Sub Tier Coordinator Review

Item: Sub Tier Coordinator at BAE Systems
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at BAE Systems

Placement (10 Months+)

Insurance and Risk Management

Scotstounhill

Review Submitted: May 2026

Overall Rating

4.7 /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

4.8/5 - 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.

Expired Document Recovery- Collecting and verifying Insurance Docs and Accreditation Certificates, maintaining centralised records of these and managing returns.
Sub Tier Mapping- Collecting information from our Key Suppliers on their supply chain, performing financial fragility assessments, regional risk analysis and denied party screening to background check sub tier suppliers. Maintaining a master data sheet with all information in a single point of truth style document, preparing information for upload to the MOD. Creating a visualisation document to better understand entity relationships.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, managing my own project entirely as well as collaborative projects, reporting mechanisms, hosting meetings, presenting at annual conferences and so on.

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?

Regional Risk Analysis
Financial Fragility Assessments
Denied Parties Screening
Excel VBA coding
Familiarity with systems such as; Internal Database, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, eProcurement Systems, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, OneNote, Skype, Dow Jones, Companies House, Companies Watch, Experian, Dun and Bradstreet, EventBrite etc
Event Planning
Public Speaking
Presenting
Presentation Materials
Minute taking
User Acceptance Testing
Teamwork
Responsibility
Written/Oral Communication
Workplace Professionalism/Etiquette

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

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

Plenty, everyone around is helpful and friendly, endeavouring to help or to direct you to the correct place to get help

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?

Flexible, able to work where and when you need (within reason)
Tense due to ongoing redundancies
Cooperative
Friendly and welcoming

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?

4/5

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?

8/10, wish i could have left the desk more often but that is the nature of the role.
Everything work related was well explained, accessible and enjoyable.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

5/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems

Do your research before applying, understand the particular business unit you are applying for (Air, Naval Ships, Subs, Etc) in order to;
A) understand the product you will be working on
B) understand the job security aspects (i.e. Naval Ships has work booked until the 2050s)
C) Understand the implications of working for such a business unit
Ensure you are prepared to answer questions related to the job- they are high level, but it is good to have quick, correct, concise answers for the interview.
Ask Questions, be interested, be polite.