Youth policy

Growing production potential and dynamic development of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC dictate the necessity of implementation of numerous measures aimed at search and attraction of ambitious, promising and enterprising young people to the Company. Work with young specialists and employed young people and formation of a candidate pool allow to keep up high technological and economic performance results by virtue of fresh ideas of graduates of the country’s key educational institutions working in the Company.

The Company cooperates successfully with a number of the country’s educational institutions. Today, the recent graduates (young employees) can build their career in “Surgutneftegas” PJSC not only in the oil and gas industry and geology, but also in mechanical engineering, power generation, construction, and many other areas of the Company’s activity.

Work with young employees is aimed at:

• creating conditions for the successful adaptation and social development of young employees upon employment;
• identifying and developing high-potential young talent, increasing engagement, and supporting the initiatives of young employees;
• creating conditions to enhance the recognition and value of young employees by the management of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC;
• promoting a healthy lifestyle and organizing sports, cultural, and social events for young people;
• supporting the resolution of social issues faced by young employees.

The recent graduates from educational institutions employed by “Surgutneftegas” PJSC can get a status of a young specialist. The Company’s collective agreement provides for guarantees and compensations to the young specialists. Work with young specialists provides for optimal placing of personnel on vacant working places, their adaptation to the production environment, successful mastering of the profession and position, involvement in the scientific and technical activity, social, professional, career and skill development. The success of youth policy is driven not only by the activities of HR departments, the Company’s Youth Association, and the skilled leadership of senior and lead specialists across business units, but also by the efforts of the young employees themselves.

Every year since 1980, the Company has been holding a scientific and technical conference of young scientists and specialists for the purpose of implementation of the Company’s main tasks in the sphere of scientific and technical activity, involvement of young scientists and specialists in the engineering processes enhancement aimed at improvement of working conditions and implementation of new technologies with economic effectiveness for “Surgutneftegas” PJSC. Prize-winning places in the scientific and technological conference are a good start of a career for the Company’s young employees.

Annually, the Victor Deshura Award (the Chief Engineer of Production Association “Surgutneftegas” in the period of 1983–1995) is conferred in “Surgutneftegas” PJSC. The Award is intended to be an incentive for young employees for their scientific, rationalizing and inventive activity, development and implementation of measures on increasing the production effectiveness, which have the greatest proved economic effect in the production. The Company supports young employees’ active participation in the city, regional and All-Russian conferences and forums.

In 2003, the Youth Association of “Surgutneftegas” PJSC was established at the initiative of young employees. All employees of the Company under the age of 35, inclusive, automatically become its members. The Youth Association is a self-governed nonprofit organization of young employees associated on the basis of common interests for the implementation of the key aspects of the Company’s youth policy.

Five key operations of the Youth Association covering major social and professional activities of the youth include scientific, technical and innovative activities, adaptation of newly hired young employees together with their training and development of their skills as well as their involvement in sports, recreational and cultural events, and social activities.

Measures and events of the Youth Association help young employees embrace the change, understand fundamental principles of strong performance and effective collaboration, unleash creativity and develop motivation for personal growth.