National Grid owns and manages the grids to which many different energy sources are connected. Their job is to connect people to the energy they use. In Britain they run systems that deliver gas and electricity across the entire country. In the North Eastern states of the US, they provide power directly to millions of customers. They effectively join everything up.

In thefirst year of your apprenticeship or training programme, you will spend time at the National Training Academy in Eakring, Nottinghamshire, completing a variety of training.

You will also spendtime working alongside managers and colleagues, developing a sound understanding of your business area.

Year two involves continuing with academic qualifications and continuing to build yourskills, spending time at our academy centres or Aston University (depending on the programme you choose) and learning on the job with the support of your manager.

Some of the programmes extend over a third year. You’ll spend most of your time on site, putting your training into practice and setting the foundation you need to go far.

There is a range of pathways you can pursue.

• Project Planner
• Cyber security
• IT
• Project Controls, capital delivery
• Network Analyst
• Operations engineer
• Capital Procurement
• Project Assurance Controller

To join the programme they require 2 A Levels at grades A* – C and 1 must be Maths, Physics or Engineering. Alternatively you can have BTEC certificate or BTEC Diploma Level 3 or HNC/HND in engineering.

The recruitment process includes an application form, a situational judgement test, telephone motivation discussion, and an assessment centre, comprising competency interview, a group exercise, and individual planning exercise and a colour blindness test.