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Experts Join Ford and Stanley Ford and Stanley has boosted its expanding rail business by recruiting David Perrin and Jade Pettit. David Perrin joins as head of practice – rail control systems and Jade Pettit as head of practice – infrastructure. Both previously worked for ATA Recruitment. David Perrin will be expanding the control systems sector of Ford & Stanley. Linking up with other members of the rail team, he takes responsibility for maximising and developing existing relationships with several rail infrastructure companies. Originally from Manchester, David graduated from Staffordshire University with a degree in crime, deviance and society. He is an associate member of the Institute of Railway Signalling
Engineers (IRSE) and has worked in the rail recruitment sector for over six years, focusing on signalling, permanent way, telecoms and power. Outside work, David enjoys spending time with his family as well as going to the cinema, bowling and watching re-runs of comedies such as Only Fools and Horses. Jade Pettit specialises in rail civil engineering projects. Having spent nearly three years in this sector, Jade has a strong knowledge of the rail market and is now responsible for growing this area with Ford and Stanley. Originally from Nottingham, Jade has moved around living in Surrey, York and Newcastle before finding herself back in the Midlands to begin a career in recruitment. Jade graduated from York
University with a degree in history. Away from work, Jade has reached black belt level in the martial art Choi Kwon Do and is set on obtaining a black belt in kickboxing in the near future.
AECOM strengthens rail business AECOM has appointed Simon Pimblett, David Hubbuck and Gary Hicks to strengthen its fast growing rail business, which spans both Britain and Ireland. In Manchester Simon Pimblett has re-joined the rail team from Parsons Brinckerhoff, where he spent three years and is now Permanent Way Design Manager. Pimblett previously spent ten years at AECOM working on Manchester Metrolink and the Tees Valley Metro. After graduating from Bolton University with a BSc in Civil Engineering he worked for Survey Systems. David Hubbuck has been appointed as Telecoms Lead providing over 30 years of professional experience of multi-disciplinary telecom projects. recruitment-lg_Layout 1 09/01/2014 He will be based in Altrincham,
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For more than 20 years Ford and Stanley has recruited for rail companies. The company recently became a corporate member of the Young Rail Professionals.
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Greater Manchester. Hubbuck has a comprehensive knowledge of the industry and has worked for Invensys Rail, Balfour Beatty-Carillion joint venture, Amey Rail and Birse Rail. He studied at Northumbria University Newcastle and has a post-graduate Diploma from the Institute of Operations Management. Gary Hicks has joined AECOM’s 12:49 Page Croydon office1from Hyder Consulting
(UK) Ltd as Electrification Lead with notable experience in electrification systems for both new and extended heavy and light rail networks. Previous jobs include working on Bangkok Skytrain electrification and he has also worked for Balfour Beatty Power Networks, ABB Mowlem, Network Rail, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Halcrow and Mott MacDonald. Hicks read a BEng degree in Electrical Engineering
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at London South Bank University Says Dan Rodgers, Head of Rail, UK and Ireland, ‘As one of the fastest growing rail businesses in the UK, these appointments further strengthen our capability to provide end-toend solutions for the UK’s major rail operators and vital infrastructure projects in the UK including HS2, Crossrail, Transport for London and Network Rail.’
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