Engineering Summer Placement Review
by Cummins
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.0
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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 Cummins
- 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
Overview
I was in the Plant Product Engineering team. This involved solving engineering work request from other functions within the company, eg requesting drawing changes to the drawing office. We would also respond to production line stops and BIS (Before In Service) returns on products and find the cause of failures and make improvements. Also working on "class 4" projects, usually long term and could include the validation of new tools as tools wear over time.
Skills
Being able to communicate clearly and effectively over email definitely.
Responsibilities
Yes definitely, I was working on real life projects that made a difference! Sometimes I questioned why I was entrusted with so much.
Support & Guidance
A lot I had to go seeking for help but there was always someone willing to help.
Culture
everyone was super nice and friendly, saying good morning even if you didn't know them. Also people would actually go out of their way to help even when they were very busy themselves.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed it, it gave me firsthand insight to what a career in engineering would look like.
Yes
The department you're in will really shape your experience, so choose wisely. But even if you're not in your top choice, give your best and talk to other placements students and actual employees in other departments to help you figure out what's best for you. You don't want to end up in a job after uni with low satisfaction so use this placement to figure out what you can see yourself doing long term.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Engineering
West Midlands
August 2024
