Product & Facilities Engineer Review

Overall had an excellent time. Really good opportunities for learning and development, an interesting and varied workload and a high level of responsibility given.

Placement students within the company and utilised well to contribute to real work meaning that I felt valued during my time at the company.

I was on a rotation scheme and therefore had 4 different managers. I felt that two were excellent while two were not quite as good, however overall the support in place for placement students is very well organised and catered for.

I found day to day work to be a good balance of being busy but enjoyable. In general, the office atmosphere is fairly relaxed and positive while you are still expected to pull your weight and get stuck in.

I felt I was given as much responsibility as possible for someone at my stage in the careers. I was given the opportunity to make key engineering and financial decisions that directly impacted my project as well as the company.

I attended many training courses which developed a very high level of understanding in areas such as turbocharger aerodynamics, material science and statistics. While these may only be useful to studies if you choose to pursue study in the specific areas, the 'soft skills' that are developed both in an taught environment as well as through day to day work are of a great benefit both to further study and working life in general.

Varied between departments but this is a personal perspective on individuals rather than the company as a whole. In two of the departments I worked in the atmosphere was very positive and welcoming. That is not the say the others were negative, I just felt more at ease in certain departments.

Very well organised placement structure including a rotation plan that was developed with my views in mind to ensure I worked were I wanted to gain experience. Quarterly reviews held and an overall review system used to assess suitability for sponsorship and assist with personal development.

Many opportunities to attend training courses - the company clearly believes in personal development and not just ensuring you are working every hour of the day.

Good sponsorship and employment prospects. 1 in 3 engineering placement students were awarding with sponsorship this year.

Occasional nights out organised within some teams for food and/or drinks. A bit more of a social scene between the placement students and graduates.

Huddersfield is very reasonable in terms of living and socialising costs although the rental prices are slightly inflated due to the large student presence.

An OK nightlife but very mainstream

Lots of work based sports are organised for outside of work time which I was involved with.