Mechanical Engineer Review

by bp

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Rating

3.9/5
  • The Role
    4.1
  • The Company
    4.2
  • The Culture
    3.4

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Really enjoyable, office was a nice space to work in, the work was interesting and made a difference

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Colleagues understood how hard it was to come straight into the oil and gas sector without prior knowledge and helped out where they could. Was invited out to all the staff nights out and got involved into the team, had a leaving party and leaving presents.

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • For business needs my managers where sometimes out of the office for a matter of weeks which made guidance difficult

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Workload was busy but fair.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I was put onto incident investigations and real projects which had some depth and massive business requirement

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Skills and experiences learnt were fantastic. I got the opportunity to go offshore and really learnt from what I saw

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Diligent usually but everyone had breaks and lunch together and the chat over the lunch table was generally quite funny and interesting

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Very well ran

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Massive amount of paid training was given to me as the BOISET & MIST training along with Maximo and Hub training

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • was successful in getting a job

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • interns managed to organise many trips into the highlands or on to the beach etc.

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • normal aberdonian prices

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • as an Aberdonian I would be first to admit there isnt many places to go at night

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • dont really know

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Scotland

October 2010

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