Summer placement - Geotech Review
at Mott MacDonald
Internship (1 Month+)
Civil Engineering
Cardiff
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.9 /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
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
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.
My role was defined by the type of projects ongoing within the team at the time I was working there. Basically helping with anything I was asked to. This included desk studies, calculations, CAD work etc
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes. Compared with previous placements with the company, this team offered me the chance to do real engineering work. In other placements I have always been assigned bit-part jobs, often things which permanent staff can’t be bothered to do themselves.
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?
I developed relevant engineering skills suck as design work, engineering drawing, site research (desk studies) etc. I was able to apply the theory and knowledge learnt at university to real life scenarios as well as learning from the experience of my colleagues
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 received great support from all team members of varying experiences and ages. Everyone really wanted to help me and make sure I felt involved and part of the team
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?
They hold high standards which I love but they also provide the support needed to meet those standards. It’s a healthy work environment with a good balance of fun and hard work
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
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 very much enjoyed this placement and look forward to returning
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 Mott MacDonald
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Mott MacDonald to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Mott MacDonald
Be really keen to help out and just get stuck in with any tasks you get given. But also don’t let them take advantage of you. In previous placements I was used as an ecologist doing late night and early morning bat surveys. I ended up telling them that it wasn’t engineering and that they had to change it, which they did eventually
