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28 WOMEN IN DEFENCE AWARDS
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WIDA 2022
ADM is delighted to announce the winners of the Women in Defence Awards 2022! Across all categories, judges sought to choose winners who demonstrated outstanding success in 2021; showed a commitment to values and behaviours that led to success; overcame personal challenges; and went above and beyond their position descriptions to advance the reputation of the defence sector or to mentor and guide others. Each judge gave their own scores to finalists in their allocated category, then judging panels were convened to deliberate and choose the winners. Whilst it is always difficult to pick a winner from such a high-calibre group, the women listed here are truly deserving of recognition.
ENGINEERING
Awarded to the defence community’s most outstanding female individual working within the engineering field. The finalists in the WIDA 2022 Engineering category are: Sue Scott of Nova Systems, Julia Dickinson of Lockheed Martin Australia, Jessica Sharp of Lockheed Martin Australia, Lieutenant Cerys Joyce of the Royal
Australian Navy and Sarah Pavillard of ADROITA.
After much deliberation over two equally exceptional candidates, the judges decided to recognise two deserving
winners in this category.
And the winners are (in no particular order): Jessica Sharp of Lockheed Martin Australia and Lieutenant
Cerys Joyce of the Royal Australian Navy.
Jessica’s work throughout 2021 within the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) Engineering Services Contract Science and Technology (ESC S&T) Team was exceptional, including obtaining her CASA remote pilot’s licence. Her contributions helped to ensure that her team were able to meet milestones on time and within budget. Jessica represented Lockheed Martin in the media several times during the year, with great success. Her ability to bridge both the engineering and media fields greatly impressed the judges.
In addition to her outstanding contribution to her engineering work with Lockheed Martin Australia, Jessica was also instrumental in the creation of the Graduate Council and other activities to help create an inclusive and supportive culture within the organisation. She is also involved in the promotion of Women in STEM through work with University of Adelaide.
During 2021, Cerys used her outstanding engineering skills to implement numerous changes and improvements at 7255SQN to polices, practices, equipment and facilities which optimised aircraft technical maintenance planning to meet the constantly changing requirements of the flying program. The judging panel were impressed by the many ways she has demonstrated care, compassion and a genuine interest is those around her. He activities outside the RAN have led directly to increase in the number of applications to join the RAN.
Cerys’ quiet determination and undoubted success as an engineer made her an outstanding entrant in the 2022 Women in Defence Awards. Her ability to manage a diverse team, providing individual and tailored support for its members through a range of physical, mental and medical issues were highlighted by the judging panel.
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