Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has offered jobs to more than 100 young UAE Nationals at the Ru’ya Career Fair.
EGA’s recruitment team received more than 1800 applications from UAE National job seekers and conducted around 100 interviews during the three-day event.
The applications were mostly for positions on the company’s long-running National Training and Graduate Training programmes.
Around 148 UAE Nationals, including 86 women, have joined EGA since January 2025.
The new recruits from the Ru’ya Career Fair are expected to start from April 2026.
CEO of EGA, Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, said: “At EGA, we see the development of young UAE Nationals not only as a national duty, but as a strategic driver of our success.
“These programmes have launched thousands of careers since the 1980s and continue to prepare the next generation to thrive in heavy industry. I look forward to welcoming our new colleagues to our company.”
EGA already has one of the highest Emiratisation rates of any major company on a like-for-like basis accounting for the high proportion of blue-collar roles in heavy industry.
EGA’s in-focus Emiratisation rate was 44.5% by the end of 2024.
The company aims to accelerate this rate to reach 50% by 2027: equivalent to hiring 600 UAE Nationals over the period.
EGA’s National Training programmes develop high school leavers for technical roles in the company’s industrial operations and administration.
More than 5000 UAE Nationals have graduated from these programmes since they were first established in 1982, with many having long and successful careers with EGA.
EGA’s Graduate Training programme provides university graduates with an approximately 18-month training programme, enabling them to assume permanent, leading roles in the organisation.
In total, more than 1300 UAE Nationals now work at EGA. Over 700 of EGA’s Emirati employees are also under the age of 35.
EGA has participated in more than 70 career fairs so far in 2025, including EGA’s own recruitment drives.
