Operate & Maintain Projects Team Review

by National Grid

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Rating

4.1/5
  • The Role
    3.9
  • The Company
    4.1
  • The Culture
    4.3

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • I have enjoyed my placement, my team have made it an enjoyable workplace as well as the other Industrial Placment Students who we socialise with and meet up regularly and are a great network of friends to have on placment. The work was challenging and engaging an as my intrest grew in my project I enjoyed it more. However due to the contracters on my project being diffcult this resulted in my project and workload been limted. But overall an enjoyable experinece and its ammasing how far you can develop in this year.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Always going to be diffcult as you are starting a new career in a new field. However the members of National Grid have always been very friendly and my team were very welcoming and supportive. Once your knowledge of the field increases your input and outlook can be valued.

    4/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Regular Monthly one to oneswith your line manager which were very effective in order to plan the next stage in your projects. Due to the nature of the job your line manager and yourslef may be out on the patch so you may go for times without seeing them for a while but they are only a phone call away. The new talent team were very supportive and you will be allocated quaterly reviews to aid you development

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • I was allocated a placement in the Projects team the workload can fluctuate depending on were abouts your project is and how competent your contracters and stakeholders are. There was always the opportunity to see the work going on in pipelines and projects teams

    3/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • I was given free reign of my own project which I was allowed to run contacting contracters and stakeholders with support from my line manager

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • My workbased communication improved greatly in paticular with Phone calls and E-mails. As well as different aspects of project management and organising which I wasnt previously aware of these skills are very transferable to any job role/further studying. However I wish the work could be a bit more technical I was working with designs and calculations but these were contracted out and not completed by myself. FYI Its worth noting National Grid invest a lot of time in your personal development and what work aspects you wish to improve upon

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Very friendly and would offer help even when they are under a heavy workload

    5/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • 5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • National Grid invest heavily in your training with various exercise and development days before you start work and after your placement to access how and where you have developed. Quaterley reviews can help you find out feedback and which areas you need to improve in to better yourself in the workplace. One of National Grids best qualities

    5/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    National Travel

    Company Parties/Events

    Working from home

    3/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • National Grid's Graduate programme looks very appealing the placement. Students and graduate events are often arranged with National Grid were you are able to discuss and talk about each others experience. From what I have heard the devolpment and investment in the graduate scheme is great allowing the chance to develop yourself further.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • The fellow Industrial placment students were very sociable with an original three days spent togther at the training centre. There were various National Grid orgenised events to network and meet up. If an area in National Grid or other engineering areas are appelaing to yourself It is promoted to arrange the event and other Ip's are welcome to join. As well as the group organising nights out which were more relaxed.

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Lived In Birmingham 15 minutes away from home I would suggest sparerooms to anyone looking for houses to rent. I personally chose some of the biggest houses availabel in order to make friends in the area this paid off as I got on and socialised with most of my housemates.

    4/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Birminghams pretty good for a night out and been sucha good city theres a range of bars and other activites during the day to suite your needs

    4/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Lots of trips with the Placment students Dinorwig Hydro electric plant was a very good experinece

    4/5

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Engineering, Financial Management, Manufacturing, Product Design, Purchasing and Supply

West Midlands

September 2016


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