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RECRUITMENT


Expanded £24m rail depot opened


ScotRail’s Glasgow maintenance depot has been officially opened by transport minister Keith Brown, creating 130 permanent jobs.


Transport Scotland invested £24m in the project, which will provide a train maintenance and overhaul facility for the opera- tor’s 38-strong Class 380 electric fleet and some of the existing ScotRail fleet. Managing direc- tor Steve Montgomery said: “It’s great news for our customers as we can service even more trains


than before, including a new fleet which offers very high levels of services and will provide extra capacity on Ayrshire, Inverclyde and Renfrewshire routes.”


The facility created around 40 construction and 130 permanent maintenance jobs.


Brown commented: “The Scottish Government is committed to im- proving conditions on Scotland’s railways and this new £24m facili- ty will enable ScotRail to maintain


From left, ScotRail’s depot production engineer Angus Thom; ScotRail managing director Steve Montgomery; Transport minister Keith Brown; ScotRail project director Alasdair McNicoll


and repair our rolling stock more efficiently, as well as boosting the


Growing our rail infrastructure: ATA predict efficiencies the key to growth


Over the next five years, even by conservative estimates, the UK can expect to witness the largest investment in rail infrastructure developments that we’ll see for a generation, says ATA’s Donna Johnson.


The latest government spending review demonstrated continued commitment to rail investment, backing projects such as HS2 and Crossrail and reconfirming the importance of the UK’s rail infrastructure in enhancing the country’s economy.


With passenger rail journeys reaching 1.3 billion in 2010 and rail freight having grown by 60% since 1995, the UK’s rail network continues to see increasing de- mands placed upon capacity and efficiency.


For the rail industry moving for- ward, improving efficiencies will be integral to its potential growth, as this will release funding to in- vest into projects across the UK’s network. As Network Rail contin- ues to plan for Control Period 5, the maintenance of cost efficien- cies is of top concern and the recruitment of talented staff who can implement resourceful solu- tions will be imperative.


These future requirements for the industry prompted leading rail recruitment expert, ATA, to en- hance its infrastructure division, in preparation for upcoming in- dustry projects.


Integral to ATA’s expansion was the appointment of Donna


ATA Rail is well established as a major player within the civils and rolling stock recruitment markets, and aims to replicate this success within the infrastructure sector. Johnson will work to enhance ex- isting client relationships, whilst developing links with other key industry players, focusing on cli- ent-facing functions, whilst also managing a team of dedicated in- dustry experts to help candidates find their next career move.


Johnson, a principal consultant holding over 12 year’s rail recruit- ment experience, including eight years centred on rail infrastruc- ture recruitment.


She explained: “Network Rail has committed to assess each and every way in which the railways are run, to strive for a 23% re- duction in annual spending and therefore allow larger projects to go ahead. This will include initia- tives such as the centralisation of signalling functions and whole- sale changes in the structure of Network Rail.


“We realise that effective industry reform will require the very best candidates to secure the future of the UK rail industry and ATA is ide- ally placed to assist companies in sourcing these personnel.”


Working with clients throughout the infrastructure sector across various disciplines including sig- nalling, telecoms, permanent way, overhead line electrification and building services, Johnson will draw upon her extensive experi- ence in successfully recruiting for major contracting organisations and clients, helping further ex- pand ATA’s existing infrastructure division.


She continued: “Much of the work we are undertaking at present is for clients requiring highly experi- enced design personnel. In prep- aration for the new control period, many organisations are investing in staff who can best develop the new ideas that will take their com- pany forward whilst upholding the suggestions of Roy McNulty’s Value for Money study.”


She explained: “I will be continu- ing our work with consultancies and major contractors, endeav- ouring to align our infrastructure division with our flagship civils department.


“Many of our civils clients may not be aware of our capabilities within infrastructure recruitment.


“I am here to remind them that ATA are well placed to act as a single supplier for all of their recruit- ment require- ments.”


Donna Johnson FOR MORE INFORMATION


Donna Johnson at ATA Rail T: 0845 880 8113 E: donna.johnson@ata-rail.co.uk W: www.ata-recruitment.co.uk


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local economy with 130 more jobs. The facility will also play an important part in maintaining the £430m investment of new trains, which will benefit rail passengers across the west of Scotland.”


The new maintenance facil- ity is part of a £430m Transport Scotland funding package aimed at adding 7,500 seats to Scotland’s rail network.


The construction project was led by Siemens Mobility.


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