Student New Product Development Technologist Review

by Premier Foods

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • The role is very varied depending on the team you work in. On my team my role is different every day, I got the chance to work on new and existing projects doing practical and none practical work. As this is an NPD role there is the chance to make up products and lots of tastings too.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have learnt a lot from my placement year. How to safely use all the equipment required as well as the most useful computer software. I have learnt how to better manage my time when working alone and as part of a team.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Once I was fully trained on all the equipment and I felt comfortable and confident in my project work, I was given as much responsibility as a full time technologist

  • 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 plenty of support and lots of guidance when I needed it. I felt confident in my abilities as I knew I had the support of the team when I needed it, no question felt stupid.

  • 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?

    • There was a sense of 'office politics' but I feel that that would be the same in most office based jobs. However, within my team the atmosphere was great, I felt respected as well as us all getting along great.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year as I was lucky enough to get on extremely well with my team.

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Premier Foods

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Premier Foods to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Premier Foods

    • Be confident and tell people how you feel, most people in R&D are very friendly and want to help if you are not feeling happy or supported. The role isn't as creative as you may think so go into the job expecting a lot of working to a brief instead of making up ideas on the spot and getting a chance to make them.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

East Midlands

June 2022

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