Alstom India to onboard 700 engineers under its YEG Program

New Delhi: Alstom will onboard 700 engineering graduates in India over the next two months under its flagship Young Engineering Graduate Program (YEGP) 2023.

Out of the total fresh hires, 58% are women engineers, in line with the company’s gender diversity focus, Alstom said in a release on Tuesday.

This is the highest-ever intake under this initiative in the country. YEGP is a key element of Alstom's India hiring strategy since 2015, aimed at developing young engineers' talent for Indian and global business needs, the company added.

The campus hiring has been planned for 54 universities across 26 states ranging from several northeastern states to Gujarat and from Jammu & Kashmir to Kerala in tandem with Alstom’s regional diversity promise.

There is a double increase of 30 hires from last year from the northeastern states alone, the company said.

“In the rapidly growing rail mobility and infrastructure industry, we are delighted to be the employer of choice by a record number of young engineering graduates this year. It highlights our commitment to building a future-ready and global workforce in India," Vinod Varghese, human resources director, India said.

The candidates are being onboarded as Graduate Engineer Trainees and Post Graduate Trainees and will be enabled through structured induction, technical, functional and on-the-job training.

"Alstom’s rich legacy, expertise and global footprint in the rail space commits to putting the new hires on track to gain superior industrial and engineering knowledge over the years for a globally relevant profile. It is also a matter of pride as this workforce will play a notable role for our Make In India vision, given Alstom’s products and solutions developed in India are deployed globally,” Varghese added.

The 14 days program focuses on providing an immersive and engaging experience to all the YEGs, while helping them get a better understanding of Alstom’s business, operations and functions through close interactions with the leadership team.

The candidates will be taking up roles such as application engineer, train control engineer, train design engineer, testing & commissioning engineer etc.

They will be working across Alstom’s six manufacturing facilities and four engineering centres catering to domestic and international markets.

Since its inception, more than 1,800 engineering graduates have been recruited under this program in partnership with leading technical/engineering colleges and universities across India. In terms of engineering disciplines, the hires come with engineering specializations in mechanical, electrical, electronics, instrumentation, computer science, industrial, and mechatronics among others.