Industrial Planning Trainee Review

by Arup

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • 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.

    • Creating excel trackers for conditions to development. Drafting planning application documents. Policy reviews of local and country wide policy. keeping up to date on planning news.

    Skills

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

    • Learnt how to use excel in a more comprehensive way. Learnt to communicate in a professional manner and gain respect form my superiors. Learnt how to write professional documents and carry out supporting research.

  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I managed a small team during consultation analysis and was given ownership of a shared resources area to provide my team with knowledge of learning opportunities and easier access to useful documents.

  • 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?

    • I spoke to my line manager on a bi-weekly basis, checking in on my workload, type of work and to vary colleagues I worked with to gain a broader experience.

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Culture

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

    • The company is very welcoming and has a good ethos behind it. The push for research and the ability to submit your own proposal to get funding from the company was refreshing as well as the door always open attitude of everyone there.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I have enjoyed working with my team and learning what they do however i found the profession not for me. I enjoyed my time at Arup and will look into other departments to see if there is something else within the company I would like to try.

  • 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

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

    • Yes

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

    • come with ideas you want to work on, possible things you want to research.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Property Development

Wales

June 2023

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