Control & Instrumentation Engineer Review

by Centrica

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Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • 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 was given a team project to work on throughout my placement so my daily activities consisted of working towards our deadlines and meetings with the team.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed my people skills and engineering skills (analytical, design) as well as a commercial awareness for evaluating and planning for projects.


  • 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?
  • 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 worked on a project which will continue to be used in the business. We worked independently with regular interactions with supervisors.


  • 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 given quite a lot of support and advice throughout the internship from managers and other employees in the wider team.


  • 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?
  • The company culture was very welcoming and supportive and it allowed me to settle in very well to my team.


  • 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?
  • 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 largely enjoyed it and hope to come back again!


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

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Centrica
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • I would tell them to not be scared of asking questions and introducing themselves to the wider team and leadership teams and try to use these people to learn as much as possible.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering

South East

August 2024


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