Supplier Development Engineer Placement Student Review
by Caterpillar
Rating
-
Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 Caterpillar
- 7. Would you recommend Caterpillar to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Caterpillar
Overview
Communication between suppliers and the engineering team on all defects and quality issues that are seen. This involved signing off process changes and root causing problems to make sure they couldn't happen again.
Skills
Lot's of CFD knowledge. Use of APQP. Lean Six Sigma, Communications. Problem Solving. Presentation skills to people from across the world.
Responsibilities
During the second half of my placement, I was responsible for my own fuel systems supplier where I was the point of contact for quality issues and I had a monthly meetup with them or sooner if needed to resolve any issues. This also involved visiting their facility.
Support & Guidance
My manager and his manager gave me lot's of support and helped me with any questions I had while allowing me to figure things out for myself.
Culture
Really good. There was a group setup for young professionals which ran after work events almost everyday.
Your Impressions
It was really good. It gave me an insight into what I would like to do after university and I would recommend to anyone.
Yes
Just be yourself and make sure to read all job descriptions thoroughly before applying.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
East of England
October 2023
