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Trainee engineer Review

at BAM

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Aberaeron

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

4.9 /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
4.5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
5/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Help the site engineer with their tasks. A normal day involves setting out, checking the concrete and making cubes to be tested, site inductions and more
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I have the responsibility of inductions, creating concrete cubes for testing, checking if the correct concrete has come. Setting out levels for the ground workers
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 got better at setting out and have increase my knowledge of what goes on at site.
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?
4/5
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?
I had a lot of support, every questions I had someone had the answer to it and everything was explained to me as we were completing the tasks
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?
Great atmosphere everyone was friendly and happy to help me and guide me to become better.
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 really enjoyed my placement and would recommend every uni undergraduate to do it
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 BAM
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend BAM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAM
Ask lots of questions
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