mechanical engineering placement Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I would work in the lab most days helping the technicians to put together testing jigs, primarily the cylindrical I had been assigned to. Otherwise I would be at my desk analysing data and exporting this data into excel to make graphs. I would meet with my manager every two weeks and talk through what my tasks to focus on would be for the following two weeks.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learnt several new skills, be that new software's like origin, BAA and Microsoft Visio, as well as developing my teamwork ability, organization and creativity.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • I was given mostly free reign to carry out my tasks as I saw fit, with my manager providing feedback to my projects and given guidance as needed while allowing me to figure out things on my own.


  • 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?
  • I was closely supported by my manager and other co-workers, I never felt like I could not ask a question and time was always made to explain things so I was never confused.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • It was a very welcoming work environment with friendly people and lots of support from people no matte if they were in our team or not.


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

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed it thoroughly.


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

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
  • Be open minded, express interest to things and allow yourself to be given responsibilities to keep yourself busy. you will find you are learning new things every day, becoming a more well rounded individual.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

South East

May 2024


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