Product Engineering Placement Student Review
at Cummins
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
Darlington
Review Submitted: April 2024
Overall Rating
4.6 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Providing critical technical support to the plant, ensuring the production line maintains the targeting throughput, leading approvals on product deviations which may be required due to stock losses or compatibility issues. Completing product audits on engines, ensuring they were up to the required standards.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, Initially I was shadowing team members, but now have been given responsibilities to train new apprentices on a quartile rotation. Managing processes and being given the same tasks as which the engineers are. Consistently been given projects and tasks to complete independently whilst always being able to cross check with the rest of the staff.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have developed all of the existing ones learnt during my university course. I have also developed the likes of communicating appropriately in a work environment. Improved my ability when beginning a new task. Cross-functional working, project management data analysis and finance/business acumen. And many more that I have developed without realizing.
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
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I was supported and guided a lot during the start but was also allowed to complete work myself. After the first month or so I was micro managed as much but whenever I asked for help supported me even if they were working on something else.
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
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The culture was great, they welcomed me into the team and started including me in the conversations and out of work activities from day one and really encouraged me to step out of my comfort zone and supported on both a professional and personal level.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I really enjoyed my placement, with the work being different from day to day it allowed for a new challenges to come up regularly, encouraging me to learn whilst also having the guidance to support to not feel under pressure if any of the work completed was to be incorrect. Really enjoyed my time and it turned out a LOT better than expected.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
I was mainly applying for a placement to look good on my CV and didn't think i would learn too much from it and wouldn't be given much responsibility but this has been far from that, I have learnt loads from this and believe I have learnt a lot and feel confident going back to university after with the volume of reports I have competed and work related to my degree.
