf (just a handful of many examples).
In my current role I teach people how to use some advanced underwater positioning and communication systems; some of the people I have trained have used those skills and that technology to locate and salvage downed aircraft and others are part of an international submarine rescue team.

Stephen Lang answered on 13 May 2020:

Yes. I design and develop prosthetic limbs. It is very challenging technically, but extremely rewarding when trying prototypes on amputees.

Iulia Motoc answered on 14 May 2020:

In my job I always help companies to get incentives from the government. This incentives help them to continue to innovate, and these innovations can help the wider community.

Ken Mollison answered on 16 May 2020:

Although engineering is seen as being about working with equipment, machines and physical things, engineering as all about communicating, understanding, discussing and generally being involved with others in team work. This means that engineers are always helping each other in the work they do and as there are always customers to please we all act to help them. Last week I helped a customer investigate a new system to measure the oil level in his machine so that he could get a better way to know how much oil was being used and when it needs to be filled up. Two years ago I flew out to South Australia to help some people there review their electricity generators and helped them make changes to make them more reliable and less likely to cause power cuts.

Jeni Spragg answered on 19 May 2020:

As the others have said, we often help people in a direct way by working in teams in our jobs.
On a bigger scale, I help society by working in renewable energy, trying to find engineering solutions to help slow down climate change. When the Industrial Revolution happened a few hundred years ago, it helped to transform society. Nowadays, we are in the middle of a new kind of industrial revolution, where engineers are working to reinvent the ways we make and use energy, so that we can all have good lives without hurting the planet. It’s not helping people in the same way that a nurse, doctor or teacher, might do, but it’s helping people in a different kind of way.

Question: Have helped any people with your job?

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