Structural Engineer Review

by Arup

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Worked alongside the structural engineering team in Sheffield. Working on many ongoing projects, assisting with many different elements that required designing. Hand calculations and software usage to required design guides.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Competent in hand calculations, drawings and specialised structural engineering software. GSA, Tekla Tedds


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I felt I was given sufficient responsibility to challenge myself whilst also having the security of many others to ask for advice.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I feel the amount of support and guidance I was given whilst at my placement was exceedingly good. Everyone was so willing to donate their time to helping and also gave insightful and useful answers.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Although due to COVID the office was quieter than usual, the atmosphere around the office was very positive and morale was high. It created a comfortable and productive work environment.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Arup.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
  • Although the application process may be long, it was well worth the time and effort I put into my application. It was definitely a worthy investment in the long run.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Yorkshire and Humberside

September 2021


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