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Industrial engineer Review

at Arup

Placement (10 Months+)

Civil Engineering

manchester

Review Submitted: June 2023

Overall Rating

4.6 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role
4.8/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
my role is to assist my supervisor within the project theyre in and often i will do the work and they would give me suggestions on how to improve my tasks then which the line manager would check it. Ive been involved in TRU and Victoria North project and with some seminars about new knowledge or skills that I can gain
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I have been given a good reasonable amount of responsibility in which i would try to find out if any extra work can be given and whenever i was stuck during my task i would refer to my previous example before asking for help and taking it upon myself to know how the process of my task works
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Ive developed and gained considerable amount of skills that have enabled me to further progress in my knowledge anout engineerign including: software, teamwork, different deadlines needed to be met, getting different taste of various projects and knowing the how abouts for each of them and writing up reports to the standard for Arup
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?
5/5
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

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
i was given a lot of support which included monthly meeting with my line manager for regular catch up and weekly meetings with my supervisor to see how my tasks were going and just to see everything was fine at work and away from work. Also, various people besides my line manager and supervisor provided me guidance in terms of effiency and knowledge
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

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
the company culture is brilliant since it has events for different cultures and always informs employers about different culture days that are going on around the world and the general atmosphere is good, with the mix of consistenly working hard and having some talking time with people
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I have thoroughly enjoyed my placement with meeting new people witg vast amount of knowledge in which i have learnt from them and gaining lots of experience personally by working with them and individually with some research and allowing myself to have these useful links so that we can benefit from each other
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
My advice is just be yourself, it is what makes you different to others and there are many caring and knowledgeable people in Arup that are always welcoming and ready to help you to make that leap from studying into the real life
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