Sarah Long is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Chartered Project Professional. She started her career as a junior engineer working on Oil & Gas platforms in the North Sea and on a wide variety of structural integrity engineering projects. She has spent the last 15 years delivering large Aerospace, Defence and Energy engineering projects, including most recently as the Programme lead for EDF Energy’s Graphite Nuclear Programme. She is now leading Atkin’s/SNC-Lavalin’s strategy for delivery of low carbon projects.

Throughout her career Sarah has championed support for women in Engineering roles and is passionate about the wider diversity agenda.  She has led much of Atkins offering on STEM work with schools in the past and is now focusing on education related to Net Zero.