Pros
Fairly easy non demanding job, reasonable exposure to a large infrastructure business with recognised projects and clients * Opportunities to work with different teams across engineering, operations and digital/data functions * Some supportive colleagues who were willing to share knowledge and help where they could * Useful experience in stakeholder coordination, reporting, trackers and process improvement
Cons
* I originally joined as a Project Engineer, but the role shifted heavily towards data administration, reporting and coordination work * There was a mismatch between the role title/career development expectations and the day-to-day work being delivered * Workload ownership was not always clearly defined, with individuals often expected to hold processes together which all should be automated * Priorities could be reactive and change quickly, making longer-term development difficult * Process documentation, handover and cover arrangements could have been stronger * For someone looking to develop technically as an engineer, the role could become frustrating when work moved away from engineering/project delivery as I was forced into a path of pointless monotonous activities