Summer Placement Energy Engineer Review

Item: Summer Placement Energy Engineer at Buro Happold
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Buro Happold

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Leeds

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.8 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - 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.

Energy engineering, working on different projects including masterplans and campus decarbonisations. Used electrical engineering background to complete electrical work for example schematics and designing substations. Using GIS to layout electrical networks. Working with electrical and steam data. Completing cost benefit analysis for clients. Looking at sustainable energy solutions such as battery energy storage and solar pv.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was able to take on my own parts in projects, including joining and interacting in client meetings. Given enough responsibility to be challenging but manageable, with good supervision and technical support.

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?

During my time at BH I have developed many skills. Technical skills including lots of different widely used industry softwares, and problem solving. However, also working in a team, talking and working with clients, presentation skills, and communication skills.

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?

I had my own technical support and always had someone to reach out to for support.

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?

Before joining BH I read online about how good the culture was and how they look after each their staff. After my placement I can only agree, the environment is great and all the staff are very welcoming and friendly.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

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 really enjoyed my placement. I worked in the Leeds office where everyone was very friendly, there was a good number of people from my team there aswell. My line manager was in my best interest and gave me really interesting projects to work on.