AECOM, a Fortune 500, U.S.-based engineering consulting firm that provides end-to-end solutions for all kinds of infrastructure development projects, plans to hire 1,500 more employees for its India operations, its global chairman & CEO Michael S. Burke said. Currently the company has 2,500 employees located across eight regional offices and project offices in 26 states in India.
Burke, who is visiting India for the first time, said in New Delhi, “AECOM is committed to India and is in a strong position to help Prime Minister Modi and the Indian government achieve the infrastructure vision for the country. We will be hiring professional local talent in India. They are expected to be engineering professionals, architects and planners.”
The company is working on the Dholera New Township in Gujarat, and development of the naval base Seabird in Karwar in the state of Karnataka. The projected construction cost for the two projects is $7.3 billion and $3 billion, respectively. It also provides consultancy services for the Metro rail projects in six cities. The total cost of construction works being undertaken by AECOM for the Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai Metros is $9.9 billion.
