Transcript Andrew Pease BEng Mechanical Engineering Introduction: GlaxoSmithKline, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world supplies a wide array of pharmaceutical products throughout the.

Andrew Pease
BEng Mechanical Engineering
Introduction:
GlaxoSmithKline, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the
world supplies a wide array of pharmaceutical products throughout
the world. These include treatments for diabetes, cancer, virus
control (H1N1, etc), infections, digestive problems, asthma and
mental health. The company also supplies consumer products
including Lucozade, Ribena and Aquafresh toothpaste.
Job Title: Project Engineer
Pay: £16,250
Holiday: 25 days
Description: Working within a team of professional engineers I
developed, installed, commissioned and maintained production
equipment. This ranged from testing equipment (glove integrity tester) to
packaging equipment (VTE labellers).
Equipment Used: Siemens programmer laptops, vision systems, flow
meter calibration, 2d coding quality checking and a large range of
production equipment.
Location: Barnard Castle
Accommodation: I lived with four other industrial placement
students in Barnard Castle. The factory was a 10 minute walk
from the factory.
Skills Learnt:
Technical Knowledge: Working with and around the production equipment
daily develops a knowledge and in some cases an expertise of the equipment.
Communication: In contact with other departments and contractors on site
daily.
Teamwork: Working in and leading a team throughout a project gives a good
understanding of the importance of teamwork for success.
Validation and Report Writing: Throughout each project I had to write
protocols and reports helping me to improve my literacy skills.
Fears:
•Not being able to understand: the support I was given made it a smooth
process even though there was a lot to learn.
Advice:
•Apply for as many placements as possible.
•Attend the workshops regarding interview techniques.
•Visit the placement office and get them to review your CV and suggest
possible placements.
Northumbria University School of CEIS
Dale McLaurin
Mechanical Engineering B.Eng (Hons)
Employer: Doosan Babcock Energy
Location: Whitehaven
Position: Mechanical Engineer
Salary: £13,000
Job Description: Working in the team responsible for delivering the £90 million SAV Nuclear Project
Employer Profile
Doosan Babcock is a multi-specialist energy services company operating in the thermal, nuclear,
petrochemical, oil & gas and pharmaceutical industries. Doosan Babcock is also a leading international
steam generation OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and supplier of the cleanest, most efficient coal
powered technology in the world. They provide innovative technology that supports and enhances the
service life of energy assets across the globe. For over a century Doosan Babcock have been adding
bottom line value for customers. They develop cutting edge technologies to improve plant performance,
reduce emissions and ensure safe and efficient plant operation.
Office Profile
From their local office in Cumbria Doosan Babcock offer their customers full engineering, technical and
project scoping and management support. These activities focused around supporting Sellafield Site
activities including Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects, Decommissioning, Asset
Integrity and Outage Management Support.
Roles & Responsibilities
Customer Benefits
New Skills & Experience Gained
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Create Technical documents such as Method
statement, scope of work, Project sheet etc.
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Technical Knowledge such as AutoAD, Solid
Edge, Design Calculations etc
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Creating Drawings & Computer Modelling
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Design Development
Meetings and correspondence with both client
and Subcontractor have developed skills in:
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Design Substantiation
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Acting Assertively
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On site Surveying
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Managing others
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Mechanical Lifting operations using crane
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Communicating Clearly etc.
Company Benefits
• Corporate Golf Outings
•Manufacture Facility Visits
•Private Health Care
•Professional Registration Fees
•Bonus Scheme
•Training Support
www.doosanbabcock.com
MBDA
Name: Ross Cottam
MISSILE SYSTEMS
Course:
Mechanical
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Engineering
Job Title: Customer
Support & Services
Air Defence &
Surface Attack
Salary: £16,000 + Overtime
Company Profile Holiday: 24 days + Flexi
Location:
Stevenage
Created in December
2001 with
more than 50 years of
experience following the merger of the main missile
companies in France, the United Kingdom and Italy, MBDA
has become a world leader in missiles and missile systems.
Employing around 10,000 people and serving over 90
customers around the world MBDA is the first truly
My Role
integrated defence company in Europe and the only
I worked in Customer Support & Services where the aim is to
Company able to provide guided weapon systems for each
provide Leadership and technical direction in the
branch of the Armed Forces – whether in the air, at sea or on
development & delivery of Support Solutions for UK products
land.
across their lifecycle. During the placement my role focused
on FLAADS / CAMM (Future Local Area Air Defence System /
Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) this involved:
- Developing an understanding of Customer satisfaction.
- Working with a broad range of business and technical
activities.
- Ensuring that the Support Solution Design is coherent with
the product design across the CADMID cycle (Concept,
Assessment, Demonstration, manufacture, In-service,
Disposal).
Skills
& Development
- Working
with key MOD customers & appreciating their
All
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atissues.
MBDA focus on developing certain key
support needs &
skills;
Professionalism,
Communication,
Critical
& Analytical
- Technical
and management
of the life Cycle
addressing
all
Thinking,
Creative
Thinking,
Problem
Solving,
elements of capability.
Adaptability/Flexibility
and Team
work. Strategy
During my
placement I
-Life cycle & cost modelling
& Support
development.
worked
with new
SAP business
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Work placement Job 2010 - 2011
Introduction
I was assigned to work with Shell exploration and production upstream in
Aberdeen as the Central Asset onshore/offshore Support Engineer. My job
covers 60% of operations and 40% of maintenance. I report to my line manager
who is the Engineering modification lead for the maintenance department and
the Operation cluster manager (work base supervisor).
While with Shell, I was opportune to visit all three platforms which gave me a
sound understanding on how exploring and producing of natural resources take
place.
Name: Dengiyefa Ibetei
Course: Mechanical Engineering
Job Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Organization
Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with around
93,000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories. Shell’s headquarter
is in The Hague, the Netherlands. Shell Exploration and Production’s (Upstream)
UK base is in Aberdeen where 2,500 staffs are directly and indirectly employed
both onshore and offshore. Shell Exploration and Production in Aberdeen has
nine platforms in the North Sea. Shell upstream explores for and extracts crude
oil and natural gas which are exported to St. Fergus and Fife (the two onshore
plants) to be refined. Sometimes oil and gas are produced and processed
offshore and exported directly to the grid line for household use.
On shearwater platform in the north sea
Salary / Perks
Annual salary of 20K. Holiday paid for as well as lunch taken care of. There is
usually a monthly Asset activities which could either be Mexican night out,
bowling, cinema and wine tasting nights all paid for by the Asset manager.
Figure 1 – Data Logger Device.
Professional Offshore Training Course
•BOSIET Training
•MIST Training
Role / Duties
My roles and duties involves the following:
- Project manage the upgrade of two desanding hydrocyclone
vessel on the Brent Charlie Platform.
- Onshore Focal Point for the Nelson Bolting Project.
- Modification of central platform potable water lines.
- Offshore trip to train technicians on the use of a data logger device
as shown in figure 1.
- Coordinate managerial meetings.
- General support to offshore and onshore personnel.
- Custodian of the Central platforms production tracker.
- Central platform onshore vessel shutdown Focal point.
Project management troubleshooting support.
Achievement
Notable achievements include being assigned to train offshore technicians
on the use of data logger and the PI manual Logger application as well as
providing a trouble shooting guide. This gave me the opportunity to
experience life offshore. The training given to the technicians offshore has
lessen the amount of complain from the platform and the use of the data
logger device has increased.
Figure 2 – Production tracker showing daily
production performance.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I believe that my year at Shell has been very valuable. In
addition to learning a lot of technical knowledge about data logger, and a
feel of working in the operations and maintenance department, I have had
the opportunity to develop many different skills, both technical and social
and also my communication skill has increased greatly as well as my
organizational skill and working under pressure and the ability to work
alone.
Figure 3 – Showing corroded fasteners on a
spool piece.
About 3M
3M Aycliffe
Safety, Security & Protection Services
Display & Graphics
Consumer & Office
3M HAS SIX MAJOR
BUSINESS DIVISIONS
Industrial &
Transportation
Electro & Communications
Health Care
Project Teamwork
Why choose 3M?
A day in the life of an MT Engineer…
Responsibility
from day one
Global
expertise in
manufacturing
Lead projects
which have a
real impact
Competitive
Salary
Flexible
working hours
www.careers.3M.co.uk
Name : Liam Harrison
Course : Mechanical Engineering
Job Title : Student Design Engineer
Salary : £12000 with overtime
Holiday Entitlement : 25 days
For over 40 years HMY Radford have specialised in the
designing, manufacture, and installing outstanding retail, public,
educational and commercial spaces.
In 2006 they reinforced their activity, by joining the HMY Group,
an International leader in retail, display and commercial furniture
with a foothold in more than 40 countries and a combined group
turnover in excess of €500 Million in 2010.
They offer a full project capability, from concept design, through
manufacture to a complete and integrated project management
service always executing or customers projects to the most
exacting standards.
In the UK, HMY Radford operate from a highly developed site
based in Newcastle upon Tyne with a manufacture and storage
footprint of 20,000 square meters and total site exceeding
70,000m2. Remote storage facilities and experts located
throughout the country also allow them to provide a responsive
localised service that our customers demand.
My jobs consisted of;
•Designing products to be manufactured
•Creating and changing engineering drawings
•Load testing products
Having had this placement I believe it will be much easier to find
work when I finish university as I have had relevant experience.
While working at HMY Radford I was living in Chester-Le-Street
approximately 8 miles away from the company and made the
journey by car.
I feel that I have really benefited in many different aspects from having a
placement experience at HMY Radford. My time spent with the company has
developed me as a person and an engineer. It has helped me to understand what
an engineering job is like in reality and helped me to further understand the
areas of engineering that appeal to me.
While working for the company I suggested ideas for improvement of the load
test facilities and procedures. I made the suggestion that the company takes me
on part time when I go back to university and that I redo the way they do load
testing. They agreed to this and therefore when my placement finishes I will
start working as a load test engineer for two days a week with overtime if
required. They have also stated that I will also have a full time graduate
engineering job waiting for me when I finish university. While working for the
company part time I will be at first sent to their load testing facility in France to
see how they do testing there. I will then create testing rigs and procedures to
ensure good results for the company in the future. I am very glad that I am going
to have this opportunity as it is going to be a large scale project that I will learn
a lot from.
Hobson Industrial Estate
Burnopfield
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE16 6EA
G Gurmilan Singh Randhawa
B BEng Mechanical Engineering
Job Title: Manufacturing Engineering Student.
Annual Salary: £12,250
Holidays Entitled: 25
TRW manufactures:
ECB – Electronic Parking Brake,
ACR – Active Control Retractor
ACU – Airbag Control Unit
RAS – Remote Airbag Sensor
LKAS – Lane Keep Assist Sensor
LDW – Lane Departure Warning
TRW Automotives at Peterlee has a total size of 500
employees working 24 hours a day.
The biggest gift of this placement year was to develop my
self confidence and improve my communication skills.
I also learnt to manage my time and work as a team. I was
provided with a separate desk with a computer.
The only major problem initially I faced was hesitation to
ask.
I was not able to finish jobs on time but later I learnt
about prioritising my jobs.
TRW Automotives, Peterlee, Durham, SR8 2HR
DALE WHITEHEAD
Mechanical Engineering (BEng)
Employer: WS Atkins PLC
Job Description: Mechanical Placement Student
Location: Whitehaven
Hours: 37.5 PW
EMPLOYER PROFILE
Atkins (WS Atkins PLC) is the UK's largest engineering and design consultancy and the world's 11th largest
design firm. They employ over 18,500 employees generating a turnover of £1.4 billion†. Atkins is a
member of the FTSE 250 and is the highest fee earner of all UK engineering consultancies.
OFFICE PROFILE
Multi‐disciplinary Design Office with a wide range of technical expertise. Atkins Whitehaven has the
capability to deliver a comprehensive range of engineering solutions to problems from its office in
Westlakes. These include mechanical design, structural design & assessment and environmental
engineering. Significant investment in development with an excellent graduate & apprenticeship scheme
in place.
ROLE
During my time as part of the mechanical team within the Whitehaven office I spent time working on a
number of large scale mechanical handling projects within the Nuclear industry. My role included
supporting projects using a broad range of engineering skills. Tasks would include drafting, modelling,
design substantiation and generating technical documents.
RESPONSIBILITIES
I assisted with several designs and technical documents as part of Size Reduction and Wash Down Facility
on Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd. Similarly I provided support, especially in the design and development
phase of work, for EDF Energy’s AGR Transport Flask handling equipment.
NEW SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE GAINED
From having had the chance to work on a diverse amount of projects it has allowed me to better
understand the various stages of the design process. I have also gained invaluable experience in dealing
with clients, working with standards and feel proficient in a range of technical
programs (AutoCAD, Solidworks, Mathcad, and Inventor).
FINAL THOUGHTS
The most rewarding part of the placement has been working within a
dynamic team. Not only has it shown me how a business works together
to deliver an objective but I have learnt a great deal from the
more experienced individuals within the office. I also feel
that seeing how skills transferable from University, such
as problem solving, are applied to real world engineering
problems gives me a better appreciation of everything I
have learnt in my studies.
† as of October 2010