Partner Article

ABC Electrification annouces RPO Agreement with Samuel Knight

Samuel Knight has been selected as the exclusive RPO partner for ABC Electrification.

In 2012 Alstom, Babcock and Costain formed ABC Electrification to support Network Rail in meeting the UK railway’s electrification challenges. ABC Electrification has secured over a billion pounds of orders to date making it one of the largest electrification contractors in Europe.

Under the National Electrification Programme, ABC have secured three significant programmes to provide new electrification to the Valley Lines, Great Western Rail Modification (GWRM) Bristol Patchway to Swansea Route and London North West (South) routes over a seven year period.

The project is worth an estimated £150 million and over the next 3 years will require in excess of 300 people.

Samuel Knight International deliver specialist engineering, technical and construction manpower and recruitment solutions on a contract, permanent and project basis globally. This agreement includes on-site dedicated teams in Bristol and Newport and a project support team based in Samuel Knights head offices in the North East. The contract will cover the hiring of both permanent and contract staff across all job titles.

Samuel Knight will report into Robert Halsey, Programme Director for ABC Electrification who commented “We have had a longstanding relationship with Samuel Knight over the last few years and the decision to move to an RPO partnership is based upon an excellent service received in the past. We are looking forward to working with Samuel Knight on this exciting partnership.”

Steven Rawlingson, Managing Director of Samuel Knight commented “ABC Electrification is in one of the largest electrification contractors across Europe at the forefront of the industry so we are delighted that they have chosen to partner with us and look forward to supporting their continued growth across the UK”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Kirsten Raath .