Building Services - Mechanical Review

Item: Building Services - Mechanical at Arup
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Arup

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Leeds

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

4.7 /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

4.8/5 - 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.

Carried out energy modelling, report writing, calculation and graphical tasks for mechanical services in buildings.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

My tasks were of an important part of the project deliverable, so it has relatively high responsibility.

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?

Energy modelling software proficiency, services strategy selection and design, and interdisciplinary design understanding.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

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?

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?

The hands-on learning approach of energy modelling software has been supported by helpful colleagues who are willing to advise and help when I got stuck.

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?

Wellbeing and interdisciplinary interaction is very encouraged, though the short internship did not provide significant opportunities outside of my role specialism.

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?

4/5

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 it. The internship has been insightful and helpful towards developing my design process and thinking for my university and career projects.