Site Engineer Review

Very insightful placement, you gain a lot on knowledge of construction, health and safety, and get site engineering hands on experience. Though there were periods where work I have been doing hasn't been quite interesting or work on site was slow or repetitive but this is the nature of construction, though those periods were still beneficial to my learning as a placement student.

Everyone in bentleys is friendly and approachable making it a great environment for a placement student to be inquisitive and learn. 6 weeks is a short period of time to settle into a job role but colleagues in the office and site team were always friendly inviting and helped me to get comfortable while offering insight into their tasks

As a placement student you are paired with a member of the team with the same role as yourself. so you've always got someone to ask questions to. The site engineer i worked alongside was was extremely helpful and actively looked for task i could learn and complete myself and also balanced the 'shadowing' style of learning well. Being paired with a staff member gave me great insight into a vast number of things such as the company, the industry, personal work experience, and advice on site engineering tasks to name a few.

The nature of construction means certain days can be full of tasks which can be enjoyable but certain periods can mean there is little or no work to do during a day. personally, having issue with my company laptop meant i couldn't fill those gaps with something to do.

No one is thrown into the deep end, a buddy always is there to help whilst you learn the ropes. Through the weeks as you get a greater udersanting of the project and difference practices and procedures you can take on more responsibility if you wish. 6 weeks though is a short amount of site for a site engineer to fully settle in and hence means you aren't given a lot of responsibility due to a lack of knowledge

Being on site develops technical skills relative to site engineering roles, risk assessment, method statements this has great carry over to my degree. understanding how things really happen on site makes you more engaged with your degree and helps you think about the practicality of designs

Very relaxed and chilled, all colleagues were friendly and approachable

There could have been better organization to allocate a site location for placement students so they could jump straight into work having personally had to be stationed at a nearby office for the start of my internship

I think JN Bentley is very great in giving training to staff members, I have been able to receive health and safety training to receive my CSCS card to work officially on site. Of course being a temporary placement student i didn't receive much else training in terms of courses, but i learnt alot from my site engineer 'buddy'.

Bentleys has great job prospects and perks for permanent employees