Title: a Day in the Life (Eiman)

Title: A Day in the Life (Eiman) Duration: 2:06 minutes Description: Shell Civil Engineer Eiman Al-Marzouqi talks about her experience as an engineer at Shell.

A Day in the Life (Eiman) Transcript

[Visual effects] Unfocused city lights Brightly lit name ‘Eiman’ in abstract arrangement.

Interview with Eiman Al-Marzouqi

[Eiman] “Since I was a small girl, all I loved was math, physics, building things, constructing things.”

[Video footage] Eiman working at desk in office

[Eiman] “My family are really open to whatever you want, so we were given this advantage of dreaming you can do whatever you want.”

[Video footage] [Split screen] Eiman discussing work with a colleague.

[Title] Civil engineer

“I don’t have a routine day, to be quite honest. Sometimes I am there in the office and I’m [unclear], sometimes I'm [unclear]. Sometimes I'm called to do an inspection on an industrial estate. Based on my study we were going to field, we are taking the actual measurements, but this is what I wanted to do.”

[Video footage] Eiman discussing work with a colleague.

[Unidentified male] “Control panel here, where is it located?”

[Eiman] “It will be located somewhere…”

[Eiman] “You have so much fun that when you see the clock and it’s five o'clock you will go, really?” [Video footage] Eiman discussing work with a colleague.

[Unidentified male] “Maybe there are some existing changes.”

[Eiman] “Can’t we extend the line all the way to the top?”

[Video footage] Eiman discussing work with colleagues.

[Eiman] “We are accountable since day one. Okay, there are, like, such a full responsibility. There is someone who is coaching me. Their doors are always open. Like, I can walk to my senior manager and tell him I have this feedback, whether it’s negative or positive. So you don’t see that, okay, the management is on a level and then us on a level and then the, like, contractors on a different level. You can see that all of us are aligned. We don’t differentiate based on gender. Okay, if I'm working with you then I'm working with you, whether you are a female or a male. We are there to make a difference, as a woman, as an engineer. You will be astonished about the impact that Shell has on you as a person, on the personal level. I love the fact that they care about my own safety more than they I cared about my own safety.”

[Video footage] Eiman entering a building, and walking up stairs

[Eiman] “As a woman, we talk more than listening. So sometimes you need to be in a male dominated place so you can say, okay, I shut up now, then I can look and I can add more to myself.”

[Video footage] Eiman signs in to an office

[Eiman] “They are really keen on implementing those sort of skills in you in a way that you won’t notice it.”

[Video footage] [Split screen] Eiman discussing work with a colleague.

[Eiman] “But you will see on the long run the impact on yourself. My family notice that I have changed, and I became even happier than before, they told me that. We love you now more than before.”

[Video footage] Eiman laughs [Shell logo]