Civil Engineer Summer Intern Review

by Centrica

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • 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.
  • I was involve in optimizing an energy park technically and commercially. Day-to-day I focused on the technical, civil aspects, as well as helped create a commercial model


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed loads of new skills. the main ones I would say an understanding of the energy market, how to present properly and efficiently, as well as developed an understanding of the energy market.


  • 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
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • My role ad a lot of responsibility, as they relied on my team to develop a model for them, to take forward into the development of the energy park and use at other sites in the future.


  • 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 was supported constantly throughout, with daily meetings with my line manager as well as a 1 to 1 once a week with them.


  • 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?
  • It was a great atmosphere, everyone was eager and keen to work, but also keen to help me if i needed any information I needed and responded quickly and with enthusiasm.


  • 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 thoroughly enjoyed it, and had a really great experience, and I am hoping to work for centrica in the future


  • 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 Centrica
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • They work hard to make sure you are happy and are adaptable, if you are unhappy with something or want to switch stream for example, they'll accommodate that.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

London

August 2023


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