Lacey-Jo Marsland
Bio
Lacey-Jo Marsland holds a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Leicester and has built a career in nuclear safety engineering, having undertaken roles in both civil and defence.
Currently, she serves as a Safety Engineer at AtkinsRéalis, following her role as an Assistant Safety Engineer in the same company. Prior to this, she completed a Safety Assessment Graduate Scheme. She also holds a NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
Lacey-Jo has also co-authored papers around Nuclear Power Generation and UK Energy Security and Implementing Autonomy in Nuclear Robotics.
In addition to her professional achievements, Lacey-Jo is dedicated to promoting STEM education. She volunteers as the Education, Attraction, and Outreach Lead for the Nuclear Institute and is a certified STEM Ambassador. Her passion for ED&I and inspiring the next generation has allowed her to gain experience as both a mentee and mentor while also taking part in a reverse mentoring scheme with Directors/Exec Leaders.
Lacey's Mentoring Background
"So I guess the reason I, I put myself forward t is because I've been on both, well, all sides of the table when it comes to mentoring. I've been a mentee. I've mentored students. And then I've also done some reverse mentoring.
And I think there's a lot of value on any side of that relationship and whether it's reverse mentoring or for your standard mentoring from somebody more senior.
In terms of what makes a good mentor; for me, I think it's been really valuable to utilise connections and especially in this post COVID world, where a lot of things are virtual and it is a lot harder to network.
Having somebody that knows people and is willing and able to utilise that is a great advantage.
So for example, I was mentoring a university student who was looking for a year in industry placement in systems engineering and I happen to know a systems engineer and in a different company to where this student was applying. So I said let’s have a chat and she ended up getting the placement which was great and obviously the networking side of things really helped because she's not studying systems engineering, she's not studying engineering at all in fact, but she was able to understand what the job involved and therefore that led to a successful interview.
So I think utilising the information that you've got and sharing is key!"
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