The RailStaff Awards 2024

Nominations for Rail Engineer of the Year

Clemence Pepereke

Said the following about Abdul Rehman Savant IEng MIET-**LEFT COMPANY**:

“Abdul is a hard working Power Engineer, he is good at motivating other engineers in the workplace by volunteering for technological education.

At Signalling Solutions Ltd, Birmingham office, Abdul has taken it upon himself to arrange and organise a number of CPD lectures for all his colleagues. These are being delivered as lunchtime seminars by different technological companies including such organisations as IET etc.

His work is quite appreciated and beneficial to most engineers.“

Kieron Hadlington

Said the following about Abdul Rehman Savant IEng MIET-**LEFT COMPANY**:

“Abdul is a great member of the Signalling Solutions team and has worked extremely hard as a Power Engineer. Regardless of this, he takes an interest in the Railway as a whole not just power and makes an effort to talk and communicate across teams.

Recently he has organized multiple business across the industry to come in and offer CPD lectures which is not only interesting but has proven to be useful.“

Tony Mendez

Said the following about Abdul Rehman Savant IEng MIET-**LEFT COMPANY**:

“Abdul has consistently demonstrated his ability to resolve engineering challenges.

As part of the Birmingham Power Design Team, Abdul has used his experience in Structural Engineering, Signalling and Power Design to facilitate integrated design solutions.

Abdul has a thirst for knowledge, and has been instrumental in setting up CPD events at our offices. Key industry suppliers are invited to conduct seminars, where they are given an opportunity to engage with engineers and discuss the changes in technology.

All disciplines are encouraged and it is intended to include our Your office, using Web based telephone conferencing facilities with Webcam.

Abdul is a credit to the industry and I am delighted to nominate him for this award.“

Thomas Golda

Said the following about Abdul Rehman Savant IEng MIET-**LEFT COMPANY**:

“Abdul has very good knowledge and experience in Rail industry. He is very kind and helpful person. He has good organising skills.

It is big pleasure to work with him.“

Peter Woodbridge

Said the following about Abdul Rehman Savant IEng MIET-**LEFT COMPANY**:

“Abdul took the initiative to set up and continues to organise "lunch and learn" sessions on an approximately monthly basis at the Birmingham office; he encourages guest speakers generally from industrial suppliers to come to talk about a topic and talk about their products in exchange for funding a take away lunch that is free to attendees to encourage them to attend during their lunch break. This encourages staff from different disciplines to get together that serves to break down silo working and also is useful CPD for raising awareness of technical issues in the industry.

He also helps out colleagues in other ways; for example the company has been experiencing a range of issues resulting from a change of IT supplier and his IT knowledge has been very useful in helping others achieve what they want to do when they have been struggling to get useful assistance from a remote IT help desk.

Also educating colleagues who overnight were faced with a change from the Office 2003 to the Office 2013 suite of programmes which was a bit of a culture shock for some and has been showing the new facilities available within them and has set up groups within Outlook 365 etc.

Very much a "team player" within the organisation and works wider rather than confining himself to the small power distribution specialism.“

Carl Fairclough

Said the following about Abdul Rehman Savant IEng MIET-**LEFT COMPANY**:

“Abdul has proven his engineering ability since the day I first met him working on high profile signal power schemes as an E&P engineer.

Abdul has a keen eye for detail, ensures he thoroughly understands tasks to be undertaken, can work alone or as a key team player.

Keen to progress and maintain the latest technical knowledge for himself and other members of the team, Abdul manages and organises technical seminars to gain product knowledge through CPD seminars.

Abdul is keen, focused and reliable, and works demanding hours when required and can be trusted to complete and deliver projects.

Abdul has a very pleasant kind manner and is calm within in his approach, polite and well mannered with both colleagues and clients.

The industry as a whole is lacking individuals with these distinct qualities and it is a pleasure to work with Abdul.“