Process Engineer Placement Student Review

Item: Process Engineer Placement Student at Unilever
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at Unilever

Placement (10 Months+)

Chemical Engineering

Port Sunlight

Review Submitted: June 2024

Overall Rating

4.4 /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 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Pilot plant batch making
Using rheometers and other equipment to measure properties of materials
Problem solving
Statistical analysis

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given two projects which were entirely under my control. The main one was to optimise the processing parameters for a new home care product, with a supplementary side project to develop and innovative method for testing specific laundry capsule properties.

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 been introduced to a completely new area of statistics involving experimental design and data driven modelling.

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?

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?

Whenever I required an assistance, my colleagues dedicated their time to provide support. I also maintained regular interactions with my superiors to ascertain that the work I was doing aligned with the tasks assigned to me.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

In general, the broader environment was quite relaxed and filled with pleasant colleagues. Nevertheless, both the tasks I was undertaking and the team I was integrated with were of a highly intense nature.

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?

5/5

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?

Despite the substantial workload, I thoroughly enjoyed my placement. It undeniably equipped me with a robust skill set vital for a chemical engineering setting, thereby enhancing my employability.