Employees of Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC) were awarded the title of Professional Engineer of Russia based on the results of the 25th All-Russian Engineer of the Year 2024 competition. They were also included in the register of the country's best professional engineers.

In total, more than 70,000 people from 60 regions of Russia participated in the preliminary stage of the competition, which consists of two rounds. The winners included 417 participants, including 284 in the Professional Engineers category and 133 in the Young Engineering Talent category. The projects were evaluated in 52 categories.

Andrey Kazakov, Director of the Department of Geomodeling and Road Construction Automation, won the Professional Engineers competition in the Transport and Road Construction category. The competition also participated by Chief Process Engineer Gleb Farkhutdinov, Head of the Chief Process Engineer Department (nominated in the Oil and Gas Industry category), Lead Process Video Surveillance Engineer Maxim Konovaltsov (nominated in the Smart Systems and Information Processing Technologies (AI technologies)” category), and Vadim Chernitsky, Lead Automation Engineer (nominated in the Organization of Scientific and Engineering Activities Management category). They became the winners of the first round of the federal stage of the competition according to Professional Engineers. For the competition, specialists submitted portfolios of projects implemented at IOC, lists of research publications, and achievements. All representatives of the company received certificates of professional engineers of Russia and were included in the register of the best professional engineers in the country.

The competition is held annually and is the largest social project aimed at identifying and disseminating best practices and achievements of engineering personnel. Among the organizers is the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Public Associations.

IOC implements various educational projects aimed at personal and professional growth. In particular, the company runs an engineering school. The program is designed to last one and a half to two years and includes eight areas of training.

Graduates receive a certificate of professional development, as well as certificates and diplomas from external training centers participating in the program. Training is taken into account in the internal employee rating system. In 2024, 984 people were enrolled in the engineering school.

Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC) is one of the independent producers of hydrocarbons in Russia. The Company was established in 2000 and conducts geological study, exploration and development of subsoil blocks in the Irkutsk Region, Krasnoyarsk Region and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The company ranks in the top 5 best employers in the Energy, Mining and Processing category and is in the top 50 of the employer rating.

IOC employees ranked among Russia's best engineers