Industrial Placement Student Review
by Mott MacDonald
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
3.5
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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
I work with the water network. Most of my work specifically involves clean water and projects that aim to fix leaks and/or reduce the risk of them happening. On a day to day basis I will do work on a specific project in this area, helping work out a design to fix this problem, or creating the documents we will give to the contractors, these being drawings and reports.
Skills
I am not very good at identifying skills, especially if they are soft skills. However I think I have developed my skills in project management and hydraulics.
Responsibilities
I was given a fair bit of responsibility. I was in charge of managing the resourcing for one large project I worked on, and had to run meetings if the people who usually ran them was unavailable. In smaller projects I was given the lead role, meaning I was in charge of making sure the work was progressing.
Support & Guidance
The main support came from my line manager, who is personable and supportive. I was assigned a 'buddy' to help me settle in, but the support from him was limited, he would answer any questions I asked, but he very rarely worked from the office and didn't reach out to me once I started work. Usually the people in my project team were very helpful at answering any questions I had, but there could be a problem of them being too busy to provide meaningful help.
Culture
The company culture and atmosphere was very good, most people are friendly and personable. There was only one other placement student in my office and we didn't work in the same sector, but the office was generally on the young side, so I didn't feel too out of place.
Your Impressions
I would say I've mostly really enjoyed my placement. I picked the degree I am doing (civil engineering) more because it was a sensible choice rather than because it was a field I have any passion for. The placement year was to help me decide whether I wanted to actually try and work in civil engineering, or just get the degree and go into another sector. After the placement I definitely want to stay in civil engineering.
Yes
They ask techical questions in the interview, so brush up on that knowledge beforehand
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Civil Engineering
South West
May 2023
