Balfour Beatty reviews

Great training initatives, good close knit team, support from staff on and off site is great. During placement year I was really allowed to progress, by the end of the placement I was undertaking a number of big (for placement year) responsibilities. I was intergrated fully into the site team and welcomed from the very begining. The HR & training teams allowed me to attend serveral training courses I thought would be left until becoming a full time employee, but from earliy on they were investing in my development. - week long Site Surveying Course, 4 star hotel paid for, food & travel expenses - during placement completed level 3 NVQ allowing progression to Gold CSCS - CSCS test and card paid and organised by Balfour Beatty All work travel expenses paid, which is a huge help when working in london, travel card £300+ a month!! Good social scene and atmosphere between all areas of the company I came into contact with. Most importantly I was able to learn a great, great deal during my placement year from the experienced people I was able to work with. Built hugely on the theoretical knowledge from university and lots of opportunities to put it into practice. Whilst working on the project I was considered a full member of the site team, not as 'the uni student' to be kept to simple tasks. I was given as much work as could handle and able to work using my own initative regularily (not constantly checked and monitored) which gave me a great feeling of trust. Whilst there I had great feed back from the site team, project office team, and the project director on my progress. It was a great working year and I have recently been offered a graduate position once completing my degree, which I accepted straight away. If you have the opportunity to carry out a placement with Balfour Beatty I would strongly accept it, not just on site though. Through the friends I met at the company also on placements based off site they feel the same way.

It has an overall good salary, besides, they offer a pension scheme, private medical cover and a travel allowance or company car, depending on the nature of your role. Also, they give you up to 25 days holiday per year. They also offer you training in your area of work. If you work there as an intern, you are assigned a mentor who is an expert in the area and who guides you during your internship. Also, the work environment is very comfortable. My time at Balfour Beatty was very pleasant thanks to my work partners. I would say that it was the best part of working there.