Process Engineering Placement Student Review
by PepsiCo
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at PepsiCo
- 7. Would you recommend PepsiCo to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PepsiCo
Overview
Providing Process engineering support for new products being developed including making recommendations on new equipment required for production, validating equipment is replicable of full-scale lines and going through change management. Planning and running virtual and in-person trials on a range of different equipment and projects some involvement in different sectors of the business - marketing/ food safety/ product development
Skills
Presenting Project Management Leading Teams Commissioning Experiment Design Food Development Trial Planning Communication and conveying technical info Organisation Networking Confidence Process Knowledge Machine Capability Testing Machine Design
Responsibilities
I was given the responsibilities of a full-time employee through this role. I was the lead process support on many of my projects. Whilst support was readily available, I was trusted to make major decisions, such as purchasing capital equipment to facilitate trials. I also planned and ran trials.
Support & Guidance
PepsiCo provided a wide range of support, line managers were incredibly approachable and easy to talk to with good advice. mentors and buddies were provided for professional development and outside perspectives on projects. also received support for personal issues through HR and line managers. the whole company was incredibly development focussed and keen to provide growth opportunities - within reason, you can request opportunities you feel would help you develop .
Culture
Incredibly friendly and welcoming. my wider team in particular was incredibly open and chatty in non covid times there is lots of socialising outside of work, the team has a younger core of workers and many students return
Your Impressions
loved it, amazing opportunities and lovely team
Yes
personality is really important in the process, not just competency, be yourself and show who you are
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Manufacturing, Science, Engineering
East Midlands
August 2021
