Meet Sally Bell | Inspiring Women in Engineering

1. Tell us what you do @ Sydney Trains

I’m currently on a secondment to EDU as an Electrical Systems Engineer looking after the practical application of our Electrical Network Safety Rules

2. What's your proudest moment?

I have a couple, first would be becoming a mother and second would be finishing my engineering degree after 7 years working full time and having two children.

3. What advice do you have for other women thinking about a career in Engineering?

If it’s your passion and you like to solve problems, give it a go. There is so much more to being an engineer than sitting behind a desk drawing designs.

4. How can we transform the future of women in engineering?

This is the biggest question that has been going around for years. I don’t know the answer, but maybe giving women the encouragement and support that are already in the industry so they don’t leave and give it a bad name. We have a high number of women leaving the industry, if we can work out how to keep them, maybe more would join us.

5. Tell us something that people may not know about you?

I play the guitar.