Placement Review at Mott MacDonald

The Role

Role Description

Undertaking technical tasks supervised by engineers or senior technicians. Task have included producing technicial drawings using AutoCAD, producing principal inspectiong reports for highway structure following site visits and assessment of bridge and other highway structues.

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

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

Great place to work with helpful and freindly staff members.

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

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

Made numerious freinds during 5 year period at company.

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

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

Easily approachable and very helpfull

4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Kept busy 95% of the time with interesting and challenging work

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

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Rated 7/10

Trusted with a number of important task in large schemes.

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

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Gained skills that i feel, to a extent are more valueable than skill gained from the degreee course.

The Organisation

7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

Great group of people with numerous social events regularly organised.

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

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

initial teething problem soon solved and placement was smoothing.

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

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Invested heavily, including covering degree payments and enrolling me on numerious courses.

10. What were the perks on your work placement?

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Rated 7/10

• Sports and Social Club
• National Travel
• Financial Bonus
• Company Parties/Events

11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Offered a job upon completion of degree

Other Information

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

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

great social scene within work

13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 5/10

reasonable cost withing cardiff city centre

14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Great nightlife!

15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

endless oppourtunity to get involved including numerous charity work ( cycling to london, three peaks challenge..)

In addition to these questions, is there any extra information you would like to leave about your experiences on your work placement that other students may be interested in?

Mott Macdonald has been a great place to work, hopefully be here for some time to come.

Review 2/3 for Mott MacDonald

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