I returned to Smiths after finishing my university course, and resumed my role in the lab. This is with a far greater responsibility with roles such as more contact with customers and suppliers and working with our high performance branch more closely with our F1 customers.

I was a weekend host at Aston Martin Hatfield working alongside my final year at university, here my roles include greeting guests, carrying out administrative tasks, moving cars around the compound and inside the showroom, taking guests on test drives and aiding in sales if needed. Working at Aston Martin has further refined my eye for detail ensuring that everything in the showroom is pristine and upholds the Aston Martin name.

I was the sole technician carrying out tests in a UKAS-accredited approved metallurgical laboratory. My responsibilities included carrying out tests on a fast schedule to deliver on time to high-priority customers ranging from Formula One teams and nuclear submarines to a hobbyist requiring metallurgy work carried out. I also carried out investigations into defects of parts and a range of other analyses.My job required precision to ensure measurements were correct to thousandths of a mm, while also operating large equipment. In my role some of the equipment I used were:• 30-ton tensile machine up to 200°C• Rockwell, Vickers and Brinell Hardness machines• 300J Charpy Impact machine down to –60°C• OES analyser• XRF handheld analyser• Microscopes and Macroscopes• Weldment Assessment Testing• Grain size, corrosion, and phase balance analysis