Summer Intern Review

Item: Summer Intern at Rolls-Royce
Rating: 3.3
Author: Anonymous

at Rolls-Royce

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering

Derby

Review Submitted: August 2022

Overall Rating

3.3 /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

2.5/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - Company Culture

3/5 - 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.

1.Scanning blades using various types of inspection e.g. ultrasonic inspection, eddy current inspection, Fluorescent penetrant inspection etc.
2. Interacting/ networking with the amazing staff at RR
3. Going on tours and visits to widen my interest and perspective of RR
4.Project: Developing 2nd iteration of Power BI NDE Big Picture app and linking with various interfaces/ adding functionality
5. Applying for access and upgrades
6. Testing
7. Technical instruction write ups

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, maybe too much with regard to my project as I was not skilled to work on a rolling project with a lot of responsibility but insufficient access and very limited support.
I was responsible for arranging all of my visits which made me quite proud that I was able to see a lot of the business and ask questions.

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?

Power BI, Communication skills, working with a global team

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

2/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

3/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

2/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

3/5

Support and Guidance

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

My guidance was quite limited and I often found I difficult to describe what I was struggling with due to the limited access.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

3/5

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?

A little quite in my office but overall very sociable and friendly and keen to let you get the best out of the experience.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

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 enjoyed meeting new people, asking questions about the business cost cutting and sending emails to request emails as everybody was so keen to help. Also, I visited many testbeds so it was great to compare against Testbed 80 and the Ultra Fan.
I also participated in a photoshoot which was great fun!
I have enjoyed my placement lots but I wish I had weekly deadlines in different locations so that you improve your chances of finding a mentor that suits the intern and to expand their knowledge unless they are keen to work on a specific area.
Freya Bexon was an AMAZING role model and helped me to find accommodation, go on tours and even STEM events. Here confidence and personality were absolutely inspiring and she was highly approachable. I reckon she will play a strong part it the future of RR - Extremely proactive.