Manufacturing Engineering Placement Student Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • 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.

    • I am the one who does all of the 3D CAD modelling for my team. I work on floor plans on AutoCAD and then mark them out on the shop floor. I do a little bit of maintenance such as filling holes on the shop floor and putting up/ taking down A Safe.

    Skills

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

    • I have developed my CAD skills, I already had a few years experience with SolidWorks however I have been able to use new tools on it and improve my skills at it. I have learnt how to use Power BI, I had no experience of this before working at Cummins however I am now very proficient in it.

  • 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?

    • 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?

    • I started with not having many responsibilities however as I learnt the job role better I gained more responsibilities such as creating floor plans, designing any parts people needed designing or 3D printing. I am also in control of the MCR (manufacturing change request) process.

  • 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?

    • I gained quite a lot of support and guidance when I have been learning new things however when I gained more experience I was able to complete task's without the need of support.

  • 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?

    • It has been very friendly and welcoming to me and other placement students here.

  • 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 working here and given the chance would like to return here after I finish university.

  • 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 Cummins

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

    • Yes

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

    • It's not like many other engineering companies and it has its own way of doing things. It will take a little bit of time to learn but you will always get support and it is very enjoyable to work here. If you have skills in one area try to show them off to gain more responsibilities for the work you like however try to learn new things.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Manufacturing, Engineering

North East

April 2024

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