Routes to Fellowship with Alison Waterworth

Keith Jones

Keith is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Environmentalist and Fellow of ICE. He has been in post since May 2008, prior to this he was Operational Manager Highways at the Vale of Glamorgan Council, responsible for all highway maintenance operations including management of the DSO contracting unit as well as Environmental Manager for the Council.

Keith was in Local Government from 1967 to 2008 holding a range of posts involving engineering, highways, infrastructure and drainage. Former Chairman of the County Surveyors Society Wales Engineering Committee and member of the UK Roads Board, advising Government on Highways issues.

He is a member of the Cross Party Groups on STEMM and Construction and Industrial Liaison Boards at Cardiff University and Swansea University.

Emma Antrobus

Emma Antrobus (AMICE) has been regional director of ICE North West since July 2018, overseeing the activity and budgeting for more than 6,500 members in the region.

Having done a business with manufacturing degree, Emma has spent most of her career working with and supporting businesses in all sectors towards improvement and change, with a focus on the engagement with and understanding of policy focusing on infrastructure projects including rebuilding Manchester city centre following the 1996 bomb, Northern Hub and HS2.

Alison Waterworth

Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Alison is an award-winning Chartered Civil Engineer turned project manager, with over 15 years’ experience leading the design and delivery of major international infrastructure programmes across rail, aviation and highways.

Recognised for leading complex, high-value projects and driving cultural and operational transformation through inclusive leadership and strategic thinking, Alison is passionate about the role engineering plays in shaping the world around us.

Throughout her career, Alison has been committed to promoting engineering as an exciting and rewarding career to the next generation.

She believes that achieving Fellowship is not only recognition of her own professional journey, but also an opportunity to champion the engineering profession, inspire future engineers and demonstrate that women can build successful, influential careers within the industry. 

By representing women in engineering at a senior level, Alison hopes to encourage more young people particularly women to see engineering as a career in which they can thrive and make a lasting impact