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“Gary is celebrating his 40th year this year within the railway industry starting his career as a trackman for BR Rail he then went onto training safety critical competencies. Gary is currently head of HSEQ for Ganymede“
“Gary Lobue has worked in the UK rail industry for an outstanding 40 years.
Since beginning his career in 1979 as a track operative, Gary has worked tirelessly over the years making positive contributions to our railway, and as a result, has progressed on to various roles throughout his career and eventually into his current role - the Head of HSEQ for Ganymede.
Gary deserves to win this award because he has spent his working life dedicated to the railway, whether it be laying railway tracks, electrifying the railway, delivering safety-critical training, keeping a workforce of over 1,500 people safe or working with the industry to improve safety for everyone – he has contributed to many aspects of the railway.
Gary is truly inspirational and has been an instrumental part in embedding the culture of Safety First, Safety Always throughout Ganymede. Being responsible for the safety of an extremely large workforce can’t be easy for anyone, but Gary always goes the extra mile to make sure that the company is doing what it can to keep everyone safe.
We are nominating Gary because his passion for safety shines through everything he does. He is an honest, hardworking man who deserves to be recognised for his contribution to the railway industry over the past 40 years.“
“Gary has worked for Ganymede for the last few years and is a true professional. The respect he has in the industry is unparalleled and he should be commended for his life time of service to the railway industry.“
“Having worked with Gary for a while now, I have been overwhelmed by Gary's passion for safety and his commitment to being fair is uncompromising. Gary works tirelessly trying to improve contractor safety whether that involves travelling up and down the country leading "safety moments" to the operatives, meeting clients or supporting the Resource Teams to put "safety first, safety always". I have been inspired by Gary's initiatives, whether it’s been to improve contractor safety, mental health and wellbeing or induction processes (to name a few) - I feel proud to have worked with him. Gary has such vast rail experience and this has enabled him to be a truly honest, dedicated and proud railway man. Gary deserves this amazing accolade!“
“I have worked for Gary for almost 3 years and his passion for and commitment to Health and Safety is unparalleled. His 40 years’ experience in the industry in evident in his knowledge of the railway and his professional and fair work ethic makes him an invaluable member of the Ganymede Team and an absolute pleasure to work with. Gary is an extremely dedicated and hardworking individual who deserves to be recognised for his contribution to the railway industry.“
“Gary has worked in the rail industry for 40 years as a front line worker, trainer and most recently a Health and Safety Manager. Gary works in a collaborative manner without ego or company agenda to manage the risks to his workforce.
I have worked with Gary on many occasions and although we work for competitive organisations his attitude has always been one of shared goals for the improvement of all.“
“I have known Gary a number of years now and have worked really closely with him and Ganymede together with and for the Track Safety Alliance. This has been a really collaborative approach.
Gary is always at the forefront of the queue offering to help and support with improving the Health safety and Wellbeing of Track Workers and their Safety
Fully deserved to be nominated.“
“I am honoured to be able to call Gary a colleague. His passion, work ethic and leadership qualities are unquestionable. Since joining our business, Gary has been pivotal in driving safety and the welfare of our workforce by instilling our core values in all levels of the Ganymede business.
With 40 years’ service to the rail industry, he thoroughly deserves recognition for his commitment to the rail industry. Gary first started earning his rail industry stripes as a track worker for the civil engineering department out of Beighton, Sheffield before progressing into possession management and training roles. When in these roles, he realised he had a talent and a need to move into a safety position in which he felt he could make a positive difference.
All of the early roles Gary has undertaken and the 20 years spent in training and safety has helped hone Gary’s skills. This was why we worked tirelessly to get Gary involved with Ganymede. We are proud to be able to call upon his experience and trust him in his senior position as Head of HSEQ, pushing the safety and welfare of our rail business.
He has and is proving to be a fantastic ambassador to the business and someone that all our management and operatives on site can look up to.
For me, Gary unequivocally deserves the lifetime achievement award as he should be recognised for everything he has given to the industry he loves - most notably for all of his working life.“
“I have known Gary for over 10 years, we have worked together over this time in various roles and organisations.
Gary's knowledge of the industry, particularly around the infrastructure is second to none, if I have any questions he's my 'go to' person and he will always take time to answer them.
When you work with Gary, what you really see, is someone that genuinely cares about the health and safety of the people working on the front line. He is very understated in his manner, he doesn't shout about things, he talks to people, he shares his views and ideas and gets everyone on board because he usually has a sensible approach that everyone can buy into.“
“I have known Gary pretty much all of my railway working career, meeting Gary whilst he was a railway trainer/assessor with a local provider.
He is a very inspirational person, approachable, experienced, skilled and knowledgeable and an individual to certainly look up to. In the early days of my career, Gary often delivered training to me at my local provider here in Doncaster. Along with some funny and real life scenarios the knowledge and skills gained have served me well through my own career and provided me with foundations to become a qualified trainer/assessor as well as develop health & safety practice to the highest of standards.
Gary now heads up safety for Ganymede and is an extremely close partner to us. I have seen across the past three years significant changes to the behaviour and culture within Ganymede and I am confident that is consequential to Gary's influence.
Clearly Gary has achieved a lot that has supported the rail industry in his career and such it would be a privilege for the industry to honour this hard work and dedication with the Lifetime achievement award.“
“Thanks for a great evening.”
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