Infrastructure Summer Placement Review
by Buro Happold
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
2.5
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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 Buro Happold
- 7. Would you recommend Buro Happold to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Buro Happold
Overview
Working with a range of CAD software (AutoCAD, Civils3D, Navisworks, Bluebeam). Read manuals to familiarise myself with this area of work. Designed drainage proposals. checked and designed pipe network models on CAD. Undertook some vehicle tracking.
Skills
CAD skills Design skills
Responsibilities
yes, work I did contributed directly to a bid. other work i did assisted directly with colleagues work.
Support & Guidance
Good support from ‘buddy’ and other team members across Manchester and Leeds offices.
Culture
Mostly young people so a sense of welcoming and camaraderie. Within the office, some cliques but within working environments, very eager to help.
Your Impressions
To a large extent, I enjoyed the placement. I felt welcome and part of the team, as well as getting much needed industry experience to carry forward to studies and for career development.
Yes
Check company goals and see if they align with your own perhaps. During applications, use the website’s resources (blogs, project info, route maps) to inform application answers.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Civil Engineering
North West
August 2024
