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Lara returned to Melbourne and joined 正规博彩十大网站排名 in 2014. She started as a senior protection engineer moving to substation team lead and in more recent times became a principal protection engineer. Technical leadership is a perfect fit for Lara, she loves getting the opportunity every day to make positive and groundbreaking changes for clients on a variety of projects across 亚太地区.

Lara is one of the many thousands of 正规博彩十大网站排名 employees committed to addressing the climate 紧急 in both their personal and professional lives. 自2014年以来, Lara has been involved in projects involving 绿地终点站用于可再生能源连接，如风能, solar and battery energy storage systems. As part of 正规博彩十大网站排名’ team, she supported the connection of 2.1GW of renewables in Victoria. In her role on these projects, she was involved in the identification and development of several projects associated with the Victorian Government’s Renewable 能源 Zone Development Plan, 其目标是在维多利亚州释放10GW的新可再生能源容量. She’s currently the 技术 manager responsible for the development of transmission options to support offshore wind connections in Victoria.

除了参与将清洁能源连接到输电网络的项目之外, 劳拉提倡使用创新，从而带来更可持续的设施和实践. This includes alternative supplies to diesel generators, non-SF6 gas switchgear (electrical equipment and systems that do not use sulfur hexafluoride [SF6] gas as an insulating and interrupting medium), 再生混凝土填充和使用碎石路面代替混凝土. 她目前正在从事一个涉及变电站数字化的研发项目, 哪些将提供显著的可持续性效益，包括12,1000kg的铜线不再需要运输和现场安装.

劳拉是为数不多的从事输配电行业的女性之一. She’s grateful for some amazing male mentors to-date and the acceptance and positive experience she’s had across her career. 最近，劳拉意识到并不是所有的女性都像她一样幸运. 她知道他们没有成为包容性团队的一部分，现实情况是偏见仍然存在, often unconscious along with societal and cultural norms that can impact the opportunities that women have or think they can have in the industry. This has underlined to Lara the importance of sharing her experiences with others and advocating for ways of working and training and development that supports women in the industry. In 2021 劳拉在澳大利亚咨询公司的“变革冠军-女性领导力”奖项中受到高度赞扬. 表彰她在挑战公认观念和为未来女性领导者铺平道路方面所做的工作. 作为一个女人, Lara believes she can bring a different point of view and way of thinking to projects because she knows diverse teams lead to innovation, 拥有不同的观点可以带来更好的决策和结果.

At home Lara is doing her part to minimize her family’s impact on the environment – her two daughters have zero waste school lunches, in warmer months they walk to school rather than drive, and whenever she can, Lara will catch a train rather than drive. 她在家种植水果和蔬菜，并限制肉类消费和食物浪费. When her family renovated their home, they replaced all their windows with double glazed windows and insulated the walls and roof to reduce the use of their heating and cooling systems. 今年晚些时候，劳拉非常兴奋地获得了她的第一辆电动汽车!

In her spare time Lara is an avid reader and snowboarder. She cherishes time with her husband and daughters. They enjoy holidays away with their most recent trip being a week at the snow where Lara’s youngest made the big switch from “two planks to one” from skis to snowboard.