Structural engineering intern Review
at Buro Happold
Internship (1 Month+)
Civil Engineering
Manchester
Review Submitted: August 2024
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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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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 has involved helping the team on a project by delivering a calculation package detailing the forces and reactions in all of the beams/columns and bracing using hand calculations and software for more difficult scenarios. I have used a range of software packages to help me in my time at Buro Happold and have been given a range of tasks to work through along side this main task.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I think I was given a fair amount of responsibility for my role.
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 have developed my hand calc skills a lot since joining. I have developed new skills with a range of software I hadn’t used before.
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 of support when needed.
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?
Very friendly and welcoming. Would gladly work here full time with this group of people.
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 the full on learning and being given real tasks for real projects. I also enjoyed going on the site visits and seeing the designs being implemented at stage 5 of the project.
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 Buro Happold
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Buro Happold to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Buro Happold
Absolutely pick to work here without hesitation. Everyone is friendly and the office is a very pleasant place to work and in a great location. Interesting projects and a good balance for if you need to work from home.
