Year In Industry Review
at Network Rail
Placement (10 Months+)
Civil Engineering
Bristol
Review Submitted: July 2023
Overall Rating
4.1 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Collecting information, preparing construction related documents and doing AutoCad drawings
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
At certain points of the year I have had a reasonable amount of responsibility however for most of it not that much
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
My AutoCad skills have improved greatly as well as soft skills like, presenting, handling stakeholders and using different softwares
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
There has been plenty of support on demand but not necessarily a good formal structure for my development
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
It's a great culture, very respectful and understanding. Very good on inclusion and very few personality problems
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I did enjoy the work a lot and some of the things I've gotten to experience, however it has been slightly isolating due to me being the only intern in my office
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Network Rail
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Network Rail to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Network Rail
To try and get organised early on to understand where you find information/ help rather than relying on people to hand it to you
