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Apprentices and mentors honoured at William Hare Group awards

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An award-winner from our Key Delivery Partner (KDP), William Hare Group, thanked the support of two of our teams in helping her achieve her goals.

Liv Merriman won William Hare Group’s Office Apprentice of the Year at the firm’s annual awards ceremony.

Liv is an Assistant Quantity Surveyor, who has worked on both our Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store 2 (BEPPS2) and Replacement Analytical Project (RAP) during her fledgling career.

She said: “This award isn’t just recognition of my efforts, but also a testament to the incredible support from my team – I couldn’t have done it without them.

“I’ve spent the last year working within PPP’s core projects of RAP and BEPPS2. It’s been a massive learning curve, with every day filled with different experiences and lessons. I’ve had so much support from everyone I have worked with across both projects.”

William Hare Group award winners pictured in the stand with the Elland Road pitch behind them.
William Hare Group award winners

There was more joy at the in-house awards, held at Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium. Paul Lovatt, a Lead Engineer on BEPPS2, who also worked on SRP, was presented with the Mentor of the Year award.

He said: “Being involved in our apprenticeship scheme for many years, it came as a major surprise, and acknowledgment, to receive the accolade of Mentor of the Year.

“It is with great pride to win this after nominations from both my peers and early career employees whom I work with.”

More award wins

Zafeerah Bagas was also a winner, named 2024’s Production Apprentice of the Year.

Zafeerah was involved in the fabrication of our Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plan (SRP) main roof trusses.

William Hare Group also won a second Platinum accredited membership via The 5% Club’s 2023-24 Employer Audit Scheme.

The award recognises significant contribution to the continued development of employees through apprenticeships, graduate schemes, and sponsored student placements.

Social Impact team lands two awards in one successful night

Posted on by Ursula Hutchinson

It was double delight for our Social Impact team as their hard work and dedication was recognised at two glitzy awards ceremonies in London on Tuesday (2 July) night.

Presented just hours apart, the first acknowledgement was from charity Chapter One at its Partner, Volunteer and School Recognition Event.

Receiving the prestigious Special Recognition Award, PPP was awarded the honour for our employees’ and supply chain’s outstanding commitment to helping primary school age children in our local community develop their reading skills. This would not be possible without the efforts of a growing army of volunteers from PPP, Sellafield Ltd and the supply chain who have provided over 550 hours to Cumbrian pupils on a one-to-one basis every week to provide reading support at the time when they need it the most.

Next was the New Civil Engineer Awards (NCE), where PPP won the Environmental, Social and Governance Leader accolade.

This award recognised those who have demonstrated an innovative approach to environmental and sustainability issues and improving social value.

As part of our application, PPP successfully demonstrated its credentials by focusing on our intern programme and the incredible level of volunteering that takes place across the partnership.

The judges said our entry ‘demonstrated a clear, place-based approach to transforming environmental and social outcomes for a local community, underpinned by a series of robust roadmaps and frameworks that ensured this is strategically prioritised through governance’.

In particular, the judges were impressed by the efforts to publish a strong, quantitative assessment framework for measuring social impact transformation, in what they said ‘bucked the wider industry trend of claiming that these benefits are hard to measure’.

Peter Musk, Head of Change and Transformation, and Cat McChesney-Davies, Social Impact Lead, represented PPP in London.

Peter said:

“We are deeply honoured to receive these awards and they’re incredible recognition for our team, including our supply chain. At PPP, we truly believe in giving back to the community we serve and in supporting future generations.

“To be recognised by Chapter One shows our teams’ dedication to such an amazing initiative and reflects our values and commitment to making a positive impact on the next generation. We are extremely proud to contribute to Chapter One and the educational journey of local schoolchildren and look to do even more in the coming years.

“To win the NCE award for our environmental and sustainability work was equally as proud a moment for us because a huge amount of work has been put into developing our strategy in line with Sellafield Social Impact Multiplied (SiX) and our approach to sustainability.

“There was seriously strong competition and we’ve demonstrated our position as leading the way.”

 

NG Bailey: Award for critical safety intervention

Posted on by Ursula Hutchinson

Two NG Bailey electricians have been hailed for a critical safety intervention that potentially halted a serious incident.

Greg Henderson and Daniel Dickinson were working for NG Bailey on the Sellafield Product and Residue Store Retreatment Plant (SRP) when they had a mobile elevated work platform (MEWP) delivered to the site.

During the initial pre-use checks of the Skyjack Scissor MEWP, they discovered that the protective handrail around the basket had become detached, due to a fault with the securing bolt that holds the two handrail sections together.

This quick identification and action prevented a potentially serious incident to keep everyone on PPP Knowingly Safe.

In recognition of their diligence and commitment to safety, Greg and Daniel were presented with Value Awards by Kent Fearon, NG Bailey – SRP Safety Manager.

He said: “This incident highlights the critical importance of the pre-use checks on equipment.

“These awards celebrate individuals who go above and beyond, clearly demonstrating our core values, particularly regarding safety. Well done, Greg and Daniel, on your outstanding contribution.”