Women in Tanks: Catherine Dix

Head of mechanical and structures at Technodyne, Catherine Dix, tells Tank Storage Magazine about solving real world problems in her engineering role Catherine Dix, head of mechanical and structures at Technodyne, joined the industry when she was studying for her PhD at the University of Southampton, UK. ‘I wanted to get out of academia and work in the industrial world. I wanted to use my engineering and computational skills,’ Dix says. Dix wanted to be in a real-world setting, solving real-world problems. She came across smaller, local company, Technodyne and applied. ‘This was something completely different but great. I was the company’s first female engineer.’ Joining the industry Dix’ journey started out by supporting a civil engineer. ‘When I started, there were so many different disciplines to learn: structures, piping, construction, insulation, seismic, and they were aiming for me to become proficient with all of them. I am still here 13 years later, and still learning,’ she says. ‘In this industry, I love the real-world problem-solving. Every day is a different problem. Sometimes it's people, sometimes it's technical,’ says Dix. Through the...