Year in Industry Placement Student Review

Item: Year in Industry Placement Student at Via East Midlands
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Via East Midlands

Placement (10 Months+)

Civil Engineering

West Bridgford, Nottingham

Review Submitted: May 2023

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 work in the West Bridgford office, Nottingham and would either shadow senior engineers with tasks, site works and other involvements for my personal developments as well as being assigned my own work. I also have the opportunity to work from home for 40% of the week.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was! From the start, I have been asked to work on real jobs and learn at my own pace with a friendly and approachable team, and i was never left feeling unneeded. I was part of the team and not just "making tea"

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 learnt: to use Tekkla Tedds, write and review SSIP's, Safety Auditing, Crash site investigating and report writing as well as greater experience working with datasets, AutoCAD and problem solving.

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?

Whenever needed, i was given guidance on jobs and tasks, which was as and when needed, and whenever a new topic or job came through, I was taught, left top learn then asked questions on how my progress was coming along. overall a brilliant 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?

Inclusive, friendly and everyone was approachable whenever I met another member of the company, I never felt intimidated nor belittled, and I would love a career in VIA EM

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 the independence of writing my own time sheets, being left to work o projects with no overbearing and the ability to wok from home on projects that did not need office presence. Overall I would happily do it again!