QuEST Global to hire 2000 engineers to accelerate growth

While the second wave of pandemic has dented industries such as hospitality, travel and fashion, the impact over the engineering sector has been mild. In fact, given the surge in demand for digital skills amidst the global pandemic, the information technology sector in the country is witnessing a revolutionary shift, in terms of demand for new-age digital skills.

Due to increasing attrition rates in some of the most coveted IT giants locally and globally, they are now on the lookout to hire more freshers to narrow down the gap between demand and supply. Indian IT giants like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, and HCL Tech are on a hiring spree and are likely to hire over 1 lakh freshers cumulatively in 2021-22.

QuEST Global, a major engineering and lifecycle services company, is on a journey to hire almost 400 engineers by the end of this fiscal year in order to double its current strength in Pune. Realising that its engineering customers are speedily moving towards digital technologies and demanding tools for better decision making and higher efficiencies like AI, the company plans to take in 2,000 engineers over the next three years.

“By increasing the headcount in Pune, the company aims at enhancing its focus on new age digital technologies such as AI, Deep Learning, Internet of Things and Data Analytics,” says Piyush Jain, Vice-President and Global Delivery Head, Software and Digital Services, QuEST Global.

“We look at Pune as an industrial space as there is a big hub for medical devices and automotive, among others. As we focus on digital and advanced digital technologies, Pune becomes a strategic location for our company. We are turning our centre in the city into a digital hub. It will be the primary location for the work we are doing for our digital and hi-tech customers,” said Piyush.

With an employee strength of more than 350 engineers, QuEST Global plans to keep an approx 40:60 ratio of fresh talent to the experienced hands — which evidently means that the new engineering graduates will form a major proportion of intakes. “What we are seeing is that fresh talent is quite adept at new technologies. Getting them young, training them and putting them in projects has been our focus and we will continue to do so in Pune,” adds Jain.

QuEST Global also works with numerous colleges across Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram and even has a few Pune colleges on its list. Piyush says that the motive is to get students to work on subjects that will prove to be immediately useful when they step into the industry. “We also get students into our internship programmes and, if they do well, we make them offers,” he says.

Discussing the plans to expand footprint in the city, Pune, Piyush says, “The Pune centre is an integral part of our growth story, and we are delighted to expand our footprint in the city. Over the past two decades, QuEST has been at the forefront of creating innovative solutions to solve customer problems, thereby cementing its position as a game-changer in the industry. Our plan to strengthen the Pune centre is a testimony of our deep commitment towards the strategic customers and the local economy, where we will create multiple employment opportunities for passionate engineering professionals. QuEST is committed to invest and bring more engineering jobs to the region that will enable us to drive transformation for our customers through engineering solutions.”

Along with helping enterprises solve some of the toughest problems they face to create new products, open new markets and maximise efficiency, QuEST Global as a company also provides an opportunity to its employees to grow and learn without limitations, develop skill sets, expertise, achieve aspirations, and experience a wholesome journey. 

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