Rail Director November 2023

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Matchtech is a STEM recruitment specialist with nearly four decades of experience. Rail Director Kenny Burton explains how they have the expertise and enthusiasm to serve the sector and help overcome the challenges ahead

Providing the skills to build a better future one job at a time

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here are an estimated 30,000 recruitment agencies in the UK, of which 230 are dedicated to the rail industry. Among those in the latter category is Matchtech, with decades of experience in matching jobseekers with hiring employers on some of the biggest rail projects in the UK. “It is quite a finite pool when it comes to rail recruiters and that is likely down to the fact that rail is a heavily regulated industry, with safety and compliance at the heart of anything you do before you talk about doing any work and that is no different when it comes to us recruiters,” said the company’s Rail Director Kenny Burton. “A lot of the skills within the rail industry are transferrable from other industries, but because of the governance, compliance and safety, there is that element of training that people need to work in the industry. It can make it quite difficult to get into for the first time, but once you are in there and successful, you are very successful.” Matchtech was formed with a mission to bridge the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills gap. Since first opening its doors in 1984 it has grown to become one of

the UK’s largest STEM recruitment companies, connecting more than 10,000 clients around the globe with industry-leading contract and permanent talent. Kenny leads the organisation’s dedicated rail team, which has been involved with the likes of HS2, East West Rail, Transpennine Route Upgrade and Core Valley Lines. “We want to provide the skills needed to build a better future one job at a time,” said Kenny. “It is a journey to be number one, and although that might sound a bit salesy, it goes back to the heart of what our business is, we’re a people business and you’ve got to look after that one person, and then the next person and then the person after that.”

We want to provide the skills needed to build a better future one job at a time

Making a better future There is a real sense of sincerity in Kenny’s words about providing a best-in-class service for clients and candidates. These services cover everything from project planning, design, commercial, and HSQE to programme and project management, permanent way, signalling and telecommunications, mechanical and engineering, civils, and safety critical.

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