Student Engineer Review

Item: Student Engineer at Arcadis
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at Arcadis

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Birmingham

Review Submitted: September 2023

Overall Rating

4.4 /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

4/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - 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 as a student engineer was to shadow senior engineer on projects and contribute to the team, I was taught as I went a long and experienced the work load in the office as well as on site.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given a good amount of responsibility as I was tasked with completed my own work and then to review it later as part of the team, I had my own tasks to do and would later have them checked by senior members

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 had improved my technical skills by Learning to use engineering software like MIDAS and TEDDS, this placement has also improved my confidence as I completed tasks which were new for me

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?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

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?

The support was great, I was able to turn to any engineer whenever I was confused or needed help.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The office had a very inviting feeling, it was welcoming and felt like a great place to be in

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

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 really enjoyed the placement, there were a lot of opportunities to have fun and go out, for example the site visits. Being able to travel out of city with fellow team members was a great time and allowed me to strengthen my connection with them