Towards the end of his third year Dimitar, completing a Civil Engineering degree began his mentoring partnership with a worker of Mott MacDonald.

Having completed BEng Civil Engineering at Cardiff University, followed by MSc Civil Engineering Management at Plymouth University this mentor’s main responsibilities include design of engineering solutions, monitoring of budgets and communication with clients.

Dimitar gave some great feedback about the scheme.

What were the highlights of the scheme for you?

After a couple meetings, my mentor invited me to help him and his team at the South West Big Bang Science festival in June. There he introduced me to his collegues and we had a productive networking session.

What did you find most useful from the mentoring experience?

The relationship you build with your mentor. It stays for longer than the Career Mentor Scheme duration. Me and my mentor still exchange emails and make plans for future meetings.

What message would you give to a student thinking of applying for the Career Mentor Scheme?

GO FOR IT, APPLY! With capital letters.

The highlight for the mentor was:

“Interesting insight into on-going research and helping develop how this might be applied commercially.”