New Survey launching 26th July 2010

Kings Heath Train Care Facility Officially Recognized as Transport Centre of Excellence

On 1st July 2010 Kings Heath Train Care Facility Northampton was officially recognized as Centre of Excellence for ISS Facility Services, Transport, supported by Siemens Mobility. With its central location, great achievements and reliable contract Kings Heath Train Care Facility is the ideal site for a centre of the business where best practices are established by testing and assessing, and shared amongst all Transport contracts with a consistent flow of information. As part of the Centre of Excellence Project, several innovative activities have already been initiated at Kings Heath Train Care Facility: BICSc accredited training of operatives for Rolling Stock, courses for supervisors and team leaders to develop personally and within their roles in the company and the development of the Sharepoint Web including a blog available for employees without ISS email user accounts. With the Centre of Excellence, Transport at Kings Heath Train Care Facility aspires to develop the business in aspects of health and safety, training and teamwork.

The Centre of Excellence plaque was presented to Gordon Virgo, Siemens Maintenance Manager by Ivan Shiels, ISS Transport Operations Manager and Ian Johnson, Contract Manager at Kings Heath Train Care Facility. The client Siemens have been very supportive of the project and are excited to be the setting for the innovation and improvement of the services offered by ISS Transport.

Wayne Goldsmith Operations Director stated “This is the type of innovation that sets ISS apart from our competitors. Working in partnership with our clients to deliver their key business needs whilst engaging with our staff to think differently and whilst enabling them to be apart of the process. A truly remarkable concept. Well done”

Kings Heath Train Care Facility Awarded Gold

ISS Transport at Kings Heath Train Care Facility was recently presented with their Gold Flag award for achieving a 100% score on a flag audit completed 4th June 2010 for the second year in a row. The audits provide a consistent benchmarked measure of safety performance and it is a significant accomplishment to achieve the top score. For this amazing result the site has demonstrated dedicated business compliance and continued commitment to improving health and safety with a range of innovative measures. The ISS Transport employees at Kings Heath Train Care Facility can be extremely proud of their achievement as the site is the first over ground Gold Flag site. The Gold Flag Certificate was presented by Ivan Shiels, ISS Transport Operations Manager to the client represented by Gordon Vigo, Siemens Maintenance Manager who personally distributed ‘golden’ badges to all ISS employees on site.

Wayne Goldsmith – Operations Director Transport said, “This is a fantastic achievement and a just award for a team so dedicated and focused on delivering the highest level of Health and Safety. I look forward to seeing what this team can deliver next as it is them that set the bar”.