Manufacturing engineer Review

by JLR

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Working on insurance inspections, attending meetings to discuss issues from the previous day, investigating data on breakdowns to see what the issues can be fixed. Work on projects to improve the facilities in the factory.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed my ability to use word packages e.g. excel, PowerPoint etc. Improved my ability to read and understand mechanical drawings and provide design ideas. Improved my coding ability.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes I was allowed to work on projects myself and make decisions that effected the outcomes of these projects. Had the ability to purchase items needed for jobs that where quite expensive.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received a fair amount of support however my manager has changed numerous times which has left the placement feeling a bit dis-organised.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • A good team spirit however it felt like the general atmosphere was quite poor. Teams feel like working with other teams is not wanted


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed my placement however I do feel like a more organised structure would allow for more enjoyment to be had


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 3/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
  • Ask/look for work. Due to not having a set manager for a couple of months there wasnt much work given to me


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Manufacturing

North West

June 2024


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