Alstom India set to onboard 700 engineers under its flagship YEG Program

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 said in a press release.

Out of 700 hires, 58% are women engineers in line with the company’s gender diversity focus, it added.

Further, the campus hiring has been done from 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 North-eastern states alone, the company said.

Vinod Varghese, human resources director India 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.”

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 1800 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, Mechatronics, etc.

Updated: 04 Jul 2023, 10:59 PM IST