Mechanical Engineering Placement Student Review

by British Sugar

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Rating

3.5/5
  • The Role
    3.8
  • The Company
    4.0
  • The Culture
    2.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Enjoyed my role, despite lacking more technical aspects. The role I was in was more orientated towards project work, data and improvements.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • My contributions were always valued and I was given a minimum of menial jobs.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Actual support and face time was very good but lacked a structure. Had discussions with other members of the management team including the operations manager about personal development and career progression.

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Depending on how many projects I had at any given moment, it varied. My line manager allowed me to sideline projects as long as appropriate justification was given. Lack of structure had a side effect on this.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Was able to create, fund and lead projects which had visible effects on the plant.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Was given British standards certified lean/six sigma 'yellow belt' training to do a project and used those skills throughout the year. Given training to do certain tasks (like PPCAs) when required and was also given excel training.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • I moved office 3 times. The first was enjoyable, the second less so and the last was by myself.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Overall organisation for the placement group was good with interesting visits to other factories but specific to me there was a lack of structure

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Had the opportunity to go on a couple of excel training course and was sent on a lean manufacturing yellow belt course.

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Company Car

    National Travel

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Depends a lot on what you want, the first year of the grad job is spent on shift which means a you end up working odd times and odd days

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Depends on the effort the placements spent to hang out with each other.

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Bury is expensive for what you get housing wise, has plenty of big supermarkets dotted around. Not the mst reasonable for a pint either.

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Bury has a small nightlife and the area I lived in was on a route towards one of the clubs seemed to have a lot of fights/yelling matches around there.

    2/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Again depends what you made of it, most of the people you work with are older than you and those your age were often in a role like an apprentice/lab analyst/operator. I spent a lot of my time outside Bury

    4/5
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Placement (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

South East

May 2014

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