Ellen Jump

Ellen Jump has a diverse work experience in the renewable energy and engineering fields. Ellen started their career as an Undergraduate Engineer at E.ON UK, where they worked on the Ratcliffe Environmental Upgrade Project. Ellen then gained experience in procurement and supply chain analysis during their internship at IBM's China Procurement Centre. After that, they worked as a Research Assistant at the Advanced Forming Research Centre, where they focused on sheet metal projects and gained experience in press brake forming. Ellen later became a Manufacturing Engineer and then a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at the same center, leading industrial research projects and providing technical leadership within the forming team.

In 2018, Ellen joined the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, where they held various roles. As a Project Engineer, they acted as the technical lead for the Mooring and Anchoring Systems Programme and the Dynamic Inter-Array Cabling Systems Programme. Ellen engaged with supply chains and project developers, managed contractors, and led research on the carbon intensity of mooring and anchoring systems. Additionally, Ellen led research projects related to offshore renewable energy, including EnFAIT (Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal Energy) and MONITOR (Multi-model Investigation of Tidal Energy Converter Reliability). Ellen also provided mechanical design support to projects focused on autonomous surface vessels for site and asset inspections.

Most recently, Ellen has joined RES as a Development Engineer Offshore, where they apply their expertise in offshore wind development.

Ellen Jump attended the University of Glasgow from 2008 to 2014. During this time, they pursued a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Mechanical Engineering.