maintenance engineer apprentice Review

by Pfizer

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Worked with experienced engineers to keep plant running smoothly, inspected equipment, serviced equipment, and replaced faulty equipment. Completed daily admin duties to record work done and book hours against the schedule. Responsible for raising purchase orders for spares to carry out repairs.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • IT skills, hand skills and communication have all improved as they were all skills used daily.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Responsible for my own work load, requesting training that would add value to the company and to complete coursework as required.


  • 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?
  • Support was very good, 1-1 meetings carried out every other week so the support was always there


  • 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?
  • the company culture was good, was never rushed into completing tasks. The attitude was always focussed around safety and taking the time to learn how to do a job correctly and the implications of poor maintenance on the wider system.


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

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

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

  • 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 have very much enjoyed my time with Pfizer. It is a great company to work for with development opportunities, social events and a good company culture.


  • 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 Pfizer
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Pfizer to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Pfizer
  • Ask questions, listen to experienced staff and enjoy the process as it is a very rewarding company to work for with workplace benefits being excellent.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering

South East

August 2023


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