Industrial Placement Student Review
by Mott MacDonald
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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 Mott MacDonald
- 7. Would you recommend Mott MacDonald to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Mott MacDonald
Overview
As a project based team, the work varies depending on assigned project roles. In the rail bridges team, the work is usually related to designing, assessing, and maintaining bridges on rail lines. The placement role is similar to a new graduate role in terms of types of work allocated, and responsibility assigned.
Skills
Developed: - Applied engineering skills - Structural software skills (including knowledge to more easily adapt to new software) - Interpersonal working skills New: - Digital skills such as coding (R, HTML, JS) and macros (VBA) - Data analysis skills - Structural dynamic assessment skills
Responsibilities
Given a similar amount of responsibility as a graduate engineer. Smaller projects will involve responsibility to handle own work and meet deadlines on time, and larger projects will require more team working and keeping up to date with the weekly/regular project team catch-ups.
Support & Guidance
Outside of projects the support and guidance was good, along with a 'graduate week' where some useful industry relevant knowledge was taught. In projects the training depends on the type of work required and the management of the project managers. In some projects, the guidance for doing certain parts of the work can be improved.
Culture
People are generally friendly and easy to work with, though there's not too much interactions outside of teams unless projects involve direct interdisciplinary communication.
Your Impressions
I fairly enjoyed my placement, there were some project difficulties but that's more reflective of the industry than through the fault of MM. Some aspects of project management could be improved, but overall it was mostly handled well. Variety and opportunities for different types of work was great, and encouragement for learning new skills was very good.
Yes
Make sure to think about the following: - Technical area (is the team you're applying for working in an area you are interested in?) - Values alignment (are your values and goals similar to that of MM?) - Skills & experiences (will MM give you the skills and experiences you desire for your future career? On the other hand, do your previous experiences help you stand out as a candidate?)
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Civil Engineering
London
May 2025
