Student Engineer Review

by Arcadis

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • My role as a student engineer was to shadow senior engineer on projects and contribute to the team, I was taught as I went a long and experienced the work load in the office as well as on site.

    Skills

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

    • Yes, I had improved my technical skills by Learning to use engineering software like MIDAS and TEDDS, this placement has also improved my confidence as I completed tasks which were new for me

  • 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 was given a good amount of responsibility as I was tasked with completed my own work and then to review it later as part of the team, I had my own tasks to do and would later have them checked by senior members

  • 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?

    • The support was great, I was able to turn to any engineer whenever I was confused or needed help.

  • 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 office had a very inviting feeling, it was welcoming and felt like a great place to be in

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • 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 really enjoyed the placement, there were a lot of opportunities to have fun and go out, for example the site visits. Being able to travel out of city with fellow team members was a great time and allowed me to strengthen my connection with them

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Arcadis

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Arcadis to a friend?

    • Yes

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

    • Apply early, applications open early compared to others and it’s a good idea to get in early, and take your time with the application

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

West Midlands

September 2023

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