Towngas Internships

Overview

Founded in 1862, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) was Hong Kong's first public utility. Today, we are one of the largest energy suppliers in Hong Kong, operating with world-class corporate management and leading-edge business practices. For the past years, Towngas has been growing with Hong Kong, evolving from the simple gas company supplying fuel for street lamps to our current leading position in the energy industry in the greater China region.

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• All-round learning opportunities through personal effectiveness workshops, departmental attachments and project assignments with our Mainland joint ventures (JVs). 
• A fast track to professional qualifications, including HKIE Scheme “A” Training, and the chance to win the HKIE Trainee of the Year Award. 
• Mentoring and coaching to facilitate your development. 
• Opportunities to unleash your potential through working in our diversified businesses in mainland China and Hong Kong. 
• A strong understanding of how to strike a balance between economic, social and environmental needs through Towngas’ commitment to corporate social responsibility. 
• The benefit of being part of a caring organization that provides a lively and harmonious working environment.

Towngas' Graduate Trainee (GT) Programme is part of our Integrated Leadership Pipeline scheme which aims at developing young talents. We are looking for graduates who will help us to grow our energy businesses in Hong Kong and Mainland. The Towngas' two-year Graduate Trainee Programme provides you with extensive professional knowledge through different functional attachments as well as project assignments in mainland China and Hong Kong. Whole person development through taking active participation in voluntary services, personal effectiveness learning, mentoring and coaching are what we could offer to develop your leadership potential.

Come and experience the Towngas way to help make the world a cleaner and better place to live in - now and in the future.

We are recruiting Graduate Trainees in the following business divisions:

Hong Kong Core Business

The trainee will be attached to the core business in Hong Kong for 18 months and has the opportunity of a 6-month Mainland attachment.

New Energy Business

The trainee will be attached to the core business in Hong Kong for 6 months, and followed by an 18-month Mainland attachment related to the new energy business.

Programme Structure

Training covers attachments with our energy related businesses in both Hong Kong and mainland China ensuring you acquire a wide spectrum of knowledge and skills before you move on with your career in Towngas.

As a GT, you will be exposed to a wide range of training, which covers job attachments to our businesses in both Hong Kong and mainland China. This ensures you acquire the essential knowledge and skills for building your career at Towngas. Some of the opportunities include:

As your career with us progresses, you will gradually acquire those general management skills that form the foundation of all Towngas leaders. You will gain a lot of practical and project experience through attachments to different business units. To ensure that the learning objectives are met, there will be on-going assessments and opportunities for trainees to present their insights to senior management.

The Group will assist Graduate Trainee to attain relevant qualification from the following professional bodies:

• The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE); or
• Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM);

On successful completion of the programme, GTs would have gained valuable experience in their professions and rotated across different departments.

Recruitment Schedule

Requirement

We are looking for high-calibre graduates, with a master’s or bachelor’s degree and with no more than 2 years' working experience; or final year students from either Hong Kong or overseas universities. Students from Engineering or Information Technology background are welcomed.

• High mobility & willingness to work and pursue a professional career in mainland China
• A passion to protect and preserve the environment
• Self-motivation and the drive to learn and succeed
• Keen problem solving, analytical and creative mind
• Social confidence and be a good team player
• Flexible and independent mind
• Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese, including Putonghua

How to Apply

Please submit your application through the link on or before 3 November 2017

We look forward to seeing you at Towngas!

Shift Engineer Trainee Programme

Shift Engineer Trainee Programme is a structured training programme which aims at nurturing and developing young talents for our gas production plants. We are looking for high-calibre graduates with Bachelor's degree or above in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering.   <More>

Programme Structure

In our 24-month training program, Shift Engineer Trainees will receive intensive on-the-job training in various functions of our gas production plants to gain in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience about the petro-chemical plant operation. Training covers areas in safety, plant operation/ maintenance, design, and project management, ensuring our trainees acquire necessary experiences for the attainment of professional qualification.

Career Path

Upon successful completion of our 24-month Shift Engineer Trainee Program, the Shift Engineer Trainee will be promoted to the position of Shift Assistant Engineer. Ample development opportunities are provided for graduated trainees to move along the career ladder.

Requirements

We are looking for high-calibre fresh university graduates or recent graduates with no more than 2 years’ relevant working experience from Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering. 

You should also have a strong academic record and the following qualities:

•  Willing to perform shift duty
•  Strong passion and commitment
•  Excellent command of English and Chinese (fluent Cantonese is a must)
•  Social confidence and be a good team player
•  Strong problem solving skills
•  Self-motivation and the drive to learn and succeed
•  Mobility to travel and work in Mainland China / overseas

Application:

Application period: 22 Feb 2017 to 10 March 2017
Deadline: 10 March 2017

Application method:

Please send your application with full details stating expected salary to [email protected] on or before 10 March 2017. Please quote the reference number (SETP/GASPROD/17) & state “Shift Engineer Trainee Programme” in the email subject. 

(All personal data provided will be treated in strict confidence and used for recruitment purposes only.)

Desmond Cheung, Corporate Safety Risk Manager

MEng (Building Services Engineering) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
BEng (Building Services Engineering) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

As a Towngas GT, the training program gave me comprehensive exposure to all aspects of the gas business as well as practical on-site experience. With all-round engineering knowledge and skills acquired in Towngas, I was awarded first prize in the Trainee of the Year Award organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers in 2004. After the completion of my GT program, I stepped out of the borders of Hong Kong and took up a challenging role in enforcing the proactive HSE management system in our mainland and overseas joint venture companies. Throughout the years, I have been involved in the projects of city-gas and water supply, gas-filling station, chemical plant, coal mine and on-shore oil exploration and production.

Camilla Yau, Marketing & Sales Manager, Metering Business

BEng (Logistics Engineering and Supply Chain Management) – The University of Hong Kong

The comprehensiveness of the training scheme, from experience of company-wide departmental operations to gas engineering workshops and various all-round personal skills development, has furthered my professional growth and maturity. As a GT of Towngas, I have been encouraged to observe and learn from many different angles, to become involved in challenging yet interesting projects, and to explore and stretch my full potential. I must say “the 2 years GT program was a truly bright working experience and offered me the best fuel to ignite my future”.

Read more of the past GTs’ sharing here.

The Towngas Experience Day on 24 October 2017 is open for application now. It is unique from Towngas' previous campus recruitment talks with highlights including:

• an exclusive opportunity to interact with our management,
• interview preparation advice, and
• a guided company tour to the key operational & innovation facilities for a thorough understanding of our business.

We welcome graduates from both Engineering and Information Technology disciplines. Please apply at https://goo.gl/forms/f9NmReyU7aJxoKX53 by 10 October 2017.

The details are as follows: