Student Civil Engineer Review

by Costain

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Site engineering. Providing any setting up required for works to continue. Writing site diary to inform rest of team on what happens on site.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Learnt how to use GPS, total station and lots of interpersonal skills working with people on site and in the office


  • 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 was given huge responsibility doing all the site engineering for a period for a compound being built


  • 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?
  • The senior engineers were always there to help and support but it was very much deep end


  • 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?
  • Very friendly and helpful


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • It was very deep end but invaluable experience


  • 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 Costain
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Costain
  • Keep an open mind and give it your best


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Details

Civil Engineering

North East

November 2021


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