Placement Quantity Surveyor Review
by John Sisk and Son Ltd
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at John Sisk and Son Ltd
- 7. Would you recommend John Sisk and Son Ltd to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to John Sisk and Son Ltd
Overview
- Working with Commercial team to update project costing reports as required. - Preparation of Activity Schedules, Bills of Quantities and Resource profiling. - Preparation of Applications for Payment for submission to Client(s). - Sub-contract administration including developing sub-contract documents, reviewing, and agreeing valuations, managing variations, and negotiating final accounts. - Analysing the commercial progress of allocated projects working closely with the project delivery team.
Skills
Developed my technical knowledge further through site visits and use of site drawings. Further developed my communication and collaborative skills through having to communicate with different subcontractors on site and working with different individuals part of the project delivery team.
Responsibilities
Definitely. I was responsible for managing around 15 subcontractor accounts and monitoring the site's progress in which I had to report back to the senior management on site and regional directors.
Support & Guidance
Everybody was open to providing support and willing to take time out of their day to help me if I had any questions surrounding works being completed or if it was a technical aspect I was struggling with or didn't understand.
Culture
Great.
Your Impressions
Really enjoyed it. Sisk have provided me with huge support over the course of the year and allowed me to develop all skills that will be relevant later on down the line.
Yes
It's a great company to work for and everybody I have spoke to feel the same.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Civil Engineering
Yorkshire and Humberside
August 2023
