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Asked by dev3000 to Al, Emma, Ivanka, James, Omar on 15 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by branflakes123, amta.
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Al Bartlett answered on 13 Mar 2012:
Hello again Dev – Some great questions!!
I do enjoy my job very much, it keeps me very busy and every day is a different challenge. I work out in Dubai which is in The United Arab Emirates (near India and Pakistan) – it gets very hot, sometimes it gets up to 50degC!!
Would you like your career to be in aircraft engineering?
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Ivanka Brown answered on 14 Mar 2012:
TBH I am having a tough time at the moment on my project. The residents around my construction site are unhappy so I am talking to the county council and contractor to find out ways to continue construction and finish on time without upsetting so many people. Some of the residents have come up to people on site and shout at them which is tough. There are many demands at the moment from many different directions and I know ‘you can’t please all the people all of the time’, but it doesn’t stop me trying! I know we will get through and find a solution to finish the project, but there are always bumps and challenges along the way.
Ask me tomorrow and I will be focussed on getting the correct safety paperwork in place or reporting the financial progress to my boss and I know I will be proud of adding my support to keeping people safe and reporting how we are on target to spend less than planned and may be able to finish faster than planned! -
James Vokes answered on 15 Mar 2012:
I do. I’m doing what I think I’m good at and what I’m interested in.
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Omar Mustufvi answered on 15 Mar 2012:
Yes, I am really enjoying it- I am on the graduate scheme at Jaguar Land Rover so there are lots of opportunities to do placements in different parts of the company.
At the moment I am doing a placement in Product Planning which is where we decide which cars and technologies to develop in the future. Product Planners work between engineering and marketing to create the right strategy for the company. We have presentations and meetings with programme managers and we have to make sure everyone is working towards the same goal. So I need to be able to understand the market issues and also the engineering issues and create a balance to help the company develop the right products to be successful.
Afterall I work for a business and we need to make money from our cars- It isn’t just number crunching engineers need to be good at!
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Emma Bould answered on 20 Mar 2012:
I do at the moment, but like most of the engineers some days are better than others!
In the Royal Navy you only stay in your job for up to 2 years, so I am expecting to move jobs in June off the ship and into a job on land….. who knows if that will be better or worse!
I have never had a boring job though, and I love being an engineer so would recommend it (in or out of the Navy!) to anyone!
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