University of Tasmania Career Directory Profiles

I had huge responsibility in one of my roles, there was a lot of pressure and demanding hours however I came out very successful with lots of positive feedback.

I love how every day I get to immerse myself in new challenges and contribute to a project that will eventually be approved for execution in the future to be built for use.

Sophia is a Health and Safety Advisor within our Exploration team, following her completion of the IGO Graduate Program in 2022. Sophia describes how the Program helped her develop skills like communication, teamwork and project management, that she will take with her throughout her career.

You need to be passionate about the environment, it will make your job “easy” and motivating especially when hurdles come our way.

I love sitting in on the monthly project management report reviews and learning about the events that have occurred on a project, learning what a ‘substation’ and a ‘transformer’ is.