I spent my first day with Kate Barrett, who gave me some activities to settle into the environment after giving me an induction, introducing me to everyone and showing me around the office.
On the second day, I spent my morning working with purchasing. I got to make my own order catalogue on Excel after I was shown the ropes on how to do it. I then spent the afternoon helping Kate make a PowerPoint of one of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Toolbox Talks.
On day 3, I was able to go to the Nottingham Pedestrian Footbridge site in the morning. At the site, I learnt about their different methods and plans to move the bridge from where it is being built in Hucknall to the new site. I spent my afternoon working with the environmental department, where I assisted with designing a new policy which merges four policies into one.
Day four was spent with the training department, learning about the qualifications you need to become a trainer. I also learnt about risk assessments and ways to deliver training. In the afternoon, I was with the commercial and pre-construction team. Firstly, with the quantity surveyors, learning and understanding what their job involves. I also spent time with the estimators learning how they price jobs and read drawings. Then I spent time with Marketing, where I was tasked with looking at McCanns website, listing the pros and cons of the website and what I thought about the functionality, design and other aesthetics, as well as doing competitor analysis!
On day 5, I spent my morning with the accounts team, learning how to go through invoices and manage purchases made by McCanns, which was very interesting.
Overall, I would consider my work experience at McCanns a huge learning experience. I had a lot of fun and learnt a lot of things from many friendly people around the office. Thank you for having me at McCanns, and I really appreciate everything you did for me this week.”
