Fire Engineering Consultant Review
at Arup
Internship (1 Month+)
Engineering
Winchester/ Hampshire
Review Submitted: August 2021
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
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
The "Fire Engineering" role at Arup provides different tasks on a day-to-day basis. Some of them:
1. Writing fire strategy reports for different client projects and give different fire engineering solutions up to 4 to 5 RIBA stage.
2. Completing fire strategy mark-ups which goes through series of check before being sent off to architects.
3. Visit site for testing and ensuring fire strategies are met.
4. Researching materials and products on behalf of company to improve fire engineering solution.
4. There are other task opportunity that could arise during the internship, such as carrying out different internal projects for the company. This could be initiating an event, programming software's for engineers, arranging internal meetings etc.
Pros:
1. Decent salary for an internship
2. Varying task to keep you interested
3. Flexible job schedules
4. Opportunity to work from home (During COVID - 19)
Cons:
1. Often time difficult to interact with staff members during remote working days (Due to COVID - 19).
1. Writing fire strategy reports for different client projects and give different fire engineering solutions up to 4 to 5 RIBA stage.
2. Completing fire strategy mark-ups which goes through series of check before being sent off to architects.
3. Visit site for testing and ensuring fire strategies are met.
4. Researching materials and products on behalf of company to improve fire engineering solution.
4. There are other task opportunity that could arise during the internship, such as carrying out different internal projects for the company. This could be initiating an event, programming software's for engineers, arranging internal meetings etc.
Pros:
1. Decent salary for an internship
2. Varying task to keep you interested
3. Flexible job schedules
4. Opportunity to work from home (During COVID - 19)
Cons:
1. Often time difficult to interact with staff members during remote working days (Due to COVID - 19).
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a lot responsibility during this placement.
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?
Learnt:
1. Learnt how to do mark-ups and fire engineering strategy.
2. Learnt about fire engineering solutions and strategy, Eg "Means of warning and escape", "Internal fire spread (linings)", "Internal fire spread (structure)", External fire spread" and "Access and facilities for the fire service".
3. Learnt how to do mark-ups and fire engineering strategy.
4. Mailing, writing fee proposal and understanding business strategy.
5. New Excel skills such as using add-ons and simple coding.
6. Programming skills: Using VS Code, C#, Git lab and Design Check 2 (Not a usual task)
Improved upon:
1. Researching skills
2. Identifying key components in different guidelines used by the company.
3. Organize time and plan for the day.
4. Communicate effectively.
1. Learnt how to do mark-ups and fire engineering strategy.
2. Learnt about fire engineering solutions and strategy, Eg "Means of warning and escape", "Internal fire spread (linings)", "Internal fire spread (structure)", External fire spread" and "Access and facilities for the fire service".
3. Learnt how to do mark-ups and fire engineering strategy.
4. Mailing, writing fee proposal and understanding business strategy.
5. New Excel skills such as using add-ons and simple coding.
6. Programming skills: Using VS Code, C#, Git lab and Design Check 2 (Not a usual task)
Improved upon:
1. Researching skills
2. Identifying key components in different guidelines used by the company.
3. Organize time and plan for the day.
4. Communicate effectively.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Most of the senior members were busy and a lot of staff members on holiday during the summer placement. Sometimes I did miss on the support.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
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. The company's west branch had coffee break time half an hour a day. Those moment helps to socialize and often tackles with problem that you may have at work place.
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?
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 enjoyed it most of the time. Very good for people who wants to experience what an office life would feel like.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
Be knowledgeable about the company including some of its history and philosophy. Know about Ove Arup. Work at your pace but be careful of any oncoming deadlines. Please feel free to ask colleagues for help when needed.
