Women in Engineering

momofboiler1
Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:27:50 +0000

Early update from my D who just started week 4 of her co-op at a polymer manufacturing plant. There are only 3 women out of a team of 40 engineers, including her. The head of manufacturing is a female chem e who took her immediately under her wing. Despite the gender imbalance she is LOVING it! She said everyone is super happy to have her on board and she’s been feeling very supported. She spends her morning with the line operators learning the processes and hearing about the challenges and issues, and afternoons analyzing data to find ways to improve efficiencies. She already completed a new lock out/tag out safety project which now she needs to train operators on, and is also working on an audit of the FDA commercial mixer used for drug coatings. She feels like she’s learning a ton and that it’s a great culture at this plant. Later this summer she’ll be involved in re-laying out the plant for new lines/equipment and getting them integrated into the existing systems.