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Engineering the difference

Engineers are the people driving change and finding solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges. Meet the young engineers making a difference at National Grid.

Every year the Royal Academy of Engineering celebrates This is Engineering day and this year’s theme is how engineers make a difference to leave a positive impact on the world. Meet some of the young engineers who are helping to shape a better future.

 

Meet our engineers

Think you know what an engineer does? Well you might be surprised by what some of our young engineers have to say about their work. From tackling climate change to tapping into your creativity, the opportunities to make a difference as an engineer are endless. 

Tackling climate change

Meet Louise and discover how she’s using her engineering skills to help the UK rise to one of our greatest challenges – climate change.
Read Louise’s story

Being a team player

Meet Alex. For him engineering is all about working with his team to achieve net zero.
Read Alex’s story

Creativity is critical

Meet Ffion and find out why engineering requires a dash of creativity and lots of collaboration to help solve problems and make a difference.
Read Ffion’s story

Engineering solutions

Meet Nnaemeka. He’s obsessed with finding solutions to problems, which is what inspired him to become an engineer.

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