Student Engineer (civils design & consulting) Review

Item: Student Engineer (civils design & consulting) at Arcadis
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at Arcadis

Placement (10 Months+)

Civil Engineering

Plymouth

Review Submitted: June 2025

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

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4/5 - Company Culture

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.

I work within the civils team, on a range of projects. mostly i use civil 3d for the design of sewers, but also do a lot of work on producing survey scopes and making retorts of the findings form surveys.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

i was given a lot of responsibility with the projects i worked on to manage my time to produce a good quality of work in a given time frame. this want to overwhelming as there is plenty of support and checks to ensure I and my work are doing well.

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 CAD skills, built on my time management from juggling several projects & and people skills working within a team which requires a lot of communication.

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?

4/5

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

3/5

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?

A lot, there are many systems in place to ensure you get the support you need. in addition to loads of people to reach out to/ get help from if 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?

comfortable and positive with lots of events to make you feel included no matter who you are. You can defiantly could feel the pressure of a private company with targets/ billability but never overwhelming or problematic.