Surfacing Engineer Review
by JLR
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 JLR
- 7. Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
Overview
My role involves communicating with my team and with designers and engineers to find out the parameters of the surfaces and then work to the requirements that they need while also making the surfaces are looking good.
Skills
I have learnt the software ICEM surf and also developed my ability to extract information from meetings. Developing little skills such as managing my own parts and the responsibility that comes with.
Responsibilities
I was given a good level of responsibility and while it did vary having my own part of the car to be looking after and working to fix and improve has been really exciting
Support & Guidance
A good amount of consistent check ins with both my management paired with support from my close team to help coach me through things where my understanding was limited
Culture
The general atmosphere was overwhelmingly positive with plenty of coffee mornings and little events within creative to have a chance to meet the wider teams and interact with different teams. People were always inviting and willing to talk and explain
Your Impressions
Massively enjoyed my time and have met some great people in my experience. Enjoyed the working with design and having the chance to create a vison
Yes
Make sure you have taken you time with you portfolio / CV and then make sure that your application is relative to your job. Enjoy your interviews and make sure to show yourself
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Automotive Engineering
West Midlands
June 2025
