Mechanical Placement Review

by Hoare Lea

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    3.5
  • The Company
    3.2
  • The Culture
    3.3

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • I enjoyed my work placement with Hoare lea at their Bristol office. There was a wide variety of work and a friendly office atmosphere, with social trips as well. However sometimes there wasn't quite enough work to do or no one was available to provide sufficient help, and this slightly decreased from the enjoyment.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I felt valued for the work I did, completing lots of different pieces of work for different people in the team on many different projects. Occasionally I was given slightly boring/admin tasks but I suppose as the least experienced member of the team I should be the one to do them!

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • I was assigned to a Graduate to mostly assist me due to a very large team with a very busy Team Leader, this was mostly sufficient support but due to summer holidays sometimes many people were out of office so less guidance was available.

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • I was very busy at the start, this dipped a little in the middle of my placement due to colleagues being on holiday/ in different offices etc but picked up again near the end, as I asked different team members for work.

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Fair amount of responsibility in the work that I was given, for example created heat gain models and collected results to decide on sizing fan coil units to cool apartments in a new high rise apartment block. Responsible for contacted suppliers, manufacturers, architects to obtain whatever information wanted by the team.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Gained skills in AutoCAD and HEVACOMP software, communication skills liasing with architects, manufacturers, other team members, general consultancy experience and managing several pieces of work at the same time/ time management-all beneficial, not so much in my studies but more for after university.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Very friendly, supportive, though very busy

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Not especially organised in terms of work overall as such possibly due to nature of consultancy work and projects, but my starting in the company was well organised and I was generally assigned work to keep me busy, taken on a couple of site visits and attended a couple of meetings with manufacturers.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Gave me use of AutoCAD software, attended a CPD lunchtime lecture, offers of a return to the office in the future

    3/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Company Parties/Events
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Fairly appealing, I think working for the company as a graduate would be quite a lot more interesting and varied than working as a placement. However the whole office seems to be under a high workload with many doing overtime every week, while apparently the salary is not the highest in the industry.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • There were several other placement students in the office at the same time as me which was great, there were also a couple of team/ office socials which were a lot of fun too.

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Bristol is fairly expensive

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Good, Bristol is a great city

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • A few sports teams but not much if you're not into sport

    3/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

South West

August 2015

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