Bridge Engineering Intern Review

Item: Bridge Engineering Intern at Mott MacDonald
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Mott MacDonald

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering

Croydon

Review Submitted: September 2022

Overall Rating

5 /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

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

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.

I mainly dealt with section designs using FEA software to extract forces and Excel to ensure that the section of the pier stem created satisfies eurocode conditions.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes I was designing all the piers for the whole 200+m span bridge for one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe. This amount of responsibility given to me was quite a pleasant surprise.

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’ve learnt strut and tie modelling, as well as the design process from the ground up, as opposed to to top down of a bridge pier. I also had the chance to improve upon my autocad skills in order to make my work more efficient.

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?

5/5

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?

My line manager and supervisor gave me a lot of support when I had doubts with my tasks. They also provided the theory behind the “algorithmic” process in which we follow in design.

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?

Everyone was very chill and most people look forward to coming into the office, although we were given the flexibility to work from home.

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?

I enjoyed meeting people from different countries in Mott Macdonald. I also enjoyed the work we do as the project directly adds value into the Uk economy.