SPORTING ATTITUDE WINS MANUFACTURING CAREER

After leaving school with a host of GCSE’s, Bryony followed her passion for sport and studied a Sport & Leisure course. Recognising it didn’t offer the career opportunities she was hoping for, a period of retail management followed before she spotted an opportunity with Composite Integration to assist in their stores and workshops. 

“I previously had never seen myself fulfilling a role such as this, but I knew I had to get out of retail and find a real career that offered me growth opportunities and good financial benefits. I’ve been here for two years now and can’t see myself going anywhere else.” 

Progressing from stores, overseeing stock management, logistics, customer orders and multi-operations, to more recently production management, Bryony has been supported by Composite Integration with numerous ‘earn whilst you learn’ training courses including business and leadership focused mentoring. This has given her the skills base and confidence to cover a management role during a colleague’s maternity leave. 

“I know people underestimated my potential within a male dominated sector. However, I hope my career path shows other girls that its aptitude and attitude that takes you places. Engineering is multi-faceted and I believe our gender thrives in this sector. I know I have.”

FAST FACTS

Name 

Bryony Irving

Age

21

Job Title

Assistant Production Manager

Company

Composite Integration, Saltash

Composite Integration provide world-wide market-leading, innovative, and well-engineered solutions to the composites industry, specialising in Resin Transfer Moulding and infusion processes.