National Grid, one of the world’s largest energy companies, and Connectr, the UK’s leading underrepresented talent specialist, have unveiled a brand-new virtual work experience programme, available to Year 12 and 13 students in South London.

Minister for London joined inauguration event to mark the start of tunnelling for National Grid’s £1 billion flagship project which will see the rewiring of South London.

Aleks Zefirova, Programme Manager for the London Power Tunnels (LPT) project, recently spoke at the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) annual conference as part of the panel for power and utilities.

The TBM names were chosen following a competition with team members and their families last month with two of the winning names playing ode to inspirational women in engineering and construction.

At National Grid, our team is full of talented female engineers breaking through stereotypes to enjoy successful careers in a traditionally male dominated industry.

Community Southwark awarded grant from National Grid to fund Support Officer for local BAME community.