Industrial Trainee - Electrical Engineering Review
by Arup
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup
- 7. Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
Overview
My projects will each require the employ of various different software, mathematical and abstract thinking skills; these include the use of CAD softwares (such as AutoCad); Electrical Systems design software (such as Amtech) and simulation software (such as Dialux for lighting intensity). Moreover, critical thinking and abstract decision making in combination with mathematical assessments, such as maximum demand calculations, are consistently required to create an optimal solution to challenges with limited resources.
Skills
As a placement student, Arup was a great insight into the mechanisms of a corporate engineering consultancy firm; especially one with a unique ownership structure. My projects taught me skills that weren't apparent in my degree both in a software and an on-site practical sense.
Responsibilities
Yes, to a degree. As a placement student, there is certainly less of a pressure/responsibility compared to a graduate student. This allows for the availability of a lot of time for training!
Support & Guidance
I had enough guidance and support to manage to make the most of my time at Arup; I never felt like there were things that I had missed out on. However, managers are often project leads and senior members of staff in general; hence, its difficult to have a smooth line of communication without a lot of input.
Culture
Very positive; Arup is an excellent environment to balance career and personal lives since the ownership structure of the company supports this. Lots of very lovely people often more than happy to take time to help you and assist you. This response is very much proportional to the effort you put in. Very good funds available for social activities, company events and diversity initiatives! Great perks.
Your Impressions
Really loved it! Living in London for the first time is daunting but a great benefit of working in 8FA and 80CS (Arup London Buildings). I am impressed enough by the work, team and company culture to go back.
Yes
Be yourself, really consider the work that you might be taking on! The job doesn't pay as well as a Banking/Finance roll or even some other London-based engineering roles but the work/life balance has been a great trade off for this.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
London
June 2022
