Control room officer at Navigator Terminals, Nicola Briggs, talks about her experience as a woman in tanks
Before accidentally entering the storage terminals industry around 13 years ago, Navigator Terminals control room officer, Nicola Briggs, was a mobile hairdresser. She recalls that whilst trying to set up her salon she saw an advert to work on a weighbridge. ‘I didn’t tell my dad, who was the operations manager at the time, as I did not want to use his influence,’ she says. ‘I was then offered the position, so had to come clean to him!’ After working there for six weeks, Briggs was offered a permanent position on the weighbridge, and hasn’t looked back since.
Over a decade later, Briggs’ day-to-day in the industry has seen many changes and numerous roles. ‘I started on the weighbridge, then moved into chemical planning. I was then the first dual-role planner and covered both chemicals and fuels, later moving into just fuels planning. During this time I also became the deputy port facility security officer, which I still hold now.’ Briggs has since changed role again, and works now as a control room operator for Navigator Terminals’ Seal Sands terminal,...
Women in Tanks: Nicola Briggs
