Industrial Placement Student Chemist Review

by Sellafield Ltd

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Drafting papers to support the development on technologies to be deployed on plant. Attending meetings to discuss further work required for each work phase.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes Existing skills - talking to external teams, time management & organisation, presenting ideas and knowledge shares New Skills - Dealing with contractors, safety management


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Yes - I was lead on a huge CM&I project which I presented and supported through governance. I was responsible for undertaking actions and writing papers to present to the wider SL teams.


  • 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?
  • A lot, Everyone was always super supportive no matter what you were doing.


  • 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?
  • It was nice, very friendly and lots of good day to day chats


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed it a lot - it has been very beneficial to getting an insight to what industry can offer, also with developing skills and knowledge you may not get through academia


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

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Sellafield Ltd
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Sellafield Ltd to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Sellafield Ltd
  • Be honest about what you want to do in the future, the company are very keen to help upskill you and provide you with the opportunities to explore every route you may have an interest in pursuing


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Chemistry

North West

July 2023


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