Strong Utility Environment with Advance Systems and Focus on Grid Modernization - Lead Planning Engineer National Grid Employee Review

5.0
Jan 20, 2026
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Pros

National Grid provides a technically strong environment, especially in transmission and distribution operations. There is good exposure to modern utility systems such as SCADA, DMS, ADMS, VVO, FLISR and related grid modernization initiatives. The company places a strong emphasis on safety compliance. Teams work collaboratively, and there is good knowledge sharing across engineering, Control Center, and IT. The work is meaningful and directly impacts grid stability and our customers

Cons

At times, legacy systems and established processes limit the speed of adopting newer technologies and automation practices.

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

At NGED the few pros are lessened by the day as the cons are increasing. The idea of a career has gone and now most are resigned to just having a job.

Cons

Aside from the reality being very different from what the leadership team sell IE they don't care about people or net zero, it's all spin and marketing. Now at NGED we are in a situation where staff you have known for many years simply disappear from duty and no one seems to know why, a couple of weeks later they have left the business with an NDA. It's happening all over the business. There seems to be a drive to remove any leaders who have industry technical knowledge and replace them with people from outside the industry who knows little to nothing about electricity. Despite safe to say being an important value, speaking out against this usually results in an NDA. It's toxic positivity where playing along seems to be more important than the role you fulfil.

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