Quantity Surveyor Summer Placement Review
at CityFibre
Internship (1 Month+)
Coventry
Review Submitted: August 2022
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
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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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.
Analysing photo evidence for compensation events and processing applications for payments.
Communicating with BAE's/PIA team to ensure that claims match our latest workbooks
Carry out civils measures for PN's.
Checking data models to ensure all PN's are there; adding the missing ones.
Adding the release sheets and updating the data models.
Site walk-offs to put PN's in maintenance (Handover)
Taking educational courses such as Training for Quantity Surveyors, NEC3 etc.
Communicating with BAE's/PIA team to ensure that claims match our latest workbooks
Carry out civils measures for PN's.
Checking data models to ensure all PN's are there; adding the missing ones.
Adding the release sheets and updating the data models.
Site walk-offs to put PN's in maintenance (Handover)
Taking educational courses such as Training for Quantity Surveyors, NEC3 etc.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Was given responsibility when I was sent a folder of A55's (claims) and I had to to review the evidence and either approve or reject the payment. This was in my second week and they provided me with the names and departments I would need to communicate with in order to complete the task and left me to it.
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 Improved my Microsoft Excel skills as I used that everyday.
Also improved my communication and team working skills as the job requires you communicate with other professional teams (internal or external) in order to be able to complete your tasks.
-Gained multiple certificates from doing courses on the company Hub listed Below:
-Fire Module
-First Aid Module
-Computer Workstations (DSE) (CPD certified & IOSH approved)
-Information Security Essentials
-Phishing
-Information Security Smart GDPR
Also improved my communication and team working skills as the job requires you communicate with other professional teams (internal or external) in order to be able to complete your tasks.
-Gained multiple certificates from doing courses on the company Hub listed Below:
-Fire Module
-First Aid Module
-Computer Workstations (DSE) (CPD certified & IOSH approved)
-Information Security Essentials
-Phishing
-Information Security Smart GDPR
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?
3/5
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?
Received plenty of guidance and support during the placement including people outside my team such as the City Planners and BAE's. Everyone was always keen to help and provide support whenever I needed it. Majority of people I met on my first week(s) gave me their contact details, for me to contact them if I needed help with anything that would help my education and placement experience.
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?
We had regular team meetings and everyone was friendly and offered me their support during the meetings.
I worked with a diverse team in every office I visited and felt inclusive. They also announced that they would be doing charitable work at the Brighton Pride and offered staff the opportunity to be involved if they were available or interested.
I worked with a diverse team in every office I visited and felt inclusive. They also announced that they would be doing charitable work at the Brighton Pride and offered staff the opportunity to be involved if they were available or interested.
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?
When I started I only knew of Quantity Surveying from a property development point of view, so working at Cityfibre has opened up my mind and showed me that they are more opportunities than I first thought .
I mostly enjoyed how different everyday could be, the fact that they have you involved in more than one project means that you get to experience a different atmosphere every other day.
I mostly enjoyed how different everyday could be, the fact that they have you involved in more than one project means that you get to experience a different atmosphere every other day.
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 CityFibre
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend CityFibre to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to CityFibre
My interview process had 2 phases, first phase was with HR and was a basic interview. The second phase was me doing a 10 min presentation about myself, how I would contribute to Cityfibre during my placement etc. This was to the same HR recruiter from the first Interview and 2 Quantity Surveyors, who are now my supervisors.
For your first day, I'd say dress smart or smart casual and get the feel of the office you're based in. In terms of work, don't be scared to ask for more tasks, as they all contribute to your learning.
If you're not sure about something, ask anyone around you and they'll either help you or direct you to the right direction.
For your first day, I'd say dress smart or smart casual and get the feel of the office you're based in. In terms of work, don't be scared to ask for more tasks, as they all contribute to your learning.
If you're not sure about something, ask anyone around you and they'll either help you or direct you to the right direction.
