Dr Gillian Sisk
About Dr Gillian Sisk
Dr. Gillian Sisk is an Associate Director at Arup and a Senior Rail Project Manager at the National Transport Authority, with extensive experience in project management and engineering roles across multiple countries.
Current Roles at Arup, Jacobs, and National Transport Authority
Dr. Gillian Sisk holds multiple prominent positions in the engineering sector. Currently, she serves as an Associate Director at Arup, a role she has held since 2021. Additionally, she is a Senior Rail Project Manager at the National Transport Authority, and a Project Director - Rail at Jacobs, both positions she has held since 2020. Her work is based in Cork, County Cork, Ireland, demonstrating a strong presence in the local engineering landscape.
Previous Experience at Jacobs and YTL Corporation Bhd
Before her current roles, Dr. Gillian Sisk has accumulated extensive experience, particularly at Jacobs, where she held various roles from 2012 to 2020. Notably, she served as Project Director - Rail in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 2019 to 2020 and Project Manager - Depot at YTL Corporation Bhd from 2018 to 2019. Her earlier positions at Jacobs included Project Manager for the Malaysia-Singapore High-Speed Rail RDC02 from 2017 to 2018, Regional Sales Manager - Asia from 2016 to 2017, Sales Manager - Malaysia from 2014 to 2016, and Senior Project Manager from 2012 to 2014.
Career at Sinclair Knight Merz and Early Roles
Dr. Gillian Sisk began her career in the engineering field as a Bridge Engineer with J. B. Barry and Partners Limited in Dublin, Ireland from 2000 to 2002. She then moved to Roughan & O'Donovan, also based in Dublin, for a year in 2002. She later joined Sinclair Knight Merz, where she held roles as Senior Bridge Engineer and Bridges Team Leader in Sydney, Australia from 2004 to 2011, and Transport Infrastructure Manager in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 2011 to 2012.
Educational Background in Civil Engineering
Dr. Gillian Sisk has a robust educational foundation in civil engineering. She studied at the University of Wales, Cardiff, where she earned both her Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering, completing her studies in 2003. This academic background laid a solid foundation for her illustrious career in engineering.