Combustion, Performance & Emissions Engineer Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Planning and carrying out engine tests to ensure emissions compliance to regulations. Analyzing the performance of engines on a macro scale and proposing changes to fix any performance issues. Current product support, assist production testing when needed

    Skills

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

    • I have developed great skills in communication especially with those who are in a different country. Cummins is a global organization and I am required to work with people from all different places. Also my technical problem solving ability has increased. I feel i have learned better steps to tackle an issue I am presented with.

  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes, I felt that I was treated the same as any other engineer was, and was given a comparable amount of responsibility

  • 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?

    • Had weekly meetings with my direct manager to discuss work and any issues i was having. Everybody either in the office and internationally was very happy to help and gave me the knowledge to continue forward with

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • The general atmosphere and culture was good and comfortable to work in. Being a mainly diesel based company going through big changes technologically some peoples attitudes were less optimistic but i feel this is natural in most businesses

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 2/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • 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 thoroughly enjoyed my placement and I took everything and more out of it that I wanted to

  • 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 Cummins

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins

    • Engage in as much training and learning as possible. Ask to be involved in any project where you feel you would gain good experience in. Take initiative, after settling in and you find your feet try to find an answer before asking a question, I think this shoes a good drive that will be noticed

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

East Midlands

April 2024

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