Age: 26

Occupation Title: Thermal Engineer, Rolls-Royce

Job Description: Provide technical support to the design and development of compressors in civil aero engines.

What do you do in a typical day?: Use finite elements to analyse the thermal response of compressor components, basing analysis on test data. Provide technical advice to design and development colleagues.

How did you get your job?: Originally joined the marine division of Rolls-Royce as a stress engineer in 1997 through an Agency (TPS) and made an internal job move last year into the aero division.

What are the best things about your job? Variation, interaction with other engineers, technically challenging, fast moving.

What are the worst things? Lack of warning about tasks. Jobs cancelled due to requirements changed by the customer.

What do you think you will be doing in 5 years time? Supervisory role in engine development projects.

Is there public misconception about the role of an Engineer? I expect most people don't know about the design and analysis side of engineering, but consider engineering to be factories, assembly, servicing and generally getting dirty.

Finish this sentence "The Millennium Bridge is a ...great feat of wobbily engineering"

Would you ever use your job title in a chat-up line? If so, has it been successful? Probably not - if my wife found out she'd kill me! Although saying you work at Rolls-Royce often raises an eyebrow, which I like to think means the person is impressed.

What could be done to attract more woman into the industry? Give a clearer explanation of what working in an engineering office/environment is like. Tell girls at school, providing interactive engineering workshops that explain what engineering involves. School age is normally the point at which people decide their career direction.

Who would you rather leave your car with - Daisy Duke or Phil Mitchel? Daisy, the Dukes rule and Eastenders is utter pants.