Mechanical Engineer Review

by Arup

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Designing ventilation systems for large buildings. It involves calculating how much fresh air is required as well as heating and cooling requirements. From this the amount of machinery required can be calculated and then this needs to be fit into a floor layout of the building.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Have learnt new skills in ventilation calculations. Have also learnt how to use software used to calculate internal and external gains in buildings and new CAD software.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

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


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Plenty of support was given and there was always some who I could ask questions.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Nice, relaxed atmosphere. Everyone was very kind.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • I enjoyed my internship and learnt a lot.


  • 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 Arup
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
  • Read the key speech written by Sir Ove and use this to help shape your answers to their questions.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Mechanical Engineering

London

July 2022


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