31-year-old Chloé Roy has worked as a technical studies technician in electrical installation at SPIE Nucléaire for six years. She analyzes customer specifications, consults specialists to assess needs, and makes commercial offers. Throughout projects, she provides and verifies technical documentation and communicates with teams to manage priorities and schedules. Her passion for technical fields began in middle school during an applied technologies course focusing on electricity. While she enjoys working in a male-dominated environment, she wishes for more female colleagues and hopes more women will consider technical careers.

1. 31-year-old Chloé Roy has been a technical studies technician in General Electrical Installation
at SPIE Nucléaire for six years and is based in Marseille, southern France. She talks about how
she came to have a technical profession.
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WITHOURSO SPIEPEOPLE
“I like working
in a masculine
environment”
What is your background?
Chloé Roy: I graduated in Electrical Distribution and Industrial Computing at the university and
was hired by SPIE Nucléaire in 2012 as a technical studies technician in General Electrical
Installation. I mostly work for one of our major clients and I also coordinate one particular area
of customer specifications.
What does your work consist of?
C.R.: I’m responsible for following-up projects. Concretely, when I receive a specification from
a customer, I analyse it and then I consult the specialists (control command, mechanical
electrical installation, dimensioning, qualification and works) to assess the needs. I then make
a commercial offer to the customer based on all the elements of the costing. Throughout the
project, I have to supply and verify all the technical documentation (description of the works,
list of materials to be procured, etc.). I’m a bit like a conductor! I have to effectively communicate
with the teams, manage priorities and schedules, respond quickly and be autonomous.
Where does your passion for technical professions come from?
C.R.: When I was at middle school, there was a course module that was called “applied new
technologies”. I worked on a project relating to electricity, and I really liked the technicality that
was associated with the topic. Today, working in a masculine environment doesn’t bother me
at all, although I wish I could have other female colleagues in my team. At SPIE, I see more
female engineers than technicians. I regret that my profession is under-represented by women,
especially when it’s time for career orientation at school.