Network Services Intern Review
by National Grid
Rating
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Skills
3.8
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
3.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at National Grid
- 7. Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to National Grid
Overview
Ask around for what's going on if nothing has been preplanned and spend the day shadowing someone (can be anything from planning to jointing). Help out wherever possible, however interns aren't authorised to do much so there isn't much hands on work to do.
Skills
Strongly developed my understanding of the electricity distribution network and the process the company goes through to make modifications or alterations. Learned how to use national grid software to plan and quote for jobs.
Responsibilities
Very little responsibility, with field jobs the intern isn't authorised to do much although I helped with anything I was able to. With office based work I had a go at making my own quotes but these were only for practice, not to be sent to the customer. Little actual work was given for me to do and the internship is focused much more on learning and shadowing others than providing any value back to the company in return
Support & Guidance
Support was good, I wasn't really approached to ask how I was doing outside of the first 2 weeks and the interim review, however I always felt I could ask questions if I needed and my colleagues were approachable and helpful
Culture
Good, relaxed and easy to get on with, people in the office didn't seem too overworked, however the field teams were sometimes easily annoyed at the office while on jobs although didn't express it in front of them
Your Impressions
Most of the time it was very enjoyable, the people were friendly and the jobs I was sent on were interesting. However there were a few days where I wasn't able to find something to go out and see and ended up in the office with nothing to do. The review form to complete before the interim and final review seemed longer than necessary and was boring.
Yes
If you are in network services, be active in finding jobs to go on and see and try to plan ahead by a few days to minimise how many days you spend with nothing to do. Move around as much as you can to see different roles as there is lots going on and it could easily get boring if you stuck with only a few people/roles
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
South West
August 2024
