Summer Placement Engineer Review

by Costain

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Rating

3.8/5
  • The Role
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.4
  • The Culture
    1.9

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Slightly confusing at first, but with help was quickly able to complete tasks.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Was given a lot of responsibility. Was responsible for health and safety in my section.

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Everyone from site engineers to the project manager gave me help and advice.

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Most days I was busy from when I arrived at work until I left.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Full responsibility of health and safety in a section of works, and left to set out works on my own.

    5/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • The surveying and setting out side of my placement help greatly, as well as the commercial and business side.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Everyone was chatty and enjoyed a joke between one and other.

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Very well organised, with regular info emails, and a summer placement booklet which included a number of tasks and timeline for when they needed to be completed.

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Invested a lot of time, a experience, with feedback meetings and conference calls.

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Company Parties/Events

    Healthcare/Dental
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • On the companies graduate scheme, so a job at the end of university is already lined up, and I am more than happy to have the opportunity to work full time for the company.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • There were only a few other placement students on the project, so there wasn't a huge social side. Went on one night out with one other placement student.

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Cost of living was reasonable, in one of the site caravans, however the socialising was pretty non existent, due to working next to a motorway.

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Went on one night out near where I worked and there were only small pubs in the area. There was not a buzzing atmosphere to say the least.

    1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • The company laid on a staff curry night on site, with inflatable fair ground games, which was a good laugh and meant I could mingle with a lot of staff on the project. Other than that, there were no activities outside of work.

    1/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering, Engineering, Surveying

South East

August 2012

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