Trainee Cost Consultant Review

Item: Trainee Cost Consultant at Arcadis
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Arcadis

Placement (10 Months+)

Surveying

Warrington

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 provide a service to the cost and commercial management function, undertaking low complexity tasks to support senior colleagues. I manage my own workload under minimal supervision and resolve routine/simple problems

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes during my placement I took on my own roles on the project I worked on. I had daily and monthly responsibilities.

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?

Yes I have improved on my communication and software skills. As well as learning more of what the role consists of

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?

Towards the start I had a lot of support and guidance. Once I became more confident in my work and role the support and guidance was still there but in a different way. I have a one to one with my line manager weekly and regular guidance from my project manager