Working with the CTU to help improve company training
I supported the HV plant commercial and portfolio team who manage the investment process for replacing and maintaining substation assets
Actively worked on and lead on innovative Market Trials which involved trialling new technologies such as EVs in the Balancing Mechanism market of National Grid ESO This would help determine if such technologies could be used to balance electricity sup
Daily meetings and hubs with my team Work on a specific project often involves others but have done one research task For 6 months I was report writing daily and quality checking
Analysing asset data sets currently used for natural gas and analysing their potential use for hydrogen On a daytoday basis this involved going through manufacturers data and drawings and picking out relevant details
Daytoday one could expect to be trusted with their time to go through their assigned tasks If any issues arise your managercolleagues can be contacted quickly via Teams or on email Site visits are also part of routine
Worked in plan optimisation automating processes from spreadsheets using programming languages
Daily morning team meetings with my team as well as weekly one to ones with my allocated mentor working on simulations and researching the project I was doing Working on the final report
Assisting in innovative research about green grid related technologies and helping with the organisation of the global climate change summit
Compare the dynamic performance of the reduced network model provided to customers for their complex grid connection against the unreduced original network model Attend meetings with the team to discuss day to day operations Deliver presentations abo
The role involved working within a specific area of the National Grid in order to help accomplish a task required by the subteam This involved working within a team to complete objectives in a timely and efficient manner whilst also getting involved in
Facilitating workshops with product managers and engineers to help define and draft objectives for services Work on creating a service catalogue to be shared with the wider business
Technological overview of existing transmission technology picking the best one and writing reviews on them and giving presentations to the team Helping put the COP26 conference together as well
Role was to help test an automation tool developed by the Customer Technical Policy team as well as make improvements where possible to current processes The whole placement was done remote and the typical day started at 900am checking emails attendin
The placement I chose to undertake was enjoyable in the sense that it allowed me to come into contact with a load of different people and teams whilst gaining experience and knowledge in an area which I want to go into in the future however there is a hu
I host one or several meetings most days write scopes and actions from these I analyse risks on the network using supply and demand forecasts and maintenance plans from other teams this means speaking to different people every day and trying to underst
I am heavily involved in the reporting process each month where I extract raw financial data from the financial software and manipulate it into a user friendly format for business stakeholders so they understand their financial performance and whether
On a daily basis I work and are responsible for a number of different aspects involved in a QS role Payment application forecasts CES EW and risk Communicating daily with other members of the project team and other stakeholders that are involved w
As we were the first ever virtual placement cohort you would tend to believe the placement experience would be completely different However this wasnt the case as I was able to obtain the same level of exposure as previous cohorts with the only differe
First and foremost the team I worked with was very friendly which made settling in easy It also made day to day work more enjoyable particularly knowing that I was surrounded by people who were happy to help me out Besides this the network of placeme
