Own Your Journey
Driven by Unyielding Determination!
Since young, Emily, a project engineer with Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis (Shell MDS) plant has always aspired to pursue a role in the oil and gas industry. This young, dynamic lady who hails from Kuching attributes this to the fact that the oil and gas industry has always been a prominent part in Sarawak, and is one that is exciting, challenging and rewarding.
Upon graduating from Curtin University of Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Emily kickstarted her career as a Wireline Field Engineer with Schlumberger, where she was responsible for logging open-hole wells on land rigs to collect geological information and perform formation testing to assess well’s characteristics and potential for production. She then took on the role of Project Engineer with Petronas in 2019, where she led multidisciplinary teams and external contractors in facility improvements projects, prior to joining Shell MDS Malaysia in Bintulu as a project engineer.
Emily is responsible in ensuring safe and efficient project delivery through detailed project planning and design, budget and schedule control, safe execution, team management and collaboration with internal and external teams, which includes making sure that all aspects of the project meet Shell standards and local regulations to ensure smooth handover from project to asset. Essentially, it is all about getting the relevant internal and external teams on the same objective and leading discussions to solve complex problems in a highly technical and safety-conscious environment.
This resilient and determined engineer strongly believes that one should never stop trying and never give up because someone belittles your dreams. We are in an era where woman have achieved many incredible success, broken barriers and excelled across many fields. Hence for Emily, there is no role that a woman cannot take on and women must believe that they can excel in a technical/engineering field as much as anyone else can.
Emily got married recently and is currently enjoying this exciting new chapter with her husband. She enjoys travelling and exploring new places; and loves trying new food She also enjoys café hopping during her free time and is always on the lookout for hidden gems.