Engineer Review
at AWE
Placement (10 Months+)
Engineering
Aldermaston
Review Submitted: January 2025
Overall Rating
4.8 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
My role involves talking to many people in different areas to get a better understanding of what they do and how all of their jobs tie together to make the overall picture.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Personally, I think I have been given an appropriate amount of responsibility as a placement student. I fully understand the reasoning as to why there are things which I cannot be responsible for.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
A new skill I have learnt is MATLAB Simevents. It is a great tool to model any sort of process.
At AWE, I have been able to develop my teamworking, communication and presentation skills, all of which are vital skills within a engineering work environment. I am very glad that I now feel more confident across these areas.
At AWE, I have been able to develop my teamworking, communication and presentation skills, all of which are vital skills within a engineering work environment. I am very glad that I now feel more confident across these areas.
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?
5/5
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 have been offered plenty of support, either from HR, my Line manager, Task manager and the wider team I am working with. It has been made clear where I can go to if I need help and support with anything.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
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 company culture was very welcoming and understanding. Everyone is willing to help and learn from each other. This created a very refreshing atmosphere and I felt happy to come to work every day.
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
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Being honest, this placement was not exactly what I expected. Mainly because I applied to be in manufacturing but I was put into systems engineering. However, I am still very happy to have been placed in systems because I have learnt so much about how systems engineering works, how their processes are like and I will definitely be taking the skills I have learnt here back to my university.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at AWE
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend AWE to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to AWE
AWE is a very unique place and basically one of a kind in the UK. It's an amazing company where your personal development is their upmost priority. My advice would be to never stop looking for learning opportunities at AWE. Everyone is willing to help you learn.
