Student Engineer Review

Item: Student Engineer at Arcadis
Rating: 3.9
Author: Anonymous

at Arcadis

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Guildford

Review Submitted: August 2022

Overall Rating

3.9 /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!

2/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

3.5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Collaborations with other summer placement students across the country on intern competitions such as a bridge design competition. Help calculations and checks on real life projects such as high speed 2 with the help of senior engineers. Network with senior staff in the office and via Microsoft team in meetings and more informal catch ups, presentations and tutorials.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was responsible for helping carry out independent CAT3 checks on real life projects.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

2/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

I have advanced my excel skills, autocad skills and collaboration skills. I have learnt new modelling programs such as Midas and sketchup.

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?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

The support was very good however the guidance could have been better. My senior engineer struggling was not very encouraging and feedback was poor.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The culture was very good however the atmosphere was lacking in the guildford office. There was a much better atmosphere in the London office due to lack of stuff as most people worked from home.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

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 but it would have been significantly better if I was not the only intern in the office. I felt very exposed and my buddy failed to contact me once.