Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

As Project Engineer my main responsibilities include ensuring the system we are delivering meets the original requirements and relevant standards. As we are a small project team this also extends to getting involved directly with design and testing activities. I am also second in charge of the team so those responsibilities extend to assisting with the management of the team as a whole.

It is quite hard to describe a typical day in this role as my day to day activities can very greatly. Sometimes I will be involved in the actual design of system hardware/software/configuration data, other times I will be involved in hands on testing and proving of the systems we are developing.

I really enjoy the variety of what I do on a day to day basis and the significant challenges involved in bringing new systems online whilst maintaining the existing running railway.

It is challenging to install, test and bring into use the new assets we are designing without affecting the existing railway operation. This requires some careful planning and novel approaches to ensure we don't disrupt the train service in any way. Inevitably this also requires us to do some night working as much of the testing can only be completed when trains are not running. this presents a challenge in itself as night working is quite tiring!

Initially working in the railway field did not appeal to me - originally I was interested in the aerospace industries but also wanted a move to London, hence why I applied at London Underground. However I very quickly found that the work was extremely interesting and challenging and have now been working here for over 12 years.

I joined as a graduate and became a Chartered Engineer by that scheme. In addition to that, pretty much all the modules I studies whilst at university are useful in some way whether directly (for example enabling the completion of technical studies/reports) or indirectly (for example using general subject understanding to draw conclusions or fault find systems).

Since leaving university I have gained Chartered Engineer status (September 2010).

For the current time I can see that there is still space for me to develop within my role here at London Underground. I very much enjoy working here and hope to develop my career further within the company.

Don't disregard any field of engineering as being "boring" when looking where to work. When I was looking for my first job I disregarded railway jobs as being dull - I was very wrong!

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