Process Engineering Placement Student Review

Item: Process Engineering Placement Student at PepsiCo
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at PepsiCo

Placement (10 Months+)

Manufacturing, Science, Engineering

Leicester

Review Submitted: August 2021

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 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Providing Process engineering support for new products being developed including making recommendations on new equipment required for production, validating equipment is replicable of full-scale lines and going through change management.
Planning and running virtual and in-person trials on a range of different equipment and projects
some involvement in different sectors of the business - marketing/ food safety/ product development

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given the responsibilities of a full-time employee through this role. I was the lead process support on many of my projects. Whilst support was readily available, I was trusted to make major decisions, such as purchasing capital equipment to facilitate trials. I also planned and ran trials.

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?

Presenting
Project Management
Leading Teams
Commissioning
Experiment Design
Food Development
Trial Planning
Communication and conveying technical info
Organisation
Networking
Confidence
Process Knowledge
Machine Capability Testing
Machine Design

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?

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

PepsiCo provided a wide range of support, line managers were incredibly approachable and easy to talk to with good advice. mentors and buddies were provided for professional development and outside perspectives on projects. also received support for personal issues through HR and line managers. the whole company was incredibly development focussed and keen to provide growth opportunities - within reason, you can request opportunities you feel would help you develop .

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?

Incredibly friendly and welcoming. my wider team in particular was incredibly open and chatty in non covid times there is lots of socialising outside of work, the team has a younger core of workers and many students return