Industrial Trainee Review

by Arup

Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

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

    • I am a Civil Engineer working in the Leeds office. As part of a consultant company a lot of my work is design based. Involving structure designs, construction logistics, software use to model and draw and calculations.

    Skills

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

    • Technical civil Engineer ability Working in a team Office environment Software Time management Communication Proffesionalism

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • Yes. Although supervised I was expected to complete a lot of difficult tasks myself, not just monotonous ones.

  • 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?

    • There was always someone there to ask if I needed help or didn't understand something

  • 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?

    • Positive culture within the team, trying to make sure everyone was happy and having the chance to work with eachother

  • 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?

    • I enjoyed the work as it is what I am interested in. The colleagues were friendly and there was flexibility to my work schedule.

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup

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

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Arup

    • They want people that dont just work to a high level but can also be a part of the team so try to show your personality off

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Civil Engineering

Yorkshire and Humberside

June 2022

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