1976 to 1981 - Master of House Building Trust Factory “Pavlodarzhilstroy”;
1981 to 1983 - Instructor of Ekibastuz City Committee of the CPSU;
1983 to 1987 - Deputy chief engineer, secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Ekibastuzshahstroy Plant;
1987 to 1991 - Vice chairman of Ekibastuz City Executive Committee;
1991 to 1992 - Manager of Ekibastuzenergozhilpromstroy trust;
1992 to 1993 - Head Ekibastuz city administration;
1993 to 1997 - Head of Administration, Akim of Pavlodar Region;
12.1997 to 10.1999 – Akim of North-Kazakhstan Region;
October, 1999 to December 21, 2000 - Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
December 21, 2000 to November 21, 2001 - First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
November 21, 2001 to June 13, 2003 – Akim of Pavlodar Region;
June 13, 2003 to January 8, 2007 - Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
January 10, 2007 to June 17, 2009 - Minister of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
From December, 2010 - Head of Environmental Energy Company;
2012 to 11.2014 - Minister of Energy and Infrastructure – a Member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission;
On November 11, 2014 is appointed Akim of East Kazakhstan Region.