SSEN Transmission graduate trainee, Isobel Green, is in the running for a top energy industry award, in recognition of her work to help limit noise generated by overhead power lines.

Isobel, from Kemnay in Aberdeenshire, has been nominated in the Early Career Professional of the Year category in the OEUK Awards 2024, which takes place in Aberdeen later this year.

The award nomination also recognises her efforts to encourage young people to follow careers in engineering, as well as her active support for workplace inclusion and diversity.

Isobel, a substation engineer who joined SSEN Transmission two years ago as part of the company's Graduate Programme, recently presented her research on methods to mitigate weather-related overhead line noise to top industry representatives at the CIGRE power system conference in Paris.

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Her findings are now being shared with other transmission operators across the UK and Europe, as well as being applied to SSEN Transmission's Pathway to 2030 projects – a £20bn investment in the transmission infrastructure in the north of Scotland to support national net zero and energy security targets.

Isobel's nomination also reflects her work as a STEM ambassador, where she has engaged with university students at careers fairs and seminars, and organised workshops with school pupils to inspire them to follow careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.

Isobel is also part of SSE's Disability, Neurodiversity and Chronic Health group, where as an autistic individual and active member of the steering group she has run a company-wide wellbeing session on autism awareness, and supported work placements for young people via Perth Autism Support among other activities.

Commenting on her nomination, Isobel said: "I'm really humbled to have been recognised for the work that I'm doing, and I'm looking forward to attending the OEUK awards later this year.

"I have a very busy brain that's constantly asking a million questions, and through my work as an engineer I get to satisfy it with new knowledge or new problems every day which is awesome."