Applied and Strategic Research (Tribology Engineering) Review
by Lubrizol
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
3.3
- 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 Lubrizol
- 7. Would you recommend Lubrizol to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Lubrizol
Overview
An average day would be spent predominantly in the lab (around 60 to 70% of my time), this would involve running standard tests for the business units, experiments on the main research project I contributed to and sometimes 3D printing objects for the department. The office based work would include project meetings both on teams and in person that I would regularly present at and data analysis from the lab
Skills
I developed skills in most Microsoft Office packages especially Excel for large data analysis and Powerpoint for presentations and Teams. I developed my communication skills when working with a wide range of employees of different backgrounds and experiences. My knowledge of Tribology also expanded quite a lot.
Responsibilities
I was given the responsibility of reorganising the lab to improve efficiency, as well as designing objects for assisting experiments in other labs. These were useful as I developed my delegation and time management skills.
Support & Guidance
Both supervisors I had over the year were extremely supportive. I always felt comfortable asking questions and they were always ready to help me as soon as they could. However they both would feeling comfortable trusting my own independence if I did feel comfortable.
Culture
Lubrizol has a very supportive culture where everyone is eager to help others. It was really great to see higher up employees eager to dedicate time to explain concepts.
Your Impressions
I had a really great year at Lubrizol I learnt lots and was definitely challenged. I would definitely recommend applying here. There are loads of social activities throughout the year which was also great to do.
Yes
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Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
East Midlands
October 2023
