Undergraduate Placement Programme & Project Manager 2023 Review
by AWE
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 AWE
- 7. Would you recommend AWE to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AWE
Overview
Stakeholder (SH) Identification and Management - Supporting the creation and review of the Stakeholder Management Plan - Meetings with SHs to request information and update them on progress Risk Management - Identifying and scoring risks - Identifying and implementing mitigating actions Management of collection and collating deliverables for Work Package - Data management - Organising and chairing meetings Event Planning/Support (Optional) - Creating presentations and posters - Presenting at events
Skills
Problem Solving Initiative Communication & Public Speaking Risk Assessment and Management Microsoft Project
Responsibilities
Yes, the first few weeks was focused on Learning and Development and then I was assigned a mix of short term and long term tasks including taking responsibility for one of the work packages. Alongside the assigned tasks there are multiple optional opportunities within the company to take on extra responsibilities, like taking part in a working group.
Support & Guidance
AWE assigns all of their undergraduates a Buddy a few months before they start working there, so that you can get support and advice before you even start as well as throughout our time there. I was also assigned both a Line Manager, who's responsible for the pastoral side and long term development, and a Task Manager, who's responsible for day to day tasking and development.
Culture
Welcoming, friendly, and inclusive! Everyone is always happy to answer any questions I have. There's also a lot of opportunities to meet network with people from other departments and areas, and get involved. The 9 day fortnight (every other week you get Friday off) also really helps to keep a good work life balance
Your Impressions
I've really enjoyed my placement at AWE and I'd definitely recommend it to any who's thinking about going into Project Management!
Yes
I think it's important to be enthusiastic! Don't hesitate to ask questions both in your assessment centre and once you start, it shows that you're engaged and interested in what's going on around you.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Project Management
South East
January 2025
