Student Programmes

We offer a variety of undergraduate schemes - whether you are looking for a year in an organisation before you go to university or if you have the option of a placement year as part of your degree, we have a student programme for you.

These are the career paths for Student Programmes:-

Technical Engineer
Commercial
Finance
Information Services

Click on the programmes below to view the opportunities.

Key benefits of the Student Development Programme:-

Ideal way to develop `hands on’ experience in a large organisation
Excellent exposure to the Energy and Power industry
Provides a head start for your career and will give you an insight into different career paths
Places you in a strong position for future opportunities with National Grid
Opportunity to gain a broader understanding of our whole business
Opportunity to apply for scholarship (applies to Industrial Placement and Year in Industry only)
Deliver excellent performance during your placement and you will be invited to attend an early Assessment Centre for the Graduate Development Programme at the start of your final year, leaving you free to concentrate on achieving that all important grade
Opportunity to work across the UK (must be willing to work away from home)
Before you start we will contact you to discuss your project in order for you to have the best development experience possible. We will also provide ongoing feedback and support throughout your programme
An exceptional opportunity to see inside National Grid and see if we’re the company for you

Industrial Placement

These are some of the areas you could be working in:-

Technical Engineer
Commercial
Finance
Information Services

Click on the programmes below to view the opportunities.

Key benefits of the Student Development Programme:-

Ideal way to develop `hands on’ experience in a large organisation
Excellent exposure to the Energy and Power industry
Provides a head start for your career and will give you an insight into different career paths
Places you in a strong position for future opportunities with National Grid
Opportunity to gain a broader understanding of our whole business
Opportunity to apply for scholarship (applies to Industrial Placement and Year in Industry only)
Deliver excellent performance during your placement and you will be invited to attend an early Assessment Centre for the Graduate Development Programme at the start of your final year, leaving you free to concentrate on achieving that all important grade
Opportunity to work across the UK (must be willing to work away from home)
Before you start we will contact you to discuss your project in order for you to have the best development experience possible. We will also provide ongoing feedback and support throughout your programme
An exceptional opportunity to see inside National Grid and see if we’re the company for you

Industrial Placement

· 12 month Industrial Placement

· Typically offered during the penultimate year at University

· Salary £15,600 p.a.

· Two day development workshop

We have Industrial Placements available across a number of business areas within National Grid.

· Electricity Network Investment (ENI)

· Market Operations

· Commercial

· Finance

· Information Services

· Gas Distribution Network Strategy

· Gas Distribution Customer Operations

· Gas Distribution Processes

· Liquefied Natural Gas

Electricity Network Investment (ENI) - Investment Delivery - is accountable for ensuring the delivery of projects to time, cost and quality. The role of the Investment Delivery Engineer requires engagement with Customers, construction contractors and multiple departments across the business. With hundreds of projects in development, every one being different, no day is the same. There are 5 regional teams that work with Capital Delivery our construction business to deliver around £1.5bn of investment per year.

Investment Delivery is at the heart of the business driving through future investment schemes to ensure we are able to meet our customer’s needs, against an ever changing diverse mix of energy supplies.

You will have a unique opportunity to see the whole investment process through from start to finish from a basic idea right through to the delivery and construction of a major project for National Grid.

Electricity Network Investment (ENI) - Future Strategy - are responsible for developing the future strategy for the onshore and offshore electricity networks, new asset and changing system performance. It will look at delivering projects relating to new technologies, developing an integrated offshore network, implementing strategic developments including HVDC links to secure the network, and implementing smarter network performance.

Future Strategy reacts to changes in regulation, changing energy mix, the use of the network and will use new technologies and ways of working to enable National Grid to prepare for these changes. By developing future opportunities and innovative solutions it creates value for the business and secures the funding for delivery.

Future Strategy is developing solutions to problems that have never been encountered before by National Grid or the UK electricity network. The team sits at the front of the technology curve, learning from and informing other transmission system operators worldwide on a number of technical issues.

Degrees considered - a 2.2 or above in Electrical or Mechanical engineering

Market Operation - undertake the System Operator role for the Gas and Electricity market for Great Britain. We are responsible for balancing the supply and demand for both systems. You could be assessing outage scenarios to ensure our security standards are maintained; using and developing an extensive set of algorithms to determine the demand profile for the next week or integrating new tools into the control rooms to help staff manage the system in ever more complex scenarios.

Market Operation, as the System Operator has a unique responsibility within National Grid to ensure that all the players in the energy market from Gas Shippers to Nuclear power stations can gain access to the market in a fair and balanced way. We interface across the industry and are a leading member of a number of European developments. The knowledge and system understanding gained within Market Operation has formed the foundation for the career of many of the company leaders.

Degrees considered - a 2.2 or above in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Degrees considered - a 2.1 or above in Maths, Economics, Science, Business or Computing/Software

Commercial – you might be:

· negotiating connection and service contracts with customers (such as power station developers/operators, gas suppliers and storage operators)

· working with Industry colleagues, the European Commission and other national bodies to develop and implement the Industry Codes (which set out how the industry operates)

· determining our charging rules and collecting our revenues,

· anticipating how the nation’s energy needs might develop in the decades to come in order to understand how networks might have to change

As a Commercial Analyst at National Grid, you will be involved with all of these elements to some degree, whilst simultaneously becoming an expert in your particular niche. This gives you the chance to work with people from right across the industry and within National Grid to resolve a wide range of complex problems, to develop new and innovative ways of doing business and to manage business to business relationships.

Degrees considered - a 2.2 or above in Environmental engineering or Physics or a

2.1 or above in Chemistry, Geography, Maths, English, History or Business

Finance - is committed to providing insight to drive National Grid’s financial outperformance and long term value creation through strategic leadership, innovative thinking, strong stewardship and efficient processes delivered by a team of committed finance professionals. We have a variety of opportunities which may include any of the following:

· Playing an integral part of business decision making

· Maintaining strong controls and financial integrity

· Safeguarding our assets and reputation

· Managing our financing costs and tax efficiently and effectively

· Providing financial performance, creating forecasts and plans to business segments to drive good decisions

Degrees considered – all degree disciplines - 2.2 or above in engineering disciplines and a 2.1 or above in all other degree disciplines. Individuals should be able to demonstrate a real passion for finance

Information Services - we deliver the enabling technology platforms that underpins National Grid’s mission to be the foremost international gas and electricity company.

Individuals could work in:

· Strategy & Architecture

· Solution Delivery

· Service Delivery

· Business Relationship Management

· Security

Degrees considered – a 2.1 or above in Information Technology & Management Business (ITMB) or Business & Computing or Business & Engineering

Gas Distribution:

Our People - We know what it takes to be successful and celebrate when we achieve it!

Our Presence - We are proud to serve our communities, keeping people safe and wam everyday. We have a 200 year heritage to be proud of and an exciting future ahead of us.

Our opportunity to grow - We operate in a challenging and constantly changing environment with exciting new opportunities.

Gas Distribution Network Strategy - is at the heart of the Gas Distribution business and carries out work that includes controlling how we safely operate our gas distribution network. We also determine how and when we replace or maintain 132000km of gas pipe and 700 installations that control the flow of gas through the network. There are six parts to the Network Strategy team.

· The Distribution Network Control Centre (DNCC) controls the operation of the gas network to help ensure that gas gets to our customers safely. The team in the control room remotely operate about 700 installations to control the pressure and flow of gas around the country.

· The Network Design team ensures that the pipes in our network remain fit for purpose and have sufficient capacity for the gas that our customers need. This includes adapting to meet climate change objectives and we lead on helping customers in the “renewables” sector to develop new processes to connect sources such as Biogas to our network.

· The Asset Strategy & Investment team is responsible for ensuring that all of our assets (pipes and pressure control installations) get the investment they need to keep them properly maintained, safe and efficient. This includes making long term predictions about how much gas our customers will need and making business cases to secure the funding needed to maintain, replace or build new assets.

· The Network Integrity team is responsible for the integrity and safe operation of our gas network and the specification of the gas that flows through it. We manage the “Safe Control of Operations” which ensures that all of the work carried out on our network is done by competent people and according to the correct procedures.

· The Engineering Policy team sets technical and engineering standards for gas network management and ensures that they keep up with the times in terms of technology, environmental considerations and modern construction methodologies. We also liaise closely with Health & Safety Executive and keep in touch with technical organisations throughout Europe and across the world.

· The Innovation Delivery team coordinates the introduction of new ideas and technology into Distribution to make sure that we make the most of the benefits that innovation brings and that we stay at the forefront of the ever changing energy industry.

Network Strategy delivers asset management capabilities to Gas Distribution. Our primary objective is to optimise the balance between risk, cost and performance over the lifecycle of our assets.

We need to make sure we know where our assets are, what we want from them, get the best value from them and be confident they are safe and reliable for our customers. We can provide opportunities to be involved in the day to day control of our network or at the forefront of asset investment, technical innovation, or the development of new and renewable sources of gas. Network Strategy is also a great place from which to meet and work with people from right across Gas Distribution.

Degrees considered – a 2.2 or above in Mechanical, Chemical or Civil engineering

Gas Distribution Customer Operations - are developing a ‘world class Customer Centre’ to give our customers a single point of contact into Gas Distribution, whilst providing a service we can all be proud of.

We forecast the workload for the field force and make sure that we have the right people in the right places, to ensure a safe and efficient service is in place.

Customer Operatives plays a massive part in ensuring that National Grid becomes the most efficient Gas Distribution business in the UK.

Degrees considered – a 2.2 or above in Mechanical, Chemical or Civil engineering

Grain Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) - is one of the world’s leading LNG importation and storage terminals - boasting the capacity to export up to 20% of the UK’s gas requirements into the UK transmission and local distribution network. A unique facility within National Grid - Grain LNG offers a variety of roles at one site. Chemical, Marine, Mechanical, Electrical, C&I and Civil Engineers can all play an active part in operational, delivery support, Gas Quality or Commercial and Assurance functions.

With around £1 Billion of investment Grain LNG is critical to the current and future mix of energy provision in the UK. We lead the way in LNG importation in the UK and are in the envious position of being in a growing market with security of position and very strong potential for expansion and growth in the coming years. We can offer a long and varied career with ample opportunity for development and new challenges all within a very friendly and welcoming site.

Degrees considered – a 2.2 or above in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil engineering

Business or Technical Analyst (specialising in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS))
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is essential to the delivery of national and international targets for reduced carbon dioxide emissions and thus combating climate change. National Grid, expect to partner in one of the first UK schemes to develop transportation pipelines and offshore storage at production scale significant enough to deal with the emissions output of multiple large power stations.
This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in achieving this technical breakthrough and play a vital part in the success of a pioneering initiative (i.e. large scale carbon capture and storage). You’ll help transform the energy landscape and protect the environment for generations to come.

Depending on your academic background and interests you’ll enjoy a broad remit and varied responsibilities– from piloting commercial initiatives to contracting, from pipeline modelling to offshore engineering.

Degrees considered - a 2.1 or above in Maths, Economics or Science

Degrees considered – a 2.2 or above in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

Although our vacancies are now closed we will be opening the 2014 recruitment campaign on the 1st October 2013

Internship

· 12 week Summer Internship

· Typically offered during the penultimate year at University

· Salary £15,600 p.a. (pro-rata)

We have Internships available across a number of business areas within National Grid.

· Electricity Network Investment (ENI)

· Gas Distribution Network Strategy

· Gas Distribution Customer Operations

· Gas Distribution Processes

· Liquefied Natural Gas

· Finance

Degrees considered - a 2.2 or above in Electrical or Mechanical engineering

Gas Distribution:

Our People - We know what it takes to be successful and celebrate when we achieve it!

Our Presence - We are proud to serve our communities, keeping people safe and wam everyday. We have a 200 year heritage to be proud of and an exciting future ahead of us.

Our opportunity to grow - We operate in a challenging and constantly changing environment with exciting new opportunities.

Gas Distribution Network Strategy - is at the heart of the Gas Distribution business and carries out work that includes controlling how we safely operate our gas distribution network. We also determine how and when we replace or maintain 132000km of gas pipe and 700 installations that control the flow of gas through the network. There are six parts to the Network Strategy team.

· The Asset Strategy & Investment team is responsible for ensuring that all of our assets (pipes and pressure control installations) get the investment they need to keep them properly maintained, safe and efficient. This includes making long term predictions about how much gas our customers will need and making business cases to secure the funding needed to maintain, replace or build new assets.

· The Engineering Policy team sets technical and engineering standards for gas network management and ensures that they keep up with the times in terms of technology, environmental considerations and modern construction methodologies. We also liaise closely with Health & Safety Executive and keep in touch with technical organisations throughout Europe and across the world.

· The Innovation Delivery team coordinates the introduction of new ideas and technology into Distribution to make sure that we make the most of the benefits that innovation brings and that we stay at the forefront of the ever changing energy industry.

Network Strategy delivers asset management capabilities to Gas Distribution. Our primary objective is to optimise the balance between risk, cost and performance over the lifecycle of our assets.

Degrees considered – a 2.2 or above in Mechanical, Chemical or Civil engineering

We forecast the workload for the field force and make sure that we have the right people in the right places, to ensure a safe and efficient service is in place.

Customer Operatives plays a massive part in ensuring that National Grid becomes the most efficient Gas Distribution business in the UK.

Degrees considered – a 2.2 or above in Mechanical, Chemical or Civil engineering

Grain Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) - is one of the world’s leading LNG importation and storage terminals - boasting the capacity to export up to 20% of the UK’s gas requirements into the UK transmission and local distribution network. A unique facility within National Grid - Grain LNG offers a variety of roles at one site. Chemical, Marine, Mechanical, Electrical, C&I and Civil Engineers can all play an active part in operational, delivery support, Gas Quality or Commercial and Assurance functions.

Degrees considered – a 2.2 or above in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil engineering

Playing an integral part of business decision making

· Maintaining strong controls and financial integrity

· Safeguarding our assets and reputation

· Managing our financing costs and tax efficiently and effectively

· Providing financial performance, creating forecasts and plans to business segments to drive good decisions

Information Services - we deliver the enabling technology platforms that underpins National Grid’s mission to be the foremost international gas and electricity company.

Individuals could work in:

· Strategy & Architecture

· Solution Delivery

· Service Delivery

· Business Relationship Management

· Security

Degrees considered – a 2.1 or above in Information Technology & Management Business (ITMB) or Business & Computing or Business & Engineering

Although our vacancies are now closed we will be opening the 2014 recruitment campaign on the 1st October 2013

The Year in Industry

· Government backed national scheme through the Royal Academy of Engineering

· 9 or 12 month Year in Industry

· Typically offered to students who want to take a year out prior to going to University

· Salary £12,500 p.a. (pro-rata)

We have Year in Industry opportunities across a number of business areas within National Grid.

· Electricity Network Investment (ENI)

· Gas Network Investment (GNI)

· Gas Distribution Network Strategy

· Gas Distribution Customer Operations

· Gas Distribution Processes

· Information Services

· Degrees considered – Students looking to study Electrical or Mechanical engineering at University

Gas Network Investment (GNI) - plays a vital role in ensuring the transmission of Gas, both today and for future generations. Our Analysts look to predict future supply and demand patterns, such that we can develop the investment projects that will be needed for today and tomorrow. We work with Government in relation to the long term future of Gas and work closely with Regulation on our Price Control negotiation with Ofgem. We also play a vital role in looking after the assets on the system and the associated safety and integrity policies.

We are responsible for potentially over a billion pounds of investment a year, over the next Price Control period. As such we are a high visibility department that can offer a wide range of opportunities and the chance for our student to begin to build their profile in the Organisation. We also have a number of recent Graduates in the team (as well as relatively recent Graduates now in substantive positions) and are well placed to provide a welcoming home to a student taking their first step inside a large organisation.

· Degrees considered – Students looking to study Maths or Science at University