Customer Engineering Placement Review
by Cummins
Rating
-
Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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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 Cummins
- 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
Overview
Translate customer needs and the voice of the customer into functional product requirements. Explore opportunities for optimisation: Understand causal mechanisms and recommend appropriate action with guidance from more experienced team members. Obtain input and negotiate with Subject Matter Experts and product development teams to deliver product data and installation requirements to Application Engineers and OEM customers. Provides independent execution of established work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge; engages with improving systems and processes.
Skills
Developed: 1. MATLAB skills 2. Communication skills 3. Microsoft skills 4. Teamwork skills Learned: 1. Company etiquette 2. Engine components and mechanism
Responsibilities
Yes, I was in charge of projects and was allowed to communicate with OEMs and visit their sites for meetings. I felt responsible for projects and that my work meant something.
Support & Guidance
I received support from my manager and got buddy sessions. I had 1:1 meetings with my manager every week and could communicate questions I had freely.
Culture
Good company culture, everyone I spoke to wanted to genuinely help and would redirect me if I had any questions they couldn't answer.
Your Impressions
4/5
Yes
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Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Automotive Engineering
North East
May 2024
