Engineering Intern Review

Item: Engineering Intern at Eaton
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Eaton

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering

Burton-on-the-Wolds

Review Submitted: July 2022

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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

I will consider customer requirements and create lifetime simulations for them. I will also complete lab tests to support these enquiries.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Towards the end, yes. I did not run any projects or lead teams, but I was responsible and trusted to complete high value work as part of the team.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Learnt to use COMSOL, work with external professionals, lots of different equipment in the lab, and applied theory from research.

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?

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?

An excellent amount from my mentor, however, he only works part-time. The rest of the team were only able to give limited support as my role has no comparable full time employee to reference.

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?

Amazing, great ethics, ethos, morals, in addition to great extra curricular activities including charity events. A brilliant relaxed and supportive atmosphere whilst still remaining professional.

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?

It was a great year. I learnt some key professional skills, both technical and soft, and I met some great people that I will definitely keep in touch with. I'm looking to stay on at the company after I graduate, that's how much I enjoyed it!