Summer Placement (Water) Review

Item: Summer Placement (Water) at Mott MacDonald
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Mott MacDonald

Internship (1 Month+)

Civil Engineering, Engineering

Cambridge

Review Submitted: September 2022

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

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

- Excel for project management (Using macros)
- Admin tasks including but limited to: Note taking, setting up a Sharepoint site
- Preparing presentations
- Basic engineering calculations
- Preparing Presentations

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was responsible for revamping internal project management tools. This task was very engaging. I was not given as much responsibility during the rest of the internship.

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?

VBA, Project management, Macros for excel.

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?

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

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

The staff was remarkably supportive, nice, and welcoming of any questions I had.

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?

The company has a great work-life balance, with nice activities organized after work daily and occasional corporate events.

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?

Overall my placement was enjoyable. Work culture was nice. The projects were interesting and people were supportive. Although I learned a lot, I would have appreciated having more responsibility. I would recommend this internship to aspiring engineers.