Year in Industry Review

by Network Rail

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I worked in the structural engineering team undertaking design tasks. The work mostly involved bridge engineering at an early design stage.


    Skills

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


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes. Taken role of Volunteering, Social and Charity Champion as well as having a significant contribution to 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?
  • Received lots of support when necessary but also allowed to work independtly.


  • 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?
  • Friendly and inclusive atmosphere. Lots of support and friendly people.


  • 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?
  • Enjoyed the placement greatly and feel it has helped me develop significantly as an engineer.


  • 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 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
  • Opportunities are great, just throw yourself into whatever opportunities are available. It will help you develop as well as integrate you more into the team and business.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Civil Engineering

North West

July 2022


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