Packing Production Engineer Placement Review

by Jacobs Douwe Egberts

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Ownership of a manufacturing/production line. Involved in continuous improvement projects to improve the efficiency of the line, using manufacturing techniques such as lean sixsigma and finding root causes to issues on the line through data analysis and RCA meetings. Use of PowerBI to analyse data and find trends to support improvement projects. Also involved in energy projects.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed: data analysis, quantitative skills, presentation skills, teamwork, knowledge of manufacturing.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Given responsibility of an entire manufacturing line in the packing department, including any projects for improvement etc. Supported by manager.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Weekly 1 to 1s with manager and everyone willing to help with any questions I had.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Company culture is supportive in my personal development and always wanting to provide opportunities.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • Enjoyed thoroughly and learned lots of manufacturing and developed myself personally. Also involved in the student charity which was enjoyable.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Jacobs Douwe Egberts
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Jacobs Douwe Egberts to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Jacobs Douwe Egberts
  • Say yes to everything and get involved in the charity and wider opportunities


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

South East

August 2022


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