INWED 2025: Engineering with Purpose - finding your why

Tríona O'Grady

Tríona O’Grady is a senior associate director at Jacobs Engineering Consultancy with 17 years of experience in water and energy projects across the UK and Ireland. She is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Tríona has experience leading on nationally significant projects and major programmes, demonstrating strategic leadership, client management, and technical coordination. She is also committed to mentoring future engineers through the ICE Training Scheme.

Fionnuala McKenna

Fionnuala McKenna is head of strategic development at Construction Futures, a recently established organisation dedicated to transforming Northern Ireland’s construction industry by addressing key challenges and delivering practical solutions. Its work includes improving access to career pathways, shifting public perception, and fostering stronger collaboration between the education and construction sectors. A qualified civil engineer and former secondary school teacher, Fionnuala brings a unique perspective shaped by hands on site experience, pre-construction planning, and a strong commitment to improving overall industry culture.

Amy Dillon

Amy graduated with a Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Nottingham in 2012 and became chartered with the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2017.

Having previously worked with Sir Robert McAlpine as a site engineer on schools, a shopping centre extension and petro-chemcial plant. She also worked for Amec Foster Wheeler and Farrans as a senior site engineer on the Northern Spire Bridge. She is currently a principal engineer with Design ID working on projects such as County Park Redevelopments and Railway Developments.

Amy has a keen interest in development engineering and has volunteered in Malawi and Kenya as a Fellow with a social enterprise working in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Rachael Hart

Rachael studied Interior Design at University of Ulster, graduating in 2018. She shifted to the Engineering industry in 2019 in a 3D Visualiser role with Design ID. This role consisted mainly of producing 3D models, renders, and animations for deliverables such as construction logistics reports. Rachael moved to my current Civil Engineering Technician role in 2020 mainly producing packs of drawings for projects including Crossrail, pedestrian bridges, road bridges, various schools and modular projects.

She have been involved in a diverse range of projects in varying capacities, from drawing work to BIM management, Client-facing roles, and design. Mainly Rachael uses AutoCAD and Civil3D but also have experience in Revit. Her passion in her work is quality, and this desire for consistently high quality has led to her being responsible for setting CAD standards for the company, creating CAD guides and manuals for staff, as well as taking training sessions and workshops. 

Lynsey McNeilly

Lynsey is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 14 years experience in the construction industry. While working for a Main Contractor Lynsey delivered a variety of technically challenging projects across the UK. Lynsey achieved Chartered status in 2017, took part in the ICE NI Bridges to Prosperity project in Rwanda in 2018 with a team of engineers from a variety of companies in NI, and continues to be involved with ICE while now living in Scotland.