• Question: Have you ever been in a big engineering company

    Asked by 464sftb46 to Matthew, Neil, Paula, Pete, Philippa on 16 Mar 2015.
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      Philippa Jefferis answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Yes, I’ve never worked for anything but a large engineering company. However there are benefits to both. In a large company there are lots of different opportunities and you are likely to work on bigger projects. However working for a smaller company also allows you the chance to get greater responsibility sooner.

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      Neil Taylor answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi 464stfb46!

      Yes, I am currently in a large engineering company. This means that I have the opportunity to quite easily work in a lot of sectors, including: Aerospace, Defence, Energy, and Rail – to name a few! The actual department I work in is quite small, however, at around 25 people.

      The fact that it was a big company never really factored into my decision, however, as I would have happily work in smaller teams at a smaller company too!

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      Pete Symons answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi 464,

      I have, I used to work for Atkins, which is the biggest engineering consultancy in Europe (at least it was when I was there, perhaps Neil can correct me!) I have also worked within big engineering companies whilst at Atkin such as Cobham, Airbus, Boeing as I was helping to solve some problems as part of my job at Atkins.

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