Abstract
Meet Natalie Parker, our 2024 WES Prize winner. Natalie is a Technical Specialist and Manager for the Operational Technology Group at Sellafield Ltd. She provides technical advice to front-line engineering teams and project support. She is a line manager to 9 and supports the different facility-facing teams to enable an offsite location to allow engineers to share problems, innovate ideas and learn from experience. Natalie is co-lead of Sellafield’s Women in Technology group, which helps achieve gender balance at all levels within the department. She also developed a primary school workshop called ‘Get Wired…Get Coding’ to introduce students in Years 5 and 6 to electrical circuits and programming through fun interactive activities and show how STEM skills can be utilised in careers.
