In collaboration with the Solent Careers Hub, Cemex UK hosted an open day at Southampton St Mary’s Football Stadium, next to our Leamouth Wharf and Marine operations. The aim of the day was to provide career guidance opportunities for four local schools and two colleges.
This was the first open day held exclusively for students and it provided valuable career and insight into the world of work and working at Cemex. This will ultimately help students aged between 14 and 19 to make informed decisions about their futures.
The students enjoyed tours around our dredger ship the Cemex Go Innovation, our Leamouth wharf and Readymix plant. They had a fantastic opportunity to talk to our professionals and partners, ask lots of questions and gain a real-world insight to our company and the world of work in general.
The event was strongly supported by Cemex colleagues from across our UK businesses, including Cement, Dry Silo Mortars, Planning, Readymix, Sustainability, Aggregates and Marine. Also supporting were our partners from the Southampton area; The Crown Estate, Wessex Archaeology, Brockenhurst College, SSTG, Minerals Matter and Maritime UK Solent.
Our collaboration with Solent Careers Hub not only benefits students but also helps us as a business in shaping the skills we need for a more sustainable future.
Kurt Cowdrey, from UK Marine, opened the event with some inspirational words to the students. Commenting on the event Kurt said: “It was a great event and day, well done to the organisers and congratulations to the students.”
Chiedza Mupfumira, Social Impact Specialist, commented on the day: “At the heart of our commitment to engaging communities is our people-centred approach and one of the ways in which we honour this is by supporting young people through career guidance opportunities. We were delighted to see so many young people showing an interest in our company at the open day, asking some great questions and engaging with our event partners. We hope the day gave the students a broad understanding of our company and the importance of the industry as a “foundation industry.”