KBR Inaugurates New Office in Chennai

KBR (NYSE: KBR) launched its second office in Chennai to capitalize on the high-caliber engineering talent in order to expand its sustainable technology solutions business.

Located in Chennai’s Tharamani area, the office has a seating capacity of over 700, enabling KBR to meet its objective of tripling the workforce in the region in 2023.

The new office was inaugurated by Jay Ibrahim, President, Sustainable Technology Solutions, KBR.

“India is key to helping our business deliver its strategy, and the tremendous potential in India’s talent pool has led us to expand our footprint in the region; our talented teams will continue to play a key role in delivering critical global projects,” said Ibrahim. “As KBR continues to grow, our people remain integral to our businesses, and we are committed to providing healthy, vibrant and inclusive work environments for employees to thrive, deliver, innovate and raise the bar of excellence.”

“We are looking forward to growing our capacity and capabilities as we accelerate our growth in India, and providing more opportunities to engineers with a huge focus on inclusion and diversity, as we firmly believe people are at the core of our ability to deliver solutions that make a difference to our planet and our lives,” said, Geetha Ramamoorthi, Managing Director, KBR India.

KBR has operated in India since 1974 delivering key grassroots and revamp projects in ammonia,

refining and petrochemicals, with the recent office inaugurated in 2008 in Gurgaon, in 2012 in Pune and

2014 in Chennai