OVS Tablets Packaging Support Engineer Review

by GSK

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Conduct root cause analysis exercise to help solve problems. Take engineering responsibility at the tired accountability meetings feeding back any escalations for support. Deliver continuous improvement projects that improve the OEE of the production lines.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • The importance of effective teamwork. The management of stakeholders. The interdependencies of a manufacturing site and how all the teams work together.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

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

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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, the fact I was given increasing responsibility throughout the year allowed me to stretch myself further and develop and improve more. If I was not given all of the opportunities I don’t think I would have got as much spout of my placement as I did.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • If I wanted support I had it available to me. I often had to be proactive and seek the support but when I reach out there was plenty of it.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • A great atmosphere, positive and confidence insipiring.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • 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 have had a great placement, met many really amazing people. From a professional point of view I have had a great experience of what engineering in industry is all about and hope to return to GSK in the future.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK
  • 2/5

  • 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
  • Reach out to people, get connected and make the most of being in a big international organisation as it offers so many opportunities.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

South East

June 2022


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