Design Placement Student Review
by Cummins
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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 Cummins
- 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
Overview
I started with more of a CAD support role and worked on different models each week. I would receive a list of changes that need to be made and return the model when completed. Mid way through the placement i gained ownership of my own part and spent most of my day speaking to suppliers, creating the CAD, creating presentation material and attending design meetings.
Skills
Engineering wise I have had significant development in my computer aided design, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, dimensional variation analysis and CAD data management skills. I had the opportunity to learn a new CAD software entirely as well as learn surface modelling. I also had the opportunity to develop my presentational skills. This includes my preparation, confidence and complication speed.
Responsibilities
I was given alot of responsibility when I recieved ownership of a part. I was not having my work checked frequently and was trusted to work on the models unsupervised. I had the opportunity to make decisions in how the part looked, was assembled and serviced. After sitting in a few meetings I also had the opportunity to speak to suppliers directly to sort any issues.
Support & Guidance
Managers tend to be good, all the ones I had quickly responded to any questions I had and were encouraging. There is also a mentor scheme were you meet with someone once a month outside of your department to discuss any issues you may be having.
Culture
Due to COVID there were not many company wide activities but this is starting to change since July 2022. The company is wide range of great people working there and has many charitable opportunities for you to take part in.
Your Impressions
I struggled when I moved to Darlington as I could not meet any other placement students because of COVID. When I moved to working online permanently and returned home I really enjoyed the experience. It was challenging, rewarding and I'm leaving knowing alot more about engineering than I started with.
Yes
It can be very overwhelming at first with the amount of acronyms and jargon that is used daily but you quickly pick up on most of it. Dont be afraid to ask questions it makes everything a lot easier in the long run.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
North East
June 2022
