Careers talks

Elena Rinaldi

Elena has over twenty years' experience as a consultant civil engineer in Europe and Australasia. She has been based in London working for the ICE in various roles over the past fifteen years.

Harriet Haly

Since graduating in 2019 she has been working for Costain on HS2 – both the Enabling Works and Main Works in Euston followed by Canterbury Works Vent Shaft in north-west London. This most recent project has mainly been SCL and shaft secondary lining.

While she was at university, she was on the QUEST Scholarship with Costain through the ICE. Each summer she had a placement and worked on major infrastructure projects including the Bakerloo Line Link for Crossrail, Hinkley Point C and the Thames Tideway Tunnel.

Ben Petty

Structural Engineer with 5 years experience in consultancy environments. Has worked on multiple construction stage projects and is able to produce structural designs in concrete, steel, timber and masonry.

Currently working towards chartership with the ICE.

Charles Hemming-Clark

Charles is a civil engineer at Frankham Consultancy Group, with 3 years of experience. He works across both the rail and maritime sectors, currently focusing on the refurbishment and maintenance of existing assets such as bridges and jetties. In 2023, Charles was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award at the NCE Graduate and Apprentice Awards. He is passionate about sustainability and engages in efforts to inspire the next generation of civil engineers.

Romaé Facey

Romaé Facey is currently a graduate civil/structural engineer with 3 years of focused experience in offshore engineering specifically in the oil and gas sector in Aberdeen and the North Sea. To date, she has worked on various subsea vessels and structures, drilling rigs, pipelines, and various offshore platforms. She has also completed multiple project feasibility studies including lifting and transportation plans for offshore structure installation. 

Lydia Green

Lydia is a ports and maritime engineer working at Arup in London. She is graduated from Imperial College London in 2021 with an MEng in Civil Engineering and is a previous ICE QUEST Scholar.

Lydia works on both technical design and investment advisory projects in the UK and internationally. She has worked on a wide variety of projects within the maritime industry such as:

• Port master planning for offshore wind
• Infrastructure investment advisory
• Transport & Installation logistics for offshore structures
• Supply of alternative maritime fuels such as ammonia, methanol, LNG.
• Carbon capture and offloading at ports
• Maritime structural design for revetments, pontoon marinas and jetties.

Peter Homer

Peter is a site engineer working for BAM Nuttall currently finishing up the Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing project. He has been an ICE Quest Scholar and graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2022 with an MEng. He has worked on this project from the foundations to the commissioning of the bridge and has experienced so many different parts of engineering.

Gareth Ellis

Gareth is a lineside civil engineer with over three years of experience specialising in rail civils design. After beginning his career as a graduate in highways engineering, he transitioned to rail civil engineering, leveraging his MEng in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University, which included a valuable sandwich year.

In his current role, Gareth has been heavily involved in a significant UK infrastructure project, focusing on the design and delivery of critical assets such as signal renewals, signalling power upgrades, access points, and signal gantry structures. His work demonstrates a strong commitment to advancing the nation's rail systems through innovative design solutions.