Undergraduate process engineer & undergraduate advanced process control engineer Review
at Valero
Placement (10 Months+)
Chemical Engineering
Pembrokeshire
Review Submitted: October 2024
Overall Rating
2.1 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
2.5/5
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Skills Development
1.5/5
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Support and Guidance
2.5/5
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Company Culture
1.5/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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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.
Gained some great on site safety experience. The routine tasks can be tedious. The technical work was good and engaging. Good onsite experience.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yeah. I was given tasks that needed to be done and genuine work for the company.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Safety and environmental awareness.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
2/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
2/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Not a lot. The process team was very busy and didn’t have much free time to be able to help the students or give them much of their time. I also didn’t think the HR handled certain things very well.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
1/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
2/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Not a very nice atmosphere. Low Moral across the team. It seemed like people didn’t want to be there and at times could be draining.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
2/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed my placement to a certain extent but mainly because I was living at home and was nice to earn money. But didn’t enjoy the working atmosphere.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
1/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
2/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Valero
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Valero to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to Valero
It’s a very big and busy company. You will gain some great onsite experience aswell as safety and environmental awareness. But I think the placement lacks support and technical learning abilities.
