E&M industrial placement Review
at Sellafield Ltd
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
Manchester
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
3.8 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
3.8/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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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.
On the day by day I would be working on maintenance for buildings across site in my specific field
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes I was given a good amount of responsibility for my tasks at sellafield ensuring that they had to be completed to a good standard.
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?
Hearing
Speaking
Listening
Aiming high
Leadership
Creativity
Problem solving
All of these skills were improved over the year I had at sellafield.
Speaking
Listening
Aiming high
Leadership
Creativity
Problem solving
All of these skills were improved over the year I had at sellafield.
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?
4/5
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
2/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I received a lot of help from my team and my line manager where necessary.
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?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very slow moving can’t help but feel like everything could be done a lot faster. Everyone very nice however and a good atmosphere across site
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?
2/5
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 enjoyed it overall a lot I would fully recommend it to anyone else.
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 Sellafield Ltd
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Sellafield Ltd to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Sellafield Ltd
Ensure that if you are successful you constantly ask for tasks and things to do and get involved as much as possible
