KCA DEUTAG is one of the largest drilling contractors outside the Americas. We are responsible for managing more than 100 drilling rig operations, both onshore and offshore, in more than 20 countries and are a world leader in the design and construction of drilling facilities. Our long-term growth plans provide exciting opportunities for graduates to join our business in support of our strategic operational and functional requirements.

KCA DEUTAG's Graduate Development Programme

The Business
As one of the world's most successful onshore and offshore drilling and engineering contractors with turnover in excess of $1.7Bn, we operate in more than 20 countries, employing over 8,000 people. We are a multinational, multicultural employer and pride ourselves on the diversity of our workforce and the difference we make to the communities in which we operate.

Our highly successful and aggressive strategy has seen us double in size in the last 5 years.

We are known as an employer of choice in our field and we strive to retain and develop that reputation such that we can deliver our strategic targets amidst the unprecedented challenges associated with today's global economic environment.

Our long-term growth plans provide exciting opportunities for graduates to join our business in support of our strategic operational and functional requirements.

The Programme
KCA DEUTAG's Graduate Development Programme, includes a combination of job-based development via operational field tours and functional project assignments, supported by a structured programme of theoretical learning and training. An outline of the programme is detailed below:



The field-based operational assignments will be rotational 4 or 5-week tours working on any of KCA DEUTAG's worldwide rig operations:
•    on land rigs in the deserts of the Middle East or North Africa, the jungles of West Africa or on remote Arctic-based operations in Western Siberia;
•    on offshore-based tender barges or jack-ups in Angola, across the Far East or the Gulf of Mexico;
•    on platforms offshore in the North Sea, Caspian or offshore Sakhalin Island. 
Functional project assignments will be based both in our head office in Aberdeen, Scotland and in any of our operational support offices worldwide.
Our programme is fully supported by our senior management team. Each graduate will be assigned a personal mentor who will work on a 1:1 basis to review progress and to support each individual's personal and professional development needs throughout the programme.

The Next Step

Due to the success of our Graduate programmes in the last couple of years and the overwhelming response that we have received, KCA DEUTAG have decided not to recruit for the Corporate Operations Graduate Programme in 2012 and Graduate recruitment will recommence in 2013 as we remain very much committed to graduate employment.

We will provide further updates towards the end of 2012 on the Corporate Operations Graduate Programme and on the RDS Engineering Programme.

Graduate Profiles - Read about our graduates' first year at KCA DEUTAG

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