Transneftenergo expects the best energy saving solutions from students

In 2018, Transneftenergo LLC became the title partner of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

At the initiative of the company, for the first time, issues related to energy conservation and energy efficiency improvement are included in the cases that students will have to solve. Thus, Transneftenergo plans to draw the attention of young people to this issue, as well as to hear new ideas that can be put into practice in the future. The CEO told about it. OOO "Transneftenergo" Sergey Yemelyanov.

— Sergey Mikhailovich, as far as we know, 2018 has been declared the Year of Energy Saving in PJSC Transneft. What kind of work does Transneftenergo plan to do in this direction?

— Transneft has been engaged in energy conservation since 2011, and we joined this work in 2012. We have been assigned the most important task - to coordinate energy conservation activities throughout Transneft, that is, we plan certain measures that will subsequently be implemented in practice. This year we intend to step up this work, and we will also promote energy conservation at various levels. For example, we have thematic programs for schoolchildren as part of the All—Russian Festival. #Brighter The company's specialists conduct lectures and tell children about an energy-efficient lifestyle. Work is also underway with students. Future engineers should not only be well versed in their field of metal science, metallurgy, oil and gas or mining, but also understand that today it is necessary to implement energy—efficient solutions in any field. In this regard, we decided to support as a titular partner The "CASE-IN" Championship — the largest practice-oriented competition in Russia and the CIS countries for solving engineering cases dedicated to real production tasks, which are developed based on materials from leading industry enterprises. At the end of February, our specialists opened the Qualifying stage of the Electric Power Engineering Championship, which was held at Novosibirsk State Technical University, and in the final "CASE-IN" they will work on the jury and evaluate the cases completed by the students. Moreover, we have announced a special nomination "The Best Energy Saving Solution" for the team that will offer the most promising energy efficiency solution within its industry area.

— By what principle will you evaluate the decisions?

— Since energy efficiency implies the implementation of a certain technology with the lowest consumption of energy resources with the same result, we will focus on the best ideas that maximize the effect of specific consumption on production in industry events.

— How do you plan to reward the winners?

— The members of the team that will be the best in our nomination will receive flagship smartphone models.

— How effective do you think the case study method is in training future engineers?

— On the one hand, this approach provides an objective assessment, and the commission will be able to compare different groups according to the same criterion. On the other hand, there is a feeling that using the case study method can "kill" the initiative. It's like in production: any organization operates within the framework of regulations that every specialist must adhere to, but no one forbids him to take a useful initiative. Thus, cases are the first step into professional life.

— What requirements does your company place on university graduates?

— Transneftenergo has a huge potential for professional and personal growth, therefore, first of all, we are waiting for responsible, result-oriented young specialists who share our values.

— It is increasingly believed that today employers are not interested in highly specialized employees, but in those who understand different fields. Do you agree with this?

— Absolutely. I think it is important, first of all, not specialization, but competencies, skills that a person can apply in practice. For example, we do not have highly specialized specialists. Any engineer should definitely be a bit of an economist: he must understand how his technical results are projected onto the economy of the enterprise, because up to 90% of the success of the project depends on the engineering solution. In addition, the days have passed when it was necessary to make drawings by hand, now, thanks to the development of information technology, all this is done electronically. Therefore, every engineer should be competent in this field.

— And what personal qualities are necessary to achieve success?

— A useful initiative, an understanding of one's role, a desire to grow — if all this is there, the rest, in my experience, will appear over time. Even if a young specialist does not know something, he will find out, but only if he has the desire to develop in the profession and offer ideas.

— Tell us about your company's youth policy.

— Transneftenergo pays great attention to working with universities, in particular, it organizes internships for students in specialties related to the electric power industry. We recruit students from Ivanovo State Energy University, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, as well as the National Research University "MEI". In addition, by agreement with universities, we also participate in the educational process – our specialists are part of the examination committee. For example, in 2017, Andrey Nikolaichuk, Head of the Electricity Metering and Sales Department at Transneftenergo, LLC, was included in the State Examination commission of the National Research University MEI in the field of Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering. We are ready to accept students for practical training, to offer jobs in the company to those who have established themselves well and have a keen interest in the profession. During practical training at our enterprises, students perform types of work related to assessing the quality of electric energy, study the design and operation of automated information and measurement systems for commercial electricity metering, and delve into energy trading. In our opinion, this is a good school. If third— and fourth-year students understand how production works, how the theory they have studied is translated into production practice, they will be more interested in studying further, and they will be motivated to join a good company after graduation.

— What would you wish the participants of the championship?

— First of all, it is necessary for the championship to develop: This is a necessary business that creates the basis for healthy professional competition – the competition of ideas. But these ideas should be translated into the production life of each participant, only then it will be possible to talk about real results. Therefore, I wish the students participating in the CASE–IN, some of whom may join our company in the future, a long way in life. We are always open to those who are ready to work and grow professionally, and we provide fruitful ground for this.

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