Student Engineer Review

Item: Student Engineer at Arcadis
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Arcadis

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Leeds

Review Submitted: September 2023

Overall Rating

5 /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

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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.

Working with other interns and mentors on an internal bridge design competition (roughly 50% of time) Working with an engineer on tasks for real engineering projects, which could mean a variety of things from modelling, reading legislation, performing stress calculations using excel etc.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Some responsibility, there was always someone on hand to help with any problems that I had but it was basically up to me to make sure I did things correctly and on time.

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?

Yes, I have learned to use a lot of new software including MIDAS, google sketchup and TEDDs.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

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?

Lots, my line manager worked right next to me so I was able to ask him about anything at all and he was happy to help me out,

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?

Lovely, I was working in a fairly small team which was very close knit, I also got the opportunity to talk to people in the office from other teams and they were all very welcoming and interesting to speak with.

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 enjoyed it very much, great balance between having enough work to keep me busy and not constantly worrying about meeting deadlines. The work was rewarding and not too repetitive so I wouldn't really say there was anything that I disliked.

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 Arcadis

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Arcadis to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to Arcadis

Talk to as many people as possible, you will be surprised at how different everyone's job is. Be open with what you do and don't understand because it's a great opportunity to fill gaps in your knowledge.

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