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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 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
Heavy project management role, hosting meetings and ensuring that works are organised and carried out safely. Large focus on safety and solving manufacturing facility problems by scoping out projects, justifying decisions o the business, organising large budgets < 拢1 m and interacting and aligning stakeholders. Strong communication skills required and good mobility to move around site (site attendance required most days). Responsibilities include: - writing RFQs and getting quotations. - conducting site walks and responding to technical questions in a timely fashion - aligning with departments across the function - following departmental documentation process and storing appropriately and safely - attending meetings and acting on assigned tasks - supervising installations and reporting any safety concerns -closing projects once complete and conducting Doc-50 (signed handover document) safety process with all stakeholders.
Skills
Learnt and improved on a variety of skills, many outside of my main role or by finding opportunities. Technical skills and language developed in my home team, understanding of manufacturing systems and considerations when installing new systems. Developed project management skills and competencies, as well as developed communication of complex topics to a people from a variety of backgrounds. Learnt a lot about safety processes, controls systems, meeting legal regulations and ensuring stakeholder views are considered in final solution plans. Problem solving activities outside of my role as part of the undergraduate scheme. Really enjoyed the opportunity to work cross-functionally with members of the department. Developed my communication and presentation skills through this, as well as lean six sigma skills and process awareness across the plant. TIC project workstream, 3D design work and other miscellaneous projects have helped with my understanding of the topics and depth of manufacturing experience. Pushed TIC project progress and allowed for experimental techniques and solutions to be tested in the process. Taught basic 3D design principles to colleagues and created a cost benefit analysis to get a 3D printer for the department to assist with EMA tool development and upskilling opportunities/ kaizen. Allowed for personal growth and resilience, logical thinking and reasoning, business skills and cost planning and leadership/ teaching skills.
Responsibilities
Plenty of responsibility throughout the project management process and safety supervision throughout shutdowns and general day to day safety walks. Managing relationships with vendors and stakeholders is a key responsibility, as well as ensuring they have up to date plans and are kept in the loop with every project stage. Fairly free to be involved in as many activities as possible and varying levels of responsibility to be assumed. Great opportunities to learn from colleagues, additional role-specific training SHOULD be given regarding general process, project requirements project management, etc. This was not given and has required some trial and error.
Support & Guidance
Not enough training or guidance was given at the start of the placement. This department is very strategic and moves at a moderate pace, however, there is not really enough time to provide guidance to in experienced learners. Questions were answered well by my team in most cases but generally there was little direction at the outset of the placement. No management check-ins until January 2025 leading to lack of guidance and confusion at times. This should be addressed and standardised to improve overall experience and development confidence.
Culture
Good company culture and support from members of the plant. Some members of my home team have had large projects running and as a result this has impacted the learning experience. Generally, the team have provided a good atmosphere and been inclusive in work time i.e. socialising during breaks, positive interactions during meetings, answered questions were required. Some teams and functions do not have this same culture and can be very challenging to interact with, which also affects the overall experience.
Your Impressions
Excellent experience to be involved in every kind of work imaginable. Leveraging a positive, can-do attitude is key to making the difference in this environment. I have learnt a vast amount, struggled and overcome challenges, developed in both soft and technical skills, improved business and financial handling and prioritisation of workload. Organisation is key to all roles in this factory, and bears responsibility for safety and technical aspects, as well as managing timing of work activities. I will use these experiences in my future, and am very grateful for the opportunity to learn in such a unique environment. I will miss this experience, and would have liked to have the opportunity to return.
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Try everything, be positive and ask questions. Set yourself goals and organise yourself to achieve these in a timely fashion. Make notes of your experiences daily-/ weekly and have the confidence to take responsibility for projects and carry them out to the best of your ability. To make the most of the year it is essential to ask for work in the beginning and familiarise yourself with the plant and types of equipment. Don't stay based at the office and speak to everyone, engineering or any other team.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Automotive Engineering
North West
July 2025