Student Placement Bridges Engineer Review
by Buro Happold
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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
I was assisting a senior engineer on a live project in concept design phase. This involved carrying out structural analysis on multiple design options and forming a basis of comparison of the options.
Skills
Yes. I have developed my structural analysis skills using finite element methods. I have also learnt about live projects and design processes.
Responsibilities
Yes, I was given a lot of responsibility. The work I was doing was forming the basis of structural reports being sent to the architect and client that were then used to inform design decisions.
Support & Guidance
I had a line manager who was incredibly supportive. We had regular calls about the project to answer any questions I had and to set me new tasks. We also had a scheduled call once a week to discuss my progress with the professional development goals that were set at the beginning of the placement. I was also able to reach out to any member of the team if I had questions or was struggling.
Culture
The culture was really good, the office had a very friendly and social atmosphere with new people often coming up to say hello and introduce themselves. The team it's self also had a great atmosphere, with everyone going for lunch and coffee together when we were in the office.
Your Impressions
I absolutely loved my placement. I found the work really interesting and useful, learning loads of skills and gaining knowledge to use in my next year at uni. I also really enjoyed the company and the general ethos of the people and team.
Yes
The application process is very simple, with you only submitting a CV and cover letter. These will be read and considered carefully and it is only from this information that they choose who to interview (there are no extra online applications or tests), so make sure that they are good!
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Civil Engineering
London
September 2021
