Apprentice Architecture Review
at Mott MacDonald
Degree Apprenticeship
Construction
Birmingham
Review Submitted: April 2025
Overall Rating
3.8 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3.6/5
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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:
3/5
Assisting / occasionally leading project delivery (RIBA Stage 0-4), including creating, amending and finalising drawing packages, model development, coordinating with other disciplines, developing deliverables for meetings (internal and external), design development, reporting to senior members of design team, overseeing junior members of staff, contributing to business development through working groups.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
4/5
Design coordination, design abilities, construction drawing packages, communication, working to deadlines, time management, contract/statutory knowledge, people management.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
How much support do you receive from your employer?
3/5
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
4/5
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
4/5
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Mott MacDonald to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Good opportunity to understand how large, public projects work, variety of experience across many sectors including Aviation, Defence, Justice, Rail, Education and various other. Opportunities to understand how other disciplines work.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Mott MacDonald?
Limited experiences with stages 4+, limited on-site experience. Large consultancy means project management duties fall on project management teams opposed to architects (as per traditional practice) - would recommend that if these are areas of interest to prospective architecture apprentices, then traditional practice is more likely to be suitable.
