EGA recruited 60 UAE national graduate trainees this year

Emirates Global Aluminium has announced that it has recruited 60 UAE national graduate trainees since the start of 2017. EGA currently has over 130 graduate trainees on 18-month programmes with the company.

On completion of their training programmes, graduate trainees take front-line supervisor roles in EGA. EGA puts in place a customised development plan for each graduate trainee, with on-the-job training, technical skills development, and management and leadership competency development programmes.

Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at EGA, who joined EGA as a graduate trainee in 1985, said, "EGA employs 7,000 people in the UAE and it is important to us to continually recruit the best people for our future. I welcome these ambitious graduates to our business. Our long-standing graduate training scheme also enables us to contribute to the achievement of the UAE Vision 2021 goal of harnessing the full potential of the UAE's human capital."

Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alsafran, a graduate trainee in the potlines at EGA’s aluminium smelter at Jebel Ali, who studied Mechanical Engineering at Dubai Men’s College, said, "The graduate trainee programme at EGA has opened my eyes to new opportunities and given me room to grow whilst supporting the development of our country. Working in a challenging area like the potlines, I’ve had full support from my management and fellow colleagues to overcome whatever obstacle comes my way and focus my energy towards learning and improving myself both personally and professionally."

Dalal Mustafa, who studied at the University of Oregon and is now a graduate trainee in the Human Capital department at EGA, said, "The Graduate Trainee programme here at EGA is a great opportunity to discover myself more. It has also helped me paint a picture of who I want to become and what I want to accomplish in the future. The training we get, the workshops and the effort invested in us, proves what this company stands for and believes in - us." EGA’s workforce includes almost 1,200 UAE nationals.

More than 40 percent of those holding the top 250 positions in the company as well as more than a third of the 1,800 people in EGA’s supervisory positions and above are UAE nationals.