DESCON has won the contract for the LASMO Oil pipeline work for the
Bhit Gas Field Development Project, located in interior Sindh. This
project has further enhanced the firm's credentials in the pipelines
business area. The project must be started in April 2002
Case Study
Altaf Baig, Head of the Projects Division was looking for a Site Manager of Grade Three at
Design Engineering Services and Construction Ltd (DESCON) for the LASMO Oil pipeline
project in Southern Pakistan. The Head of the HR Department, Sabeeh Faruqi and Shahid
Luqman Deputy, HR Department, had identified several competent engineers for the Site
Manager's position at the DESCON head office in Lahore. On March l, 2002 Altaf Baig was
going through the resumes of five potential candidates for the position of Site Manager. He had
to decide how to proceed to select the right candidate for the job well before the March 1s,
2002 deadline.
DESCON History and Growth:
1975: New division Dawood Hercules Ltd. AKA (DAHETS)
1977: As Design Engineering Services and Construction (“DESCON”)
1977: Pak Arab Fertilizer plant in Multan
1978-79: Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) at Wah.
1979: Gojra Sumundry Suger Mills
1980: Pakistan Arab Refinery Company (PARCO) at Muzaffargarh in District Gujrat.
1981: Lube Oil Refinery
1983: Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.
Core Business Areas:
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EPC (Engineering, Procurements and Constructions)
Civil Construction
Operation and maintenance services
Manufacturing
Infrastructure
DESCON Industrial Services
DESCON Automation and control
Pipeline Project:
Since 1996 DESCON has completed several projects such as
Projects
Zamzama Gas Field Developments Pakistan
Lube Oil Refinery Expansion Pakistan
Attock Oil Refinery Expansion Pakistan
Kadanwari Gas Field Development Pakistan
Qadirpur Gas Field Development Pakistan
Gas Pipeline Project Pakistan
PARCO Mid Country Refinery Pakistan
Sui Gas Compression Project Pakistan
Clients
BHP Australia
National Refinery Ltd
Howe Baker Inc
Foster Wheeler UK
OGDC of Pakistan
Sui Northern Gas Pipeline
Marubeni Corporation
Foster Wheerler
Bisma
Recruitment and Selection Process at DESCON
According to Sabeeh Faruqi’s deputy at the HR department, Shahid Luqman
The steps of the selection at DESCON are:
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Firstly user department sends request to HR department containing job specification and
description.
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HR Department determines the competencies for required position.
HR department finds a suitable candidate through internal or external hiring using HR
Information System.
Send resumes of Short listed Candidates to User department
Interviews held by HR and User Department
Selection of candidate by User department
What is HRIS?
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Abbreviated as Human Resource Information System
Central database containing information
Customized Software
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Specially developed by DESCON engineers
HRIS Support to following areas of administrative information systems:
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Personal Information
Organizational Information
Incumbent Information
Shiza
COMMENTS ON SELECTION PROCESS
Long-term (Full time)
Short-term (Contract basis)
Comparison between long term and short term employees
Job Application
Number of candidates
Working with different types of employees
Internal and external hiring’s