Leaving school with no qualifications could have been the end of Faye's story but it was only the beginning.

Starting on a factory floor, she watched engineers fix problems and realised she wanted to be one of them. Determined to change her future, Faye worked days in manufacturing and studied at night, earning nine GCSEs before securing an electrical engineering apprenticeship.

Five years later, she had built the foundations of a career that would take her across manufacturing, water, and energy and ultimately to the Royal Academy of Engineering as a Visiting Professor and Research Committee Member.

In this special National Engineering Day episode, Josh and Faye discuss visibility, opportunity, and the power of finding your passion. They explore how apprenticeships, education, and industry must work together to inspire the next generation of engineers and why there's never been a more exciting time to join the profession.

This is a story of confidence found through action, of perseverance, and of proving that there's no single route into engineering.

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