Chemistry Undergraduate Placement Student Review
by Egger
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.0
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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 Egger
- 7. Would you recommend Egger to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Egger
Overview
I'm responsible for the in-line pH project which is a R&D heavy project and involves correspondence with pH probe suppliers, weekly batch analysis and standardizing dosing amounts for the automation project. I work directly under the technical manager so have a lot of quality control related tasks in the lab as well.
Skills
I have developed my soft skills such as teamwork, communication, time management and planning and organization through management of change projects and monthly presentations. I have received training with plant engineering software, control systems and COSHH. Technical and IT skills have also been gained due to training with different lab equipment, working on site and using new software packages to analyze data.
Responsibilities
I have a lot of responsibility here on this placement. I am in charge of keeping the in-line pH system running, making improvements and updating the project diaries and stock logs. I update the COA database, analyze all batches made each week and was given many data analysis jobs to kick of projects related to automation.
Support & Guidance
I received plenty of training and guidance from my line manager who would also schedule monthly catch-up sessions with me to discuss the status of all my projects/jobs. All the operators are friendly and happy to let you shadow them and the laboratory staff are also really helpful.
Culture
Campact is a small company with strong family values due to being a subsidiary of EGGER (a global family company). EGGER believes in quality, progress and respect and cares for the well-being of employees. The atmosphere at Campact is light-hearted and cheerful despite the high regard for quality and health & safety.
Your Impressions
I have really enjoyed my experience at Campact. It has helped to reaffirm my career aspirations and I'm going to miss working here with everyone.
Yes
Spend a lot of time onsite, get as involved as possible and volunteer for the Christmas and student event.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
North East
May 2023
