Civil engineering industrial placement Review
by Mott MacDonald
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.3
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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 Mott MacDonald
- 7. Would you recommend Mott MacDonald to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Mott MacDonald
Overview
1.Depending on the project i am in charge of, mainly conducting technical structural engineering design ( including modelling, structural analysis, spreadsheet creation) 2. Technical reports, formal project related documents writing, which these documents will be issued to clients 3. Assisting senior engineers in different types of projects
Skills
1. learning structural modelling +analysis skills with Tekla structural designer, STAAD.Pro 2. civil 3D, Auto CAD, 3. Microsoft office, Excel in particular, and a bit VBA coding 4. structural design with Eurocode 5. Written and verbal communication skills 6. Microdrainage software
Responsibilities
yes, after i have get familiarise with the workflow in Mott MacDonald, i started to involve in a few projects at the same time, these projects can be in completely different areas. For me i have been handling cable design for one project, and structural design for another project, plus writting a few documents at the same time. I have many opportunities to experience different work
Support & Guidance
All members in the team are nice and helpful, i feel i have so much support through out the whole placement
Culture
good work life balance atmosphere
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it a lot, and i would highly recommend to all the other civil engineering students. i am able to experience various of civil engineering work ( water+ drainage, structural design, geotechnical design+earthworks, transportation...) Really beneficial for gaining experience + personal development as a civil engineering after graduation
Yes
Do some research on the sectors that you are applying to. learn about the background, values of the company, before the interview.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Civil Engineering
South East
May 2023
