Project Management Summer Placement Review
by MBDA
Rating
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Skills
2.3
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Responsibilities
1.0
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Support & Guidance
2.5
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Culture
2.5
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Your Impressions
1.7
- 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 MBDA
- 7. Would you recommend MBDA to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
Overview
There are usually a few internal meetings with various engineering team leads/ the project control team. Then meetings with our client is usual once every week to go over the project's development. Finally there is time to work on your own work helping the team, e.g. with excel/ powerpoint.
Skills
I have learnt how to use Primavera P6, developed my Excel skills and have experienced working with a client of a different nationality.
Responsibilities
No, I had very limited responsibility during my placement.
Support & Guidance
I received a good initiation into the company from my manager and had a number of sessions introducing me to different business areas. I also had support when I had questions about the industry/ company. However, I didn't receive much work from my manager on the placement.
Culture
As most of the placement was via Zoom, this is difficult to say, although I personally felt there were some really great, friendly and enthusiastic people working at the company. It was a shame that not all individuals were as professional or conscious of having a female placement student in the team.
Your Impressions
I didn't particularly enjoy the placement, I had no responsibility and only felt challenged a handful of times during the 9 weeks I spent at the company. There was no formal training or project that I was responsible for and there just wasn't enough work for me to do.
No
If you are looking to be challenged on your internship and be given some real responsibility, this probably isn't the placement for you. However, if you are just looking to learn more about the defence industry then this is a good initiation.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
South East
October 2021
