Student Civil Engineer Review

by Costain

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

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

    • Site engineering. Providing any setting up required for works to continue. Writing site diary to inform rest of team on what happens on site.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Learnt how to use GPS, total station and lots of interpersonal skills working with people on site and in the office

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was given huge responsibility doing all the site engineering for a period for a compound being built

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • The senior engineers were always there to help and support but it was very much deep end

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Very friendly and helpful

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • It was very deep end but invaluable experience

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Costain

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Costain to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Costain

    • Keep an open mind and give it your best

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Details

Civil Engineering

North East

November 2021

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