Undergraduate Quantity Surveyor Review
by John Sisk and Son Ltd
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
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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 John Sisk and Son Ltd
- 7. Would you recommend John Sisk and Son Ltd to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to John Sisk and Son Ltd
Overview
I have a number of responsibilities; accepting or declining subcontractor invoices and applications for payments, adding them to a evaluation and using evidence to determine whether we agree with applications or not. Working along side other QS and Commercial managers to manage costs by allocation codes and organizing data in regards to the works for the purpose of conflict resolution etc. Measuring works both physically and digitally.
Skills
Measuring on a PDF document, measuring on foot, more detailed excel functions.
Responsibilities
yes
Support & Guidance
I have a lot of support and guidance from my colleagues and they were always willing to help if I had a question.
Culture
It is a lovely atmosphere with plenty of banter and its very comfortable. I never felt uneasy talking about any problems I had someone would always lend an ear. I really love the IAmHere scheme used company wide and the access to useful information is great.
Your Impressions
I am really enjoying this placement as I am learning a lot my only chagrin is that days can sometimes be very slow as the work so spread and there is a lot of reliance on others to do their jobs that you don't always have something to do.
Yes
Sisk is a great friendly company and provides plenty of opportunities to learn and develop. If sitting in an office all day isn't your forte you can always walk around site (if qualified to do so CSCS). I would love to work with them again if the opportunity arose.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Surveying
North East
August 2023
