Human Resources


INDUCTION OF FRESH ENGINEERS


Trainee Engineer / Management Trainee Program:

The purpose of fresh graduates hiring program is to meet future human resource needs by employing fresh graduate engineers and other graduates to generate a trained pool of human capital for the company.

In training Fresh Graduates are trained by making them understand vision, mission, goals, business processes, and policies of the company so that they can become active members of the Descon family and can be placed in different BA’s/BSD’s or at project sites for execution of the project or support associated functions, like Business Development, Quality Health Safety & Environment (QHSE), Project Management Systems (PMS), Commercial, Material Management, Asset Management, Finance & HRD.

RECRUITMENT OF FRESH GRAUDATES

At Descon, two training programs are available for fresh graduate engineers and non-engineers which are:

a) GETP (Graduate Engineer Training Program)

In this program, engineers will be hired from best universities of Pakistan (HEC recognized) and trained to generate a pool of trained technical human capital for different business areas of the company. The job title of the candidates of this program is “Trainee Engineer”.


b) MTP (Management Trainee Program)

In this program, candidates with Master degree in Finance, Marketing, HRM, Mass Com, Quality Management or Business Administration are hired from the best universities of Pakistan (HEC recognized) and trained in their respective discipline. The job title of the candidates of this program is “Management Trainee”.


ELIGIBILTY TO APPLY FOR TRAINEE ENGINEER OR MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

a) Trainee Engineer

Graduate Engineer from Higher Education Commission accredited University with at least 60% marks or 2.5 CGPA is eligible to apply for Trainee Engineer Position.

b) Management Trainee

Non-engineers must with a Master’s degree in the respective discipline with at least 70% marks or 3 CGPA are eligible to apply for Management Trainee Position.


SELECTION CRITERIA

All fresh graduates are required to obtain at least 60% marks in the selection criteria in DEL for selection as a Trainee Engineer/Management Trainee. The factors of the selection criteria with break up of marks are as under:

  • Academic Percentage 30%
  • Selection Test 35%
  • Interview 35%

1. Academic Percentage (30%)

The marks secured in final degree relevant to job carries 30% weight age in selection. Further segregation of marks is as per the following table:


TRAINEE ENGINEERS
Academics (30%)
Academic AggregateAcademics (30%)
CGPA 3.5 or above80% or Above30
CGPA 3.0 - 3.470 - 7925
CGPA 2.0 - 2.960 - 6920

NOTE: Engineers securing less than 60% or 2.0 CGPA, in their academic careers will not be entertained at DEL, whatever the case may be.


MANAGEMENT TRAINEES
Academics (30%)
Academic AggregateMarks out of 30
CGPA 3.5 or above80% or Above30
CGPA 3.0 - 3.470 - 7925

NOTE: Management students securing less than 70% or 3.0 CGPA, in their academic careers will not be entertained at DEL, whatever the case may be.


2. DEL Entry Test (35%)

Fresh Graduates will have to appear in GRE based and MCQ type online Entry Test, which is mandatory for selection. The test carries 35% weight age in total marks and consists of the following four parts:


Qualified Test Weighted Percentages
Discipline Specific e.g. (Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Chemical, Metallurgy, Mechatronics, Finance, HR) 20%
Analytical 5%
Diagnostic 5%
General Knowledge 5%

Each test will carry 30 questions of 1 mark each; the total duration of the test will be 120 minutes. The weighted average of the marks obtained in the test will be calculated according to the above mentioned break-up. For instance:


DEL ENTRY TEST (35%)
Tests Weighted AverageTotal MarksMarks Obtained%age obtained
Discipline Specific 20% 100 33.3 7%
General knowledge 5% 100 46.62 2%
Analytical 5% 100 36.63 2%
Diagnostic 5% 100 59.94 3%
 35.0% 400 176.49 13.8%

NOTE: None of the candidates will be given a second chance to appear in the test, whatever the case may be. To view Sample Tests click here:

3. Interviews (35%)

Interview is the last part of selection to which an aggregate of 35% is allocated. There will be total three interviews conducted for every individual out of which initial two will be technical (discipline related) and the third & final interview will be an HR interview, conducted by a panel of HR Professionals to judge personal aptitude and aptness for the job being interviewed for. A weighted average of 35% will be calculated as per the following table. For instance:


Interviews (35%)
Interview Type Weighted Average Total Marks Marks Obtained %age obtained
Technical 10% 45 22 5%
Technical 10% 45 15 3%
HR 15% 56 20 5%
 35.0% 146 57 13.6%

POST SELECTION PROCESS

The candidates who secure 60% or more marks in selection criteria and recommended for job after HR interview are offered job at Descon after making the following decisions: Final result of fresh graduates in selection process becomes basis for salary determination. Descon wants to acknowledge the remarkable performance of candidates during the different steps of selection process. This is done by setting compensation of all shortlisted applicants according to the percentage of marks secured (as defined in the following table).


Range (%)Grades Salary
75+A 23K
65-74B 20K
60-64C 17K

The Range means the aggregate obtained in the above mentioned three criteria for selection.

The fresh graduates will be compensated as per the above mentioned details.


Email your CV to: hrd@descon.com



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