Mechanical Engineering Intern Review
by BAT
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
3.8
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at BAT
- 7. Would you recommend BAT to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAT
Overview
I offer solutions to presented problems/challenges that after the devices or developing new concepts for future endeavours. In my role, I create CAD models that are 3D printed to create and assemble prototypes for testing. I also carry out tests to ensure that the prototypes works as desired for proof of concept.
Skills
I have improved my technical skills such as CAD modelling, and learnt to use new equipment such as thermocouples and particle size testing machines. I鈥檝e developed my presentation, collaboration and networking skills through working with people from various departments.
Responsibilities
Yes, I have been responsible for managing my time effectively to carry out my project task on time while also doing other tasks assigned by the placement team.
Support & Guidance
I鈥檝e have a lot of support and guidance provided throughout my placement. For the testing I carried out, I always had someone from other teams watching over me and the initial projects I worked on, I worked other team members in my team.
Culture
The people at BAT are very welcoming and friendly so if I needed help, I could always ask anyone and they would happily help. It鈥檚 also a very diverse multicultural workplace which was very nice to be in.
Your Impressions
It was a very enjoyable experience. I feel like it鈥檚 taught and shown me what I want to do in my engineering career. And it鈥檚 been a great opportunity for networking and making new connections for future endeavours.
Yes
Know what the company products are to and how they vaguely work. And don鈥檛 be afraid to ask questions and offer suggestions on how you think something can be improved.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Engineering
South East
June 2025
