Building services engineer Review

by Hoare Lea

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • during my placement i predominantly worked designing ventilation and heating systems for buildings. this meant using Auto cad, Revit and pdf's as well as excel to produce a series of drawings to be issued to a client to inform the 'fit out' of there building.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • i leaned how to use all the appropriate softwares as well as time management skills and how to communicate within a larger internal and external team.


  • 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 feel i was given lots of opportunities to produce my own work and was trusted todo so. as internal policy all work at HL is internally reviewed irrespective of the individuals level, this instilled confidence that any mistakes i made would be found and brought back to me to help me understand and improve for future work.


  • 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?
  • i had regular mentoring meetings with my line manager as well as being supported by wellbeing officers within the wider office. i was supported on both my personal and work life enabling me to grow and improve as well as manage ongoing problems.


  • 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 good, while at HL i went sailing, skiing and was a member of the company band, we would go out as an office for food or drinks multiple times a month also. within the work day we were encouraged to use break out spaces to work or socialize in a less formal environment.


  • 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?
  • I very much enjoyed my placement and look forward to rejoining HL after I graduate.


  • 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 Hoare Lea
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Hoare Lea to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Hoare Lea
  • try to arrange a phone call or video interview to speak with a member of staff in your desired office so see if HL is the right fit for you and vice verca.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Mechanical Engineering

East Midlands

May 2023


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