Placement Trainee Review
by Mace
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
3.8
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The Company
3.8
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The Culture
2.6
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
Was good. Lot of early mornings. Days flew by due to being very busy. Enjoyed what the jobs I was doing, whist feeling like I was getting a good experience.
Was given useful jobs, and small responsibilities early on, and reporting to higher up team members on a regular basis. Regular meetings with my line manager.
Regular meetings with my line manager, had a group of other construction managers with vast experience therefore could ask anything.
Towards the middle and end busy as the project came towards handover and when I was given some responsibilities. Slow towards the start learning about the project, what everyone's roles were.
Given more responsibility than I expected, handling a small subcontractor package, as well as the key schedule. Completed a lot of snagging and organizing snagging works.
Learnt about the stages of building, not as much engineering as I expected. Assists my degree in terms of the big design projects, leaning to what extent something can be constructed.
The Company
Atmosphere was good. Very busy on a day to day basis, with subcontractors and others all querying. The team I worked with knew how to have a laugh, and was also a good working environment.
The Placement was very organised. -Quick return on application and invitation to interview. -Well organised sending out of contracts. -Big organised full MACE induction with all other interns and year placement students, so got a good chance to meet everyone. -Well organised on site, regular meetings with manager. -End of placement review with all other interns in head office.
On the first day there was a full MACE induction, thus we got to learn about the core values and the way MACE works. After this there was e-learning to complete, which covered a lot from safety to BIM. Easy to book onto training courses, or complete e-courses online.
National Travel
Future prospects are appealing, with a well rated graduate program. massive company operating in many different sectors and in different countries, thus lots of interesting opportunities.
The Culture
I was a little out of it, with the majority of interns in London and me in Oxford.
I lived at home thought my placement and commuted on the train. Prices of socialising were similar to any other city.
N/A
MACE Days given by company could have been taken part in.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
South East
August 2017
