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Fortel Services Ltd. is a British based construction services business headquartered in Willenhall, United Kingdom. that provides workforce to the construction and civil engineering industries.

History
Fortel was founded in 1998 by Surinder nijjer, the business has now been established for more than 20 years and is one of the UK's largest suppliers of labour in the rail and civil engineering sectors. He started working as a labourer, and he grew his way up. One of Fortel's new eclectic slogans has been 'We bring teams to you and hit the ground digging, so we're more productive.'. The company started off as a small group of labours and now employees over 2000 staff. Fortel's company motto is ‘By improving our workforce, we're investing in yours’.

John Pilkington is the Vice-Chairman to Fortel, and he joined the team in 2012. He brings not less than 40 years of experience with major international companies such as Ove Arup, Tarmac, Carillion, and Amey, where he was Managing Director of the Investments business and led the Strategic Development Unit. Since he was trained as a structural engineer, John Pilkington chaired the CBI's working group on PFI for three years and was seconded to the DFES to help design the Building Schools for the Future program. He now provides strategic advice to a range of clients, particularly concerning sustaining effective public-private partnerships.

Sat Nijjer joined the team in 2005 as operations director and he is the Chief Executive of Fortel in the present. His education includes a BSc in Computer Science and a career in investment banking with the US Company, Bear Stearns. Since he was a significant shareholder in Fortel, he later became chief executive in 2012. He is involved in the economic development of Walsall Borough through a seat the Walsall Economic Board, an Alumni Member of The Sunday Times Fast Track 100, and Vice-Chairman of the Asian Sports Foundation. He is married with three children and is an avid Manchester United fan.

Ian Smith is the finance person. He was appointed to the board back in 2014, following more than 20 years of experience in senior finance roles. He has spent over ten years in the construction sector, including three years as FD of the UK's largest in-situ concrete flooring contractor. Before stepping into construction domain, he had several senior positions in multiple financial service institutions, such as the West Bromwich Building Society.

Andy Berry works in the Labour Supply & Recruitment department. He is an engineer with 35 years of experience in companies such as Principal Contractors, Network Rail, and London Underground. He spent ten years in Carillion's recruitment business, SkyBlue initially heading their Rail business and ultimately running Carillion Managed Service. His experience for both Carillion and Volker Fitzpatrick gives him a real insight into what's required by our customers in terms of quality and value for money. Andy has a particular interest in the use of technology for the control of the purchase to pay process and is a BSc of Combined Engineering and holds IOSH Safety and Risk Management.

Amar Sandhawalia works in the FM department. He graduated in Aerospace Engineering (BEng) at Queen Mary University of London, Amar joined Chartered Accountants Bowker Orford of Cavendish Place, London - working swiftly towards being a member of the Association of Tax Technicians. In 2011 he was recruted by Fortel, and therefore joined the company as Financial Accounts Manager. Then he got through a succession of internal promotions up to the point he was appointed to the board in 2014. As Vice-Chairman of the Employment and Skills Board of Walsall Council, he is passionate about supporting the local community. Also, Amar is a keen follower of cricket, and holds a certificate from IRCA in Quality Management Systems Auditing.

Lyn Redsell now works in Governance&Welbeing department. She has worked for Fortel for many years before getting to this point, and she acts as the Company Secretary. She got the promotion as Head of Governance and Wellbeing in 2014; she is leading innovative initiatives to ensure Fortel's growing workforce is both compliant and happy. She has substantial experience in the wholesale, retail, manufacturing, and construction industries, holds CIPD, IOSH and IIRSM memberships, and is accredited by organizations including AAT, BTEC, NEBOSH, IOSH, and ROSPA.

Operations
Fortel have developed three operating models :


 * People - individuals and teams to work under your supervision.
 * Projects - delivering specific contracts for a pre-agreed price.
 * Process outsourcing - on going support for your labour requirements.

Fortel Construction group limited which houses Fortel services ltd, Fortel ltd, Fortel rail construction and sky blue solutions operates in the civil, rail, defence, nuclear, waist and energy sectors They've successfully delivered projects in a wide range of environments around the country, with particular experience in a number of key sectors
 * Roads & Motorways
 * Rail
 * Retail
 * Defence
 * Commercial
 * Power
 * Utilities
 * Hotel & Leisure.