A Well-Rounded Graduate Experience with Real Impact and Learning Opportunities - Graduate - Project Manager National Grid Employee Review

5.0
Sep 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Structured Development: The graduate programme offers a clear structure with rotations, training, and exposure to various business units, helping to build a strong foundation in project delivery and safety management. Site Visit Opportunities: Organising and attending multiple site visits has provided invaluable real-world learning, from transformer logistics to ecological mitigation and modular construction. Supportive Environment: Access to Associate Project Managers, mentors, and a collaborative graduate cohort has made the learning journey both enjoyable and enriching. Ownership and Initiative: Opportunities to lead initiatives—such as coordinating site visits and contributing to onboarding materials—have helped build confidence and leadership skills early on. Exposure to Innovation: Visits to the Centre of Excellence and involvement in projects

Cons

Coordinating across departments and securing access to live sites can be challenging, occasionally delaying learning opportunities. This is however understandable considering the danger around live sites and the importance of avoiding disruption to these sites.

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1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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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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