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Although I’ve done customer-facing activities I think to have real responsibility for communicating with customers really interests me, whilst also maintaining a strong technical element in the role.” My plans are to go for more senior leadership positions and in particular more customer-facing roles. “I’m building up a good basis of knowledge now, with the intention of moving upwards within the Rolls Royce organization hopefully within the next two or three years. This involves overseeing, planning and managing and integrating a variety of specialist areas to arrive at a system level technical solution Currently I’m a Resource Manager for twelve engineers in the system design and integration function. Over the last five years, I have worked within the systems design integration function, working on a wide variety of engine projects. While I was there I did a lot of different types of work - risk assessments, statistics, capability development - helping me to build a strong technical basis in one topic area. “Since graduation, I’ve just worked for one company, I’ve worked for Rolls Royce within the aerospace sector working on military gas turbine engines I joined Rolls Royce on the graduate training scheme then worked for the Safety and Reliability department for four and a half years. What jobs have you done since graduation? It’s the start of those friendships that stands out.” “It is difficult to think of just one, but I think one of the main positives that came out of it was the fact that I made so many friends – we were lots of like-minded people all in the same boat, if you like. What is your fondest memory of your time at Imperial? I did ok in those, but I preferred the more technical, academic aspects.” The areas where I struggled were the design and the creative elements, they weren’t my strengths, and also manufacturing. Also I had studied Chemistry before, so a lot of the things within the course, for example, materials and thermodynamics, I could relate to. Through the four years of the Mechanical Engineering course I quite like the mathematical side. This gave me an insight into the world of work, which helped me later on when applying for jobs as well as being a great experience in itself. “I actually deferred entry for a year by doing a year in industry first that was working for a brewery company. “The course prepared me for the way of thinking an engineer should have – I know that without the four years at Imperial doing those courses I wouldn’t have been ready for the jobs I’m doing now.Ĭan you tell me about your studies at Imperial? What did you learn at Imperial, in class and out? Well-being Newsletters, Tips and Informationīhavin Radia has worked at Rolls Royce for the last eleven years, and is currently resource manager for twelve engineers.Electrochemical science and engineering.Why study in the Department of Mechanical Engineering?.Third year Design, Make and Test projects.Department of Mechanical Engineering Overview.Search Imperial Search Department of Mechanical Engineering Section Navigation