Case studies

Working alongside SNC-Lavalin, Ford & Stanley managed the provision and coordination of the workforce for the installation of the WSP equipment. The programme of work started in Newcastle in February 2021, moved to Leeds in the summer of 2021 and subsequently moved to the Newton Heath Depot in Manchester in November 2021.

DB Cargo provide freight, infrastructure and passenger charter trains throughout the UK, and freight services to and from mainland Europe via the Channel Tunnel. We also provide traction and train crew for scheduled passenger operators.

Ford & Stanley were engaged to provide business leadership, coaching and performance support to SNC-Lavalin as part of the company’s employee engagement initiative.

Following the decision to acquire two previously competing brands within a new market, Sandvik engaged Ford & Stanley to manage the entire integration process, whilst driving business growth through attracting the right talent into the company.

Ford & Stanley were engaged to provide a recommendation on availability of skills within the current market to support a £200m London based rail bid.

Ford & Stanley have been a PSL provider of recruitment services since 2016 for Arriva Rail North, providing temporary and permanent recruitment.

SLC Rail are one of the leading railway and station developments specialists in the UK, with Ford & Stanley operating as a 2017.

Following a tender process, Ford & Stanley was selected as sole supplier of recruitment services for CAF Rail UK Ltd. The recruitment service include permanent placements, the supply of temporary works and fixed term contract requirements.

Hitachi Rail is a fully integrated, global provider of transport solutions. Our objective from Hitachi Rail was to provide a team of up to 25 engineers for Network Rail & TFL signalling projects.

East Midlands Railway is a British train operating company (TOC) across a broad network. On a sole agency agreement, Ford & Stanley were tasked with end-to-end recruitment of 14 interim and permanent, full-time candidates to a strict 12-week SLA.