National Grid

To maintain and service substation equipment and to learn about the equipment in depth.

On site I am either working as part of a team or by myself either on outage work maintaining, refurbing or repairing HV Substation Equipment or Carrying out site repairs or routine work. For the first few years this would be under personal supervision unt...

Applying training out in the field by testing and maintaining high voltage equipment (including circuit breakers and transformers) and this equipment's protection systems. A large part of the job also involves managing health and safety. This is paramount...

apprentice craftsperson learning how to fix equipment on the electricity network

During this placements I attend different placements getting exposure of the different areas at National Grid. On a day to day basis currently I am carrying out changes to the IEMS which ensures the system is regularly updated for better accuracy to allo...

As a Higher Apprentice Project Manager I work closely with a Project Manager within my team, this can involve: sitting in on virtual/in person meetings, meeting minutes, attending site as well as visiting other sites to see project progress and helping th...

The average day-to-day role that I am working towards will be helping National Grid to maintain a safe, reliable and efficient electricity transmission network. As part of this we will require the ability to temporarily remove assets from the network for...

My role involves attending regular training at Eakring training centre, attending site where I will assist other craftpersons in maintenance, repair, routine and admin jobs. Through my first year at National Grid, I spend a lot of time completing a portfo...

On the job learning consists of being part of a new department every 4-6 months to help me gain an appreciation of what each department does. The university side consists of a 2 year course at Aston university. There is also training provided my National...

My day to day tasks and interactions change daily depending on the line of work/training scheduled for that day. this could include bespoke training courses, University academic studies or on-the-job learning. I interact with a wide range of customers and...

Learning how to perform studies (e.g. voltage, thermal and fault level) on the transmission system to facilitate the connection of generators and demand customers. Using these results to work out what network reinforcements need doing. Liaising with othe...

When training, a normal day will be about 9-4:30. This includes at least a 30 minute lunch and a number of breaks throughout as well. Training takes place at a place called Eakring and they provide all food and accommodation for when you need to stay over...

When there is outage work I am always busy carrying out essential maintenance on the high voltage equipment. This is can be rewarding and enjoyable as there is a good team spirit with the other workers. However, depending on the area you are based in ther...

My role as a project development engineer is to manage asset replacement and refurbishment projects from the start until the finish and cooperate with various stakeholders involved during this.

My role is within Customer Connections, looking into the compliancy of the network and dealing with customer applications, checking the compliancy, then modelling the connection on the design simulation software. During training, this will be built up ove...

I will work on a substation and my role is to be a substation craftsperson. Being a substation craftsperson means I will be looking after the assets on a substation. For example one of the tasks I may be assigned to could be maintenance on an asset such a...

I am an apprentice, so i have to shadow experienced craftspersons and take part in various jobs in order to satisfy the requirements on my log book. At times i am also frequently training at the national grid training center in Earking, where we learn ski...

The Apprenticeship includes lots of hands on maintenance and installation of HV electrical equipment up to 400Kv, about half of the 3 years is dedicated to training courses including city and guilds and practical training skills.

My day to day role as an apprentice is to study and work towards internal company qualifications, alongside some external qualifications such as NEBOSH and a foundation degree. I plan myself in for most work and travel to various sites to execute it, as w...

My Job role at the end of my apprenticeship is to work in a high voltage substation maintaining and servicing the equipment. As an apprentice it involves a mixture of coming up to national grid's training academy at Eakring to carry out courses and other...