National Grid

About National Grid

We’re an energy company and the largest electricity transmission and distribution business in the UK and we Bring Energy to Life. We’re leading the transformation towards a greener future, dreaming bigger to bring a more affordable energy future to everyone.

But keeping millions plugged into the electricity they need is one part of our mission. The other: using our technical skills, innovative thinking, and passion for progress to drive a sustainable transformation for the energy sector — and for society.

Here in the UK, we ensure that the power we need gets from its source to its destination, safely and efficiently. Whilst also investing in smart ideas, new technologies and great people that will play a central role in our global transformation towards greener energy.

​​So join us, and power the future of energy. Find what makes you Superpowered.

 Life at National Grid

We offer world-class training and development opportunities – including our outstanding residential training centre at Eakring in Nottinghamshire.

We invest in your development, so we can build a better future together in an environment where every voice matters and everyone can power the currents of change.

We know you’ll give your best when you’re passionate about what you’re doing, so we offer mentorship and guidance to shape your career in a direction that’s right for you. There are hundreds of paths waiting for you at National Grid, whatever you’re doing, we want everyone to be themselves at work.

And with 16 employee resource groups we provide the space for open discussion, where ideas on how to drive ever-greater inclusivity both in and out of the office can be shared. And this is reflected across our business, where we have many people who have stayed with us for upwards of twenty years, which we think tells its own story.

If you join us on one of our apprenticeships, you too could shape your career and find your superpower.