This document provides an overview of Descon Services and its various business areas. It summarizes that Descon offers engineering, procurement, construction, EPC, manufacturing, and plant maintenance services. It then describes some of Descon's key capabilities within each of these areas, including its engineering facilities, procurement processes, construction expertise, manufacturing facilities, and human resources functions like recruitment, training, and performance evaluation.
This document provides an overview of Descon Services and its various business areas. It summarizes that Descon offers engineering, procurement, construction, EPC, manufacturing, and plant maintenance services. It then describes some of Descon's key capabilities within each of these areas, including its engineering facilities, procurement processes, construction expertise, manufacturing facilities, and human resources functions like recruitment, training, and performance evaluation.
This document provides an overview of Descon Services and its various business areas. It summarizes that Descon offers engineering, procurement, construction, EPC, manufacturing, and plant maintenance services. It then describes some of Descon's key capabilities within each of these areas, including its engineering facilities, procurement processes, construction expertise, manufacturing facilities, and human resources functions like recruitment, training, and performance evaluation.
Engineering Procurement Construction EPC Manufacturing Plant maintenance ENGINEERING Descons engineering know-how is vested in various business areas across the company. All engineering facilities are equipped with the current software packages in IT-based environments and specialize in niches relevant to the core activity of a Business Area. At the forefront is JGC Descon Limited (JDL), the joint venture company which acts as our main engineering wing with capabilities in basic and detailed engineering for plant design. For JGC Corporation, it is a key offshore Satellite Engineering Center for engineering of major hydrocarbon energy projects in the region To enable value-addition in the field of equipment supply, the Manufacturing Business Area in Pakistan has its own design group for engineering process plant equipment and coded items mainly in accordance with ASME codes. Equipment-oriented engineering capability is also present at a greater scale in Olayan Descon, the joint venture company in Saudi Arabia. This operation also has extensive capabilities for electrical design to support its mechanical and electrical shops. The EPC Business Area is also evolving into an autonomous entity which has its own engineering expertise for undertaking projects on a turnkey basis. These range from Brownfield solutions for existing plants to Greenfield facilities pertaining to process, utilities and offsite areas. The Infrastructure projects Business Area has developed its own in-house design group for projects related to water reservoirs and irrigation channels. The Descon is the only Pakistani company, which has the complete design and construct capability for large infrastructure projects. PROCUREMENT The Procurement function is driven by the objective of procuring materials and equipment from the best possible sources according to the specifications and requirements. We strive to buy cost effectively and ensure deliveries to meet project schedules without compromising on quality. The basic elements include: A team of trained procurement experts who are constantly seeking best sources A comprehensive data bank of suppliers and vendors updated and made available online by all concerned units. A central IT based expert system (SMART) which integrates various stores, procurement and finance. Pre-qualification of vendors and review evaluations on regular basis. All import/export and customs clearance activities and guidance to customers for specific shipments. Documentation for opening LCs and remittances. CONSTRUCTION Descon can undertake the entire construction scope of a project (civil/structural, mechanical, electrical & instrumentation). Descon has effective IT based project management systems wrapped around requisite human and equipment capital to deliver projects as per contract regiments. CIVIL CONSTRUCTION DEL C is a dept at handling heavy civil works for industrial and infrastructure projects. This expertise extends from earthworks to high quality finishes. The civil team has a proven track record in completing fast track projects consisting of industrial plants and infrastructure development.
PLANT MAINTAINENCE Descon provides plant operation and maintenance services to operating plants. DEL have established a professional competence in maintenance of process, power and other industrial plants. The following services are available. Complete Maintenance Specific Maintenance Maintenance Management System Turnarounds Warehouse Management Commissioning and Startup EPC Descons capability to provide turnkey/ EPC services has evolved over the years by combining our knowledge and experience in specialized fields. Our organization structure especially lends itself to offering highly competitive EPC solutions for medium sized projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Engineering JGC-Descon Engineering Limited, a state-of- art design facility equipped with world-class engineering applications, including PDS, performs basic and detailed engineering. An extensive communication network is in place for data transmittal, document control, and project management to ensure smooth interaction between all stakeholders. Procurement An experienced group of specialists provides procurement and expediting services for plant equipment and bulk materials. Our multiple operating bases in the Gulf region allow us to facilitate fast-track procurement through an established network of suppliers. Construction Complete general contracting services integrating civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation disciplines, are core strength. Over the years, we have invested in acquiring a large asset base of construction equipment. MANUFACTURING Descons manufacturing heritage dates back to the early 1980s when a medium sized fabrication facility was set up in Pakistan to cater to the growing industrial base. Today, Descon has established itself as a leading supplier of process equipment to operating companies, global EPC contractors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. Descon Manufacturing facilities located near Lahore, is geared for the production of heavy engineering goods. Spread over 140,000 Sqm. of land, including 28,000 Sqm of hard standing fabrication area supported by cranes & gantries; it is equipped with machinery and manned by a skilled workforce. The product line consists of equipment and machinery to cater to the needs of power, cement, fertilizer, chemical process, petrochemicals and oil & gas Industries. The Manufacturing Business Area is fully supported by the overall engineering and management resource available in the company. The financial and multidiscipline technical resources enable us to manufacture and deliver quality goods within schedule. HR FUNCTIONS
Generally, HR deals with four different functions. These functions are Recruitment & Selection Training & Development Performance Appraisal Compensation & Benefits Organizational development Descons Human Resource Department performs all these functions at the corporate level but at the BA level following functions are performed but on the same way as the corporate does. These functions are Recruitment & Selection Training & Development Performance Appraisal Compensation & Benefits RECRUITMENT & SELECTION Recruitment & selection are two different activities but always consider as one. In the recruitment phase, the organization identifies the vacant positions in each department, conduct job analysis to find out the required competencies for that job and then advertise the post through different mediums. But before advertising the post, the organization looks internally the suitable person to fill that vacant position and if the company could not find the required person then they go for the external recruitment. After advertising, the organization gathers the pool of applicants and then selection process starts. The short listed candidates are then interviewed and then allocated to the job. RECRUI TMENT & SELECTI ON I N DESCON Recruitment & selection process in Descon starts from Human Resource Requirement. Human resource requirements are received by HRD from various divisions / departments outlining the job specifications of a position e.g. qualification, experience, skills etc. the HR requirement may be received through email or on specified form called HRD/FRM-03. This form includes the information about the job title, job location, number of vacancies, persons specifications like qualification required, experience required, field of experience, computer literacy, working conditions etc. This HR requirement form is filled by the department / division manager and then it will send to the Head HRD. Then the Head HRD review the requirements written in the form, and then decide whether to hire the person internally or go for external recruitment. MANPOWER DATABANK Here it is important to mention the function of MPDB. It is a data bank where all the applications received against the advertisement or through some other way are screened and the identification number is allocated to all these applications who are considered suitable. Relevant information about the short listed candidates is stored in the data bank with identification of applicants core competencies. In case the stated requirement could not be met out of the existing manpower in the company HRD search out from the man power data bank suitable candidates matching the requirements specified in the HR requirement form-03. And if no suitable candidate is found from databank advertisement may be released through appropriate media as agreed by head HRD and the concern division / department head. TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT To enhance the skills and job related knowledge, organizations provide trainings to their employees. Trainings are provided by two different sources i-e. in house trainings and out door training sessions. In order to save the cost and time, most of the organizations prefer to provide in house trainings rather than out door trainings. Before training, organizations conduct a training need analysis, in which the individuals are assessed on their skills and knowledge and after the TNA process they are sent to the required training session. TRAI NI NG & DEVELOPMENT I N DESCON Training process in Descon starts from training need analysis. In the annual appraisal form, there is a section Employee Career Aspiration in which the employees are asked about what level in the organization they aspire and which type of training they feel would be require to reach there. By this way, it could be analyzed that what sort of training the person should have, to increase his knowledge and skills. Similarly there is another section Career Development in the form, in which the supervisor selects an area for which the person should get experience. And finally there is Training Need Assessment, in which the supervisor recommends the training considered necessary for the career development. After assessing the training needs, Descon T&D department conduct the training sessions, mostly the in-house training sessions. They make the list of trainings going to conduct in the particular year and then intimate the concern person or the head of the department 2 to 3 weeks prior to the training session. dards. Performance Appraisal Process Performance appraisal period starts in the month of October each year till December. In October, all the appraisal forms are sent to the relevant departments and to the site managers at the sites. Once the appraisal forms get filled, all the information is stored and assessed. The immediate supervisor propose the increment and promotion and then sent to the Head BA/BSD and head BA/BSD review the form and give his own recommendations and then finally sent to the Head HRD. Head review the form and proposed increment and then finally approve the increment and promotion, if any.
HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEM
HRIS is a software developed by the software engineering wing of Descon. The objective to design the system is to map the mobility and career progression aspects of management cadre staff (permanent & contract) in Descon. The purpose to develop the HRIS is to have a detailed record of an individuals profile. To achieve this, HRIS is divided into following modules: 1. Personal 2. Appraisal 3. Job History 4. Credentials 5. Area of Activities (Core Competencies) 6. Training PERSONAL In this section, personal record of an employee can be viewed like date of birth, discipline, status, date of joining, date of leaving etc. APPRAISAL This section holds the record of employee appraisal like appraisal rating, appraisal type, appraisal status, salary, increments and list of benefits given to employee. JOB HISTORY This section holds the record about person designation, position, location, grade, section, department and major responsibilities.
CREDENTIALS This tab holds the data about employees educational background like qualification, institute, year of passing, subjects, GPA etc. AREA OF ACTIVITY This holds the data about persons area of activity during his job in a particular department. TRAINING In this section, there exists employees training record like course title, course location, date, conducted by, certificate etc.
ACTIVITIES PERFORMED IN HRIS We can perform the following activities in HRIS: 1. Add new employee record 2. Open existing employee record 3. Viewing appraisal history and adding new appraisal 4. Viewing job history and adding new record 5. Viewing credentials of an employee and adding new credentials 6. Viewing an area of activity of an employee 7. Viewing training record and adding new records 8. Viewing the list of all employees QUERY BUILDING One of the main functionality of HRIS is query builder.
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