Environmental Chemist Review

by Tata Steel

Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Analysis of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) obtained from air filters and water effluents, sample originate from the Port Talbot steelworks and Scunthorpe BOC metalworks. Samples are analyzed via GC-MS to verify coke ovens are within government compliance.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have largely developed my professional lab skills and organization skills. I have become more adept with GC-MS processes and maintenance. I have also learned important quality control procedures such as handling and creation of QC charts.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was given a good amount of work responsibilities. I was also allowed to help on other projects fairly often.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • I received plenty of support during the placement, I was shadowed often during the first couple of weeks to train me on the methods at TSS.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • TTS is a relaxed environment, colleagues are friendly and willing to help one another.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I thoroughly enjoyed my placement overall.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Tata Steel

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Tata Steel to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Tata Steel

    • Make sure to research the job role thoroughly, I was given this role as I had mentioned and shown my lab project with a heavy involvement with GC-MS. Before applying for this placement broaden your general knowledge of steelmaking and analytical chemistry.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Chemistry

Yorkshire and Humberside

August 2021

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