Graduate Engineer Review

by BAE Systems

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

4.4/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Graduate Enginner on a 2 Year (4x6 months) graduate development apprenticeship, including the completion of a Level 7 qualification from Cranfield University.

    6/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Team working, leadership, planning, technical skills.

    6/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • The enjoyment is okay based on it being an engineering role, however i do not feel like i presonally enjoy technical engineering.

    4/10
  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • It is well structured for placements, however it is hard to enact some of the extra-curricular opportunities that are advertised as being easily accessible to graduates.

    4/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • I recieve a lot of support through individual staff, however not as much through the scheme directly.

    6/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • Cranfield offer a decent qualification but it is evident that this is low priority to them, and it has since been scrapped for future graduate development.

    3/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • Honestly, i dont think it has taught me anything that previous education offered, instead it forces me to spend time off-the job to complete assignments,

    2/10
  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

    • There are opportunities however they are all staff led, and not endorsed directly byt the company

    4/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?

    • No

  • 9b. Why?

    • I believe that BAE has a lot of learning to offer, however it is so large that pinpointing that learning and what will benefit an individual is becoming harder to identify.

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems?

    • Offer something different than the usual 'Engineer', the Company is in a state of change and although there is a lot of prestige, the comapny would directly benefit from endorsing more positively disruptive individuals.

Details

Work Experience

Engineering

Warton, Carnforth, UK

February 2020

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