AN ENGINEERING company’s offices are a lot more comfortable and welcoming to staff and visitors - all thanks to a refurbishment project led by its teenage apprentice.
React Engineering entrusted 19-year-old Charlotte Nann to lead the overhaul of its office base to make it a more attractive environment for workers returning after months of working from home.
Charlotte is working through a four-year degree apprenticeship in Project Management and was thrilled when she was asked to coordinate such a major development.
She said: "The idea was to brighten the office and make it more welcoming for people returning, and make them feel like they wanted to come into work wherever possible. It was a nice way of the company saying thank you for all the hard work under tough circumstances during the pandemic.
"I was amazed when I was asked to lead the project and couldn't quite believe it, because major jobs like this are usually carried out by senior members of staff. Instead, they asked me who had finished school less than two years ago!
Charlotte was initially planning a career in nursing while at St Benedict’s Catholic High School, in Whitehaven. However, her thought process changed after learning more about React through initiatives run by the company’s charitable organisation React Foundation.
The Foundation awards a student in each high school in West Cumbria a bursary of £200 to encourage more young people to study STEM subjects.
Charlotte continued: “I am really enjoying my time working at React and I want to progress my project management qualifications as far as I can. The support network at React is amazing and I feel like I can always go to them with anything, and I am so grateful and thankful for the opportunity.”
Phil Redfern, the Managing Director of React Engineering, said: “Charlotte is a shining example for young people that you can forge a good career by showing a great deal of willingness and enthusiasm to learn.
“She has shown great potential already and the future is very bright for her. We have been really impressed with the maturity and professionalism she has shown during the refurbishment project, and we fully trust her with every task she undertakes.”
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