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At the heart of the real-time operation of this vast network is the Transmission Network Control Centre (TNCC). The TNCC Control Room operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is responsible for a number of critical activities including facilitating safe access to the network for maintenance and construction, responding to faults, events, alarms and phone calls, and ensuring the safety of our Operations teams in the field.
The TNCC, however, is not just about the Control Room. Working in parallel are the 'day office' teams who are responsible for ensuring detailed plans and resources are in place, facilitating customer connections and changes to the network, providing policy guidance, system and facility support and resilience arrangements, analysing our performance, and setting the strategic direction of the TNCC.
Key tasks and areas of work
The 18-month graduate programme is split over three placements, each lasting six months. Your first placement will be within TNCC, giving you the chance to familiarise yourself with the teams and colleagues you will be working with.
Where you spend your other two placements will be largely up to you and where your interests lie – as well as business need. You will be supported in networking with other business areas to secure projects which will build on your existing skills and teach you new ones, as well as developing your understanding of the wider business and providing value to your chosen team or department.
Examples of other departments within Electricity Transmission you could complete placements in are:
- Operations
- Strategy and Performance
- Engineering and Asset Management
- Customer Solutions
You could also complete placements in other business areas, such as:
- Gas Transmission
- Capital Delivery
- Regulation
- Non-Regulated Business (e.g. LNG, Interconnectors)
- National Grid Ventures
On completion of the graduate programme you could be placed in any of the teams within TNCC, and your permanent post-programme role will depend on business need and availability. We will however do our very best to take your preferences into account; wherever you end up we will provide an exciting and rewarding future in the TNCC.
About you
You’ll have a minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline and, ideally, will have a valid full UK Driving Licence.
What you'll get
Join us in the TNCC and you will be part of an organisation with ambitious, world-changing plans for the future, right on the front line of the energy industry. We will help you put your studies into practice - building your foundation of technical knowledge into practical expertise.
You’ll work with experts in our field, receive world-class training and be provided with real responsibility, as well as receiving all the perks of being a National Grid employee:
Benefits include
- A competitive starting salary of £27,500 (Bachelors) or £28,500 (Masters) rising to approx. £34,000 on completion of the programme
- £2000 joining bonus
- 25 days holiday, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- Up to £200 per month accommodation allowance as you move around the business
- Pension and share-option scheme
- Close mentorship and regular feedback
- Flexible Benefits
- Accredited by the IMechE, IGEM and IET
- Volunteering opportunities
- £2,400 completion payment
- Additional annual leave allowance to support moving in between placements
- Assisted movement of personal belongings in between placements.
You will be challenged from the start, and you will get out what you put in, but the opportunities are endless and we’ll support you every step of the way.
About us
National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.
In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.
The world of energy is changing beyond recognition. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.
Our values and principles
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of who we are and what we do. Our commitment to these values is unwavering and they are central to our mission. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you require.
