Civil Engineer Apprentice Review
at Mott MacDonald
Level 3 Apprenticeship
Civil Engineering
Bristol
Review Submitted: April 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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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
5/5
I am currently in the HS2 drafting team and my day to day includes reviewing drawings and adding markups and it involves creating drawings to be sent off to review and to fix markups for drawings that have been reviewed and issues have been found
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
I love my programme and want to move onto the level 6 as soon as possible and stay with my company for as long as I can even hopefully moving countries and staying with my company
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
I have learnt lots of CAD skills and given that I have made huge leaps in my CAD skills I have then learnt training skills to train other staff due to my knowledge so my communication skills can now excel
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
My organisation is very structured. We have a well-tolerated team on my direct work level, and the division has leads spread out with regions and direct manager roles, with a very effective, simple organizational chart. Also, my HS2 team is structured very well by sections.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
I receive as much support as I want as I have a great relationship with senior staff who love to help
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
I receive plenty and college work directly related to the work I do so I learn stuff in college that helps with my real work and my college is very driven on getting me to my qualifications they do everything they can with plenty of trackers and meetings
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
5/5
I learn skills in college that are directly linked to highways design
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
5/5
There are so many socials that I can attend that can range from watching sports to going for drinks to cooking classes to going to theatres to playing football to going to paintball it really is anything you want to do.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Mott MacDonald to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Would love them to work in such a great environment where colleagues already are like friends
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Mott MacDonald?
Be passionate - The company does not mind if someone does not know something as things can be learnt but the attitude to wanting to learn is what they care about
