Paula Dunlop
Role: Site engineer Company: Coolkeeragh ESB power station Track Record: TRACK RECORD “I am currently working as a site engineer at Coolkeeragh ESB power station as part of a 13-month placement within my Masters degree in electrical and electronic engineering at Queen’s Uni-versity, Belfast. I was awarded a schol-arship with Electric Ireland, part of the...
Kim Blair
Role: Graduate Technical Specialist Company: Capita Managed IT Solutions Track Record: What does your job entail? I’m a graduate technical specialist so I use my technical knowledge and experience to fix IT problems for a wide range of clients all over the UK. Our Service Desk will receive a call from a client who has...
Peter Kane
Role: Technical Specialist Company: Capita Managed IT Solutions Track Record: How long have you worked for the company? 4 years What does your job entail? I work as part of the desktop services team; supporting computer users across the UK with IT related issues and building desktops and laptops for clients. Part of that means...
Finola Strain
Role: Senior Technical Specialist Company: Capita Managed IT Solutions Track Record: How long have you worked for the company? Almost 7 years What does your job entail? I work in the Application Hosting team. My role involves maintaining the overall health of the managed service infrastructure through installing/configuring, maintaining and upgrading servers and...
Brendan McCormack
Role: Professor of Nursing Research Company: University of Ulster Track Record: “I started as a student psychiatric nurse in Mullingar when I was 18 and whilst I knew I was not ‘cut out’ to be a psychiatric nurse long-term, I really fell in love with nursing and nursing older people in particular” said Brendan. What does...
Anthony McGrath
Role: Domestic Student Recruitment Officer Company: Queens University Track Record: ME AND MY JOB What does your job entail? My job is a marketing and customer care based role within the domestic student recruitment team.We work with colleagues across Queen’s to ensure that courses are packaged and marketed to our target audience.The domestic team is...
Denise Farrell
Role: Ulsterbus Driver Company: Ulsterbus Track Record: ME AND MY JOB Denise FarrellULSTERBUS DRIVER What does your job entail? I’m a Translink bus driver based in Newtownhamilton, where I deliver school transport and normal timetabled bus services in the Newry and Armagh areas. The job is very customer-focused; everyday I deal with people of all...
Katia Stewart
Role: Project Officer Company: Craft Northern Ireland Track Record: ME AND MY JOB KATIA STEWART, PROJECT OFFICER, CRAFT NORTHERN IRELAND What does your job entail?I am the project officer for Craft Northern Ireland so my job is very varied because of the range of programmes we run and the variety of support we offer.The role...
Yolanda Logan
Role: Cafe Cluster Manager Company: Asda Track Record: “I find it genuinely satisfying to make customers happy — it’s an instant reward for doing a good job!” Yolanda studied business in school but always knew that the catering industry was where she was headed. “Even when I was in school I really enjoyed jobs which...
Judith Brannigan
Role: Show Director Company: Food and Drink Show NI Track Record: “The ability to troubleshoot is probably the strongest asset an events professional can have but only comes with experience,” said Judith. What does your job entail? I am responsible for the sales and delivery of the Food and Drink Show NI, a new consumer...