Summer placement Engineer Review
at Vinci
Internship (1 Month+)
Civil Engineering, Engineering
Manchester Airport (MAN), Manchester M90 1QX, UK
Review Submitted: August 2025
Overall Rating
3.6 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
3.3/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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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.
Working with 2 other engineers to help the construction of a new Valeted car park at Manchester airport. Involved setting out drainage, compiling test results using excel and a few online programmes, creating check sheets and ITPs and editing CAD drawings.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes - tasks were assigned to me and looked over by another engineer once completed but overall what was submitted was largely my own work
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed my excel formula use, learnt to use AutoCAD and understood how drainage is installed and designed
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?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
3/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Support was almost always available from other engineers on the team and site manager was happy to help with any queries. My only comment is that it was not made clear to me who my line manager was, and I was left to the support of a graduate engineer (who was great and very supportive so it didn't matter too much)
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
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?
As a young female on a construction site it is sometimes hard to feel included/valued but this team especially was very inclusive and supportive, including the Taylor Woodrow site team (not just the office/engineers)
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
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?
Generally I enjoyed and learn a lot from my placement, there were some slower days (due to delays in site progress because of failing test results) but overall I always had something to do and keep busy enough with
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Vinci to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Vinci
If you have a strong preference about which area of the country you would like to work in (e.g. North/South-West/London) make sure that is clear in your application and agreed before starting work as there are projects all over the country (I could have been sent to Essex, Southampton, Newcastle, Bristol and Manchester across 3 different summer placements)
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Vinci
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Yes
