Hydrogen Intern Review

by National Grid

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Analysing asset data sets currently used for natural gas and analysing their potential use for hydrogen. On a day-to-day basis this involved going through manufacturers data and drawings and picking out relevant details


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Analysing data Reporting progress in a succinct fashion Presentation skills


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, our final report will be used to support the decision to move to hydrogen


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • We were able to go into the office once a week for face-to-face meetings which was very helpful during covid. Also we had a dedicated line manager that would spend the day with us when we were in the office.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Difficult to assess as we were mainly working from home, but overall was very inclusive and welcoming


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I found it a valuable experience and a really worthwhile, societal project that is very important in todays time


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at National Grid
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to National Grid
  • Clarity of scope and knowing the intended use of the project. having a single point of contact in the business


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

West Midlands

October 2021


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