State firm to hire engineers for domestic train project

ANKARA

TÜVASAŞ, a subsidiary of Turkey’s State Railways (TCDD), will hire 19 engineers to work on the country’s domestic train development project.

The vacancy announcement published in the Official Gazette includes positions for five mechanical engineers, six electrics-electronics engineers in addition to metallurgy, chemical and software engineers.

The applications for positions will be open until Dec. 29.

TÜVASAŞ is a railcar maker based in the northwestern province of Adapazarı.

It is responsible for the construction, refurbishment and repair of railcars for the TCDD and is a 100% shareholding of the state-run company under the Transport Ministry.

Turkey’s Eskişehir-based TÜLOMSAŞ is currently working on developing the country’s first domestic bullet train in cooperation with Istanbul Technical University and Aselsan, a defense sector company, in addition to more than 150 partners.