Junior Solutions Engineer Review

Item: Junior Solutions Engineer at ASMPT
Rating: 4.2
Author: Anonymous

at ASMPT

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering

Weymouth

Review Submitted: July 2022

Overall Rating

4.2 /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

4/5 - Support and Guidance

3.5/5 - Company Culture

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.

Project management and engineering work, multitasking to work on several projects at once. leasing with customers, suppliers and production to meet deadlines.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

This department in particular relies on placement students to function, this means you are given a lot of responsibility from day one. This is great for your development and progression however dealing with customer deliverables and working to meet deadlines can mean a lot of pressure in peak times which can sometimes feel a little overwhelming.

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?

Lots of scope for development in the role, I have progressed as a mechanical engineer, particularly in CAD and Ideation. I was also able to learn more about pneumatic and control systems while also completing some electrical engineering. Generally I developed my professional communication, knowledge of business function and visibility of the SMT industry as a whole.

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?

The Mentoring scheme here works very well you have weekly meetings with you mentor/ manager to discuss any issues and your development as well as regular meetings with HR. There is a month change over period between the old and the new students allowing you to learn off of them. Even before you start the company is in regular contact to ensure you are ready to start.

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?

Friendly and helpful atmosphere, you can normally find someone in the business who is willing to help. It is also very welcoming when you first start. Good culture with team building days, social clubs and a dozen students a year there ae a lot of activities organised outside of work. Very busy time for the company putting a strain on a lot of departments.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

3/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

3/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I have enjoyed my placement a lot. I have developed immensely in just a year and feel that my year in industry will greatly support me when looking for graduate positions. I discovered that providing customer deliverables was a great motivation for me and enjoyed working in a close knit team, the only downside to this would be the added pressure that comes with this. I felt like a valued member of the business and like the company responded to the students feedback on a regular basis.