Graduate Project Development Manager

• Sep 2022 - Present

Employer Engagement Administrative Assistant

• Aug 2022 - Aug 2022

The Employer Engagement team is responsible for attracting and liaising with businesses and organisations from different sectors and sizes to provide work-based learning opportunities to students and graduates during each academic year. Examples of these opportunities can be graduate/sandwich placements, internships, workshops, networking events, and many more.I was brought to the Employer Engagement team to support with the amalgamation of the key business contacts database for future tracking and CRM implementation, as well as creating and developing databases to track and monitor progress made on securing internship opportunities for students and graduates. This support allowed the team to organise data and information much more effectively, as well as a visual summary of progress made through the academic year, with clear insights on which sectors and businesses are being best reached, and the opportunities for which students are applying and engaging the most. Show less

LJMU Graduate Futures Project Administration Officer

• Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

LJMU Graduate Futures is a £2.4-million ESF-funded project that looks to provide job opportunities for LJMU students and graduates with small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) within the Liverpool City Region. One of the main goals of this project is to improve and develop professional and employability skills of students and graduates, as well as increasing employability rates and engagement between students and growing enterprises.I joined the LJMU Graduate Futures team on a temporary basis to support administrative processes within the project. This was a slightly challenging job for me given the fact I had not been involved in a work setting for a few years due to starting my MSc degree; however, I took this opportunity to get to know how it feels to work in a different country and an unknown sector for me.I first started supporting different areas of the project, such as data/information management, job posting, and documentation/paperwork management within the project team. I saw an area of development with the project's processes and decided to get deeply involved with improving productivity and data analytics, and did so by automating numerous processes and files within the project (e.g. participant registration, KPIs, target tracking, etc). These improvements allowed the team to significantly reduce the time that it took to complete certain tasks, as well as accurately monitor the project progress in terms of goals and number of participants/SMEs engaged.After a few months, I carried on with a higher responsibility by becoming the temporary Project Administration Officer. This role involved (in addition to the previously mentioned tasks) becoming responsible for procurement processes, claims management, and developing the project's Management Information System.My impact with the project was evidenced by improvements in productivity, a robust system to monitor project progress, and a significant increase in claims submitted in Q2 of 2022 (approx. 400%). Show less

Distribution Planning Engineer

• Apr 2019 - Jul 2020

• Main responsibilities: realization of technical and financial analysis for possible electrical grid improvements, study of electrical parameters for analysis of the current grid (load flow, short-circuit testing, load balance, load increase, phase changes, among others), consultancy and problem solving to projects proposed by internal and external clients, participation in biddings for homologation of equipment and workforce suppliers for internal projects. • Developed multiple 15-year expansion plans for grid improvement and projects’ estimated date of completion, that were sent to the main regulator of the national transmission system (ETESA, S.A.). • Led the grid analysis and integration of two external generation plants to be interconnected with the present distribution grid, based on load flow, load balance, current and future load, and national electrical regulations and guidelines. • Contributed to several electrical designs for expansion of the current grid, integration of new clients and loads, installation of new equipment in present substations and planning of the construction of future substations to be added to the current grid. Show less

Assistant Engineer

• Apr 2018 - Apr 2019

• Main responsibilities: assistance with recruitment and hiring process, management of inventory and purchase of new items for the construction project, supervision of the design and project progress for the installation of the Medical Laboratories section of the City of Health project, management of finances and accounts receivable for the company within the project. • Developed spreadsheets for control and management of new personnel recruitment, as well as inventory of tools and items, to keep track of the amount of personnel currently working at the project and make sure each worker had enough equipment to work with. • Led a team of 15+ workers for the design, installation and deliverables for low voltage power, lighting, fire detection, telecommunication, and access systems of the Medical Laboratories section of the City of Health project. • Developed a spreadsheet to keep track of every item purchased, installed, existing in stock, and the financial balance between its cost and its installation price, to obtain an estimated amount of the earnings to be received in the project. Show less

Reports Analyst

• Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

• Main responsibilities: assistance with reports for completed predictive maintenance works on several areas and/or equipment of the distribution grid owned by Naturgy S.A., and other external companies. • Developed a tracking spreadsheet that could register the maintenance projects completed, pending and in progress, with additional tracking of the payments being received or due. • Participated in several predictive maintenance projects on site, such as thermal analysis of electrical equipment, electrical analysis of substation components (transformers, circuit breakers, capacitor arrays, among others), frequency analysis of electrical equipment, among other projects. Show less