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Checking emails and teams for any tasks given Weekly meeting with your placement manager buddy Networking with colleagues through tasks and supporting on various projects Work is given adhoc and responsibilities are minimal Work involves analysis
Complete sweeps of worksites and review weeks ready for AWPM meetings Chair one week of these meetings Reply to emails in the inbox and help out with any other tasks that the speaclist wants me to help with
My role as an Electrical and Electronic engineer at Network Rail included various responsibilities ranging from leading major projects loads of opportunities to go out on site and leading multiple STEM events A typical day would consist of weekly meetin
I worked within the operations risk team assisting with day to day tasks that involved a mix of data collection and presenting the relevant data in a clear and concise way
Work on projects that improve sustainable operations on the railway Participate in track maintenance I have produced a feasibility study for a green energy portfolio at a maintenance depot and am providing a business case for solar power supplying track
I would usually have a team meeting in the morning then after afterwards I would do any work we needed to to that day for example doing a site visit or writing reports or using excel to produce documents about our assets
Collecting information preparing construction related documents and doing AutoCad drawings
Shadowing the track maintenance team Attending meetings Data analysis combining tack and geotechnical data Placement is what you make of it
Project Managing real project myself with the support of my manager and the rest of the team I learnt about finances reporting escalation managing risks Day to day is really about solving problems and working with people Most things can be resolved
High level asset management Improving methods to ensure the performance of the structural asset portfolio Safety incident reporting Handling asset data Refining methods to reduce risk Site visits traveling around the country to gain on the ground
The flexibility of Network Rails placement scheme allowed me to work with different teams across the organisation and gave me the opportunity to build myself experience within the industry to kickstart my professional development The combination of work
I worked in the structural engineering team undertaking design tasks The work mostly involved bridge engineering at an early design stage
I work in a finance team that deals with consolidating financial statements On a day to day basis I have Teams meetings with business partners and look at project budgets forecasts etc My responsibilities are similar to others in the team Im tre
I support the environment and sustainable development team to deliver their sustainability strategy This includes meeting withcontacting stakeholders researching and making case studies offering technical support collecting and analysing data youth
Assisted with other Design engineers with helping out with their work I was part of multiple different teams in Electrification amp Plant I learnt a huge amount from each one however I was mainly part of the Distribution team where I was able to learn
Work varied throughout the placement and I was able to get involved in different jobs and meetings to get an understanding on what my team were involved in and work across the business My weeks were varied as I had many opportunities to travel across th
My role was in the Operations and projects team on a day to day basis this involved a variety of different tasks Some including ongoing project management and support for new projects and sometimes more of the post go live work around measuring the ben
I assist with research and the planning of work to rectify flooding related risks and would visit the work being carried out to ensure the contactor understood the issue I also update our data sources to ensure the team is kept up to date with the curren
On an everyday basis the role includes communicating with internal and external stakeholders Arranging meeting slide packs and agendas to communicate topics with partners You are responsible for making sure partners have all tools needed to complete t
The placement is suitable for either an electrical electrical ampamp electronic or mechanical engineering student You will be based within the Electrification ampamp Plant maintenance engineering team in Western West delivery unit as part of the t
