Mechanical Engineering YII Student, Band 7 in Infrastructure Projects

by Network Rail

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • My role within the company is to work within and support the maintenance engineering team based in Bedford. Day-to-day operations included a variety of things, shadowing engineers, assisting with track patrols, remapping and creating patrol diagrams, project managing improvement projects etc..

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Technical Skills - Project management - Competency in variety of software and tools (Visio, CARRS, Geo-RINM, FMS, etc…) - Data analysis - Track maintenance and inspection - Personal track safety - Understanding of railway infrastructure - Technical writing Non-Technical Skills - Communication - Time Management - Inter-Personal Skills - Professionalism - Confidence

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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 provided opportunities to project manage projects with full involvement and autonomy. Help was also provided if and when I required it. In charge of producing benefits cases for innovative projects.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Great support and guidance. Everyone was very busy but always made time to assist me with any help or queries I had. The training was comprehensive and made me feel safe on the railway.

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Great atmosphere, everyone was very welcoming and experienced. Worked within a variety of different teams and felt included in all of them. Productive and inclusive culture with an atmosphere that produces a great work ethic.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed my placement greatly despite Covid reducing the ability to partake in group and general activities. Still able to attend a wide variety of practical experiences despite this and really enjoyed these. I got a lot out of it and feel prepared for the workplace.

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

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Network Rail

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Network Rail to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Network Rail

    • Be open to learning and be honest when you need help. They dont expect you to be able to do everything and as long as you give everything a go and really involve yourself everyone is more than happy to help you get the most out of placement.

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Details

Placement Year (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

East Midlands

November 2021

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