Transport Talks22 Jun 2022

International Women in Engineering - Deborah Sims

This podcast is in support of International Women in Engineering Day - 23 June 2022 - and features an interview with Deborah Sims, CIHT President 2021-22.

Deborah is a Senior Lecturer Civil Engineering, Employability Champion Engineering, and an Industrial Placement Tutor at the University of Greenwich.

Prior to joining the University of Greenwich, Deborah was the Project Director for the Highways Central team with the Mott MacDonald group, managing a team working on a wide range of projects for clients across London and the south east of England. Before that, Deborah was Strategy and Service Manager at InterRoute, a non-incorporated joint venture between Mott MacDonald and Balfour Beatty.

A Chartered Engineer with over 25 years' experience of highways design, safety engineering, team leadership and project management, she has experience of managing large design teams both in the public and private sectors and working on motorways, trunk roads and local authority roads. Deborah also has experience in bid management and mobilisation for multi-million pound strategic alliance and joint venture operations. She is a contributing editor to various CIHT publications, and a professional reviewer for both Chartered and Incorporated Engineers.

Deborah's first degree is in Civil Engineering and her Masters is in Road Safety Engineering. She gained her PGCertHE in 2013 and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was awarded Honorary Membership of the Society of Road Safety Auditors in 2011.

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