Women in Tanks: Tahya Slaven

Tahya Slaven, project manager at Exolum, talks to Tank Storage Magazine, about her time in the industry and a promising future for Women in Tanks After 11 years in tank storage, Tahya Slaven has seen the highs and lows of the industry. However, in her current position at Exolum, as an electrical control and instrumental project manager, she believes she is beginning to see a more inclusive and accepting future. Her current day-to-day in this position sees her turn her hand to various jobs. ‘We’re a multi-fuel storage site which operates commercially. I am managing things like the electrical infrastructure. This can include managing the design, build, construction and commissioning of new switch rooms, transformers and networks. More regularly and recently, I’ve been undertaking control system migrations.’ Slaven says. [caption id="attachment_43060" align="alignleft" width="317"] Tahya Slaven, project manager at Exolum[/caption] Early Encouragement Slaven’s early years at school informed her path into the engineering industry. After filling out a questionnaire on what the right career path would be for her, the result was conclusive; engineering was her calling. She...