Summer Placement Review

Item: Summer Placement at Arcadis
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Arcadis

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Glasgow

Review Submitted: September 2025

Overall Rating

4.6 /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 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - 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.

Reviewed client specifications and helped out with standard drawing organisation. Completed simple foundation reports which utilised ROBOT structural design. Completed a charity fundraising challenge. Completed some excel/admin tasks.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

A decent amount considering I am only a 2nd year student.

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?

Improved on variety of softwares.
Learned how to complete variety of foundation checks.
Learned what to look for when reviewing drawings for details and risks.

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?

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?

I had a decent amount.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

4/5

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?

Good atmosphere - very friendly.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

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 enjoyed it a good amount - the internship flew in. Learned a lot of new personal and technical skills. Met a wide variety of people which I enjoyed.