The RailStaff Awards 2024

Daniel Taylor

Said the following about SLC Rail and Ford & Stanley Infrastructure Team:

“The Sable Leigh Consultancy and Ford & Stanley Site Managed Service Partnership was announced at the beginning of 2018. Designed and implemented to ensure a cross-business team approach to securing talent in an extremely competitive railway infrastructure candidate market.

SLC Rail's ambitions to grow/invest in their Rail infrastructure business and their desire to ensure the unrivalled delivery of several infrastructure projects resulted in appointing F&S as the sole talent acquisition partner. This partnership to date has been hugely successful but only as a result of the joined up thinking and teamwork of both businesses.

This nomination is for the recognition of the joint venture team who have made the partnership a resounding success throughout 2018.

Michelle Hocknull - HR & Business Services Manager - SLC

Safrina Khan - HR & Executive Assistant - SLC

Jessica Jones - Site Managed Service Consultant - F&S

Jon Levers - Group Client Relationship Manager - F&S

Rory Peverell - Rail Team Manager & Specialist in Railway Infrastructure - F&S

The team have achieved a 1 in 1 worked to filled ratio drastically reducing business time and investment in recruitment. They have successfully appointed 15 key infrastructure positions YTD (Not forgetting the 6 direct hires) with several more appointments pending (4 of which, female engineers and project managers).

As a result of such appointments, SLC have delivered some extremely successful projects to include Battenhall Bridge and Kenilworth Station with Worcestershire Parkway Station, Cardiff Parkway and many more under way.

Well done team! Long may it continue.“