News Item: Sunbelt Rentals Partners with Primary Engineer® to Inspire the Next Generation of Engineers
Sunbelt Rentals, the UK’s largest rental company, has announced a new partnership with Primary Engineer®, reinforcing its commitment to investing in people, supporting local communities and inspiring the next generation of talent.
Through the partnership, Sunbelt Rentals will support Primary Engineer’s nationally recognised “If You Were an Engineer, What Would You Do?®” competition as the London regional partner, giving thousands of pupils the opportunity to discover engineering through creativity, innovation and real-world problem solving.
The UK-wide competition invites pupils to interview an engineering or technology professional, identify a problem in the world around them and develop an annotated design for a solution. Throughout the programme, Sunbelt Rentals engineers and technicians will volunteer their time to visit schools, share their career journey and demonstrate how engineering helps solve everyday challenges.
The initiative supports Sunbelt Rentals’ 4.0 growth strategy, which places people at the heart of the business. By creating meaningful connections between industry and education, the partnership will help more young people understand the breadth of opportunities available across engineering and inspire them to consider careers within the sector.
Jenny Parry, Head of Talent at Sunbelt Rentals UK & Ireland, said: “We want to help pupils across the UK understand just how broad and accessible engineering, and the hire industry as a whole, can be. By connecting them directly with our engineers and technicians, we’re giving young people the opportunity to hear first-hand about the skills, experiences and career pathways available across our industry. Partnering with Primary Engineer enables our teammates to give something back to their local communities while inspiring the next generation to see themselves as future engineers, innovators and problem-solvers.”
Chris Rochester, Head of Partnerships, South, South West & Wales at Primary Engineer, said: “Enabling all young people regardless of gender, ethnicity or background to identify themselves with engineering is a fundamental part of who we are and what we do and having Sunbelt Rentals as a Partner will showcase more engineers, more technicians and more opportunities for young people as they show us through the competition how engineering can make the world a better place. Skills such as problem-finding and problem solving as well as improving, adapting and creativity are essential to engineering and the wider world and it’s fantastic to have Sunbelt Rentals as a regional Partner in London to help develop these skills with pupils through our ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’ Leaders Award competition.”
The partnership forms part of Sunbelt Rentals’ long-term commitment to investing in people and creating opportunities that help young people explore careers in the hire industry.