Sophie Davies

Experience

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  Percy Davies & sons ltd

  Dec 2010 - Mar 2016

  Sales Assistant

  Working in a reputable family jeweller, I have learnt how to:• Serve a variety of customers,• Create stock displays and improve merchandising,• Prepare information to be used on a website,• Complete minor watch and jewellery alterations.

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  Great Missenden Lawn Tennis Club

  Mar 2012 - Jul 2012

  Mini Tennis Coach and Umpire

  I coached tennis juniors at my tennis club twice a week and often umpired their tournaments over the summer months. This enabled me to build on my communication skills, allowing me to help them understand how to progress and how to play the game. I could also improve my leadership skills in their training sessions and gain experience working with children.

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  The Hampden Arms Pub

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2016

  Waitress and Bar Staff

  Working in the pub a few nights a week, I have had to:• Develop my people and communication skills,• Deal with difficult customers,• Organise orders and tables for efficiency at busy times.

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  Barts Health NHS Trust

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2014

  Honorary Scholar

  I spent 3 weeks at St Bartholomew hospital in the departments of Nuclear Medicine, Radio pharmacy, Radiation Protection and Radiotherapy. During this time, I gained experience working in these areas and learnt what these jobs involve.

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  University of Birmingham

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

  As a physics ambassador, I demonstrated to the parents of prospective students what fantastic facilities and opportunities the university has to offer. Communicating honest information about various aspects of student life including housing, health and safety, careers, studies and much more, was essential to helping parents feel confident in the department their children could spend their next few years. I helped the University of Birmingham Medical Physics department create a Dose to Optical Density Calibration for GafChromic film. This involved using the school cyclotron to deliver different doses to the film and then scanning them at multiple time intervals afterwards. The optical density was then analysed in ImageJ software and plotted as a function of dose for each time interval since exposure.

  • Physics Ambassador

    Sept 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Research Assistant

    Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2015

  Work Experience

  Spending time in Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine and RRPPS, I learnt a lot about the day to day life of a Clinical Scientist, in addition to much of the physics behind how the equipment works.

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  GE Healthcare

  Apr 2016 - Jan 2018

  As a Quality Control Intern at GE Healthcare, my key responsibilities involve the hands on analytical testing of radio-pharmaceutical products in a GMP environment to ensure that a product meets its specification and is safe for a patient. Product analysis included multiple variations of Technetium, Chromium and Strontium isotopes, using many different measurement laboratory techniques. Time management and attention to detail are critical in this role.I have observed the production process of multiple pharmaceuticals and so in addition to my testing and work experience in hospitals, I have had a broad overview of a radioactive products entire life cycle. The wider understanding I have gained of the requirements of these products with respect to external regulatory bodies from different countries around the world has also been very interesting.I have learnt and used multiple techniques for root cause analysis and also been involved in the initiation of Trackwise records to aid this process. 收回

  • Quality Control Technician

    Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Quality Control Intern

    Apr 2016 - Feb 2017
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  UK Atomic Energy Authority

  May 2018 - now

  Using my physics degree and experience from working hands-on with radioactive sources as well as running tritium operations during the JET DTE2 campaign, to support the design of future fusion cycles and tritium research experiments.My current projects include:Working as part of the Fuel Cycle team to design a STEP Vacuum Pumping System. Including experimental validation of the design.Integrating knowledge and expertise from JET Operations into the design of STEPDesigning and delivering a tritium training courseTritium technical interface for specific external organisationsLine management 收回 As part of the H3AT department at CCFE/UKAEA, we are responsible for delivering short and long range scientific and research engineering activities in support of:- The operation, maintenance and upgrade of the Active Gas Handling System within the JET programme.-DEMO fuel cycle development - Building upon the scientific and engineering achievements of JET and ITER under the EUROfusion initiative.More specifically, Science· Technology literature reviews, assessments and optioneering · Conducting scientific experiments, comprising: - Generation of experimental proofs of concept and conceptual design - Project planning and reporting - Experimental detailed design - Experimental purchasing, build and commissioning - Experimental operation and analysis of results· Generation of scientific reports, scientific and engineering papers and presentation of findings at conferences· Collaboration with university departments Engineering· Deputy Responsible Officer for AGHS sub systems. - Maintain or organise the maintenance, of the sub system - Maintain or develop records and information pertaining to the construction, operation and function of the sub system - Train other AGHS group members in the operation. - Identify areas where improvements could be made. - Prepare the Work Control Packs (WCP), including Risk Assessments (RA) and Method Statements (MS) for work in the AGHS involving breaches of primary and secondary tritium containments.· Participate in AGHS operational shifts 收回

  • Tritium Fuel Cycle Division Commercialisation Technical Lead

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Process Plant Design Engineer

    Apr 2019 - Jan 2025

  • Operations Engineer

    Sept 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Tritium Plant Engineer/Scientist

    May 2018 - Apr 2019