Matching People and Positions

We are expert recruiters for the global rail industry

Welcome to RailPersonnel

Rail Personnel is an internationally recognised recruitment specialist with a solid reputation in the rail industry worldwide for finding clients the people they need. We are able to provide you with staff on contract or to fill a permanent position. We have been helping people find jobs for over 20 years.

Our website is visited by thousands of rail professionals from around the world and we have offices in Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, India and China. Working with us means having access to the best jobs and people in the rail industry. Use us to find a job or find a candidate as well as seeing the latest rail industry news and details of upcoming rail conferences and events.

Conferences we are supporting

Rail Personnel has been supporting and promoting rail specific conferences and exhibitions around the world for many years. For further details, please contact the Talent Acquisition Manager at renee@railpersonnel.com

Middle East Rail 2025

24 Jun 2025 - 25 Jun 2025

Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Middle East Rail is the region's leading event for rail innovation, technology & strategy. The conference involves a two-day programme that will host over 250 speakers from across the region and beyond. The exhibition is a free-to-attend multi-brand exhibition hosting multiple country pavilions and over 250 exhibitors showcasing cutting-edge solutions from the region.

Find out more
Urban Rail 2025

25 Jun 2025 - 26 Jun 2025

Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Australia

Bringing together stakeholders across every level of the light rail, suburban rail, metro and high-speed rail passenger rail sector to hear cutting-edge case studies and lessons learned from projects locally and globally, the event celebrated how urban rail is reshaping the Australasian landscape by reducing traffic congestion and greenhouse emissions and transforming the way we travel by offering smart solutions and multimodal connections.

Find out more
RailwayTech Indonesia 2025

29 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2025

JlExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia

RailwayTech Indonesia 2025 is the right track and opportunity to feature your rail innovations, technology and solutions to ASEAN’s railway buyers, operators, contractors, government as well as to network with the leading industry professionals from relevant industry.

Find out more
Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE) 2025

12 Aug 2025 - 14 Aug 2025

Pullman Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand

CORE is Australasia’s premier railway engineering and technology conference, featuring over 80 peer-reviewed papers and international keynote speakers addressing critical issues in railway policy, operations, and engineering. Expect insightful presentations, dynamic discussions, networking opportunities, technical tours—and, of course, a bit of socialising.

Find out more
Smart Rail Malaysia 2025

11 Sep 2025 - 12 Sep 2025

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The upcoming Smart Rail Conference, scheduled for September 11-12, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will delve into the development of rail infrastructure in Thailand and surrounding nations. The conference will focus on planning, execution, and future expansion, exploring the digital landscape of rail. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with innovative ideas on integrating rail into smart cities and fostering cross-border connectivity.

Find out more
HSR Asia 2025

24 Sep 2025 - 25 Sep 2025

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

HSR Asia 2025 is the premier platform uniting policymakers, rail operators, infrastructure developers, technology innovators, and financiers to drive forward the future of high-speed rail across the Asia Pacific. Under the theme "Accelerating Asia Pacific’s High-Speed Rail Revolution: Connectivity, Mobility, Sustainability, Innovation & Financing," the conference will explore how transformative rail projects are reshaping regional mobility, fuelling sustainable economic growth, and ...

Find out more
Global Rail Transport Infrastructure Exhibition and Conference 2025

30 Sep 2025 - 2 Oct 2025

ADNEC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Global Rail 2025 unites transport and network operators, port authorities, financiers, freight and logistics providers, integrated transport systems, technologists, solution providers, transport planners and engineers, to accelerate the transition towards smart, integrated, and sustainable transport ecosystems.

Find out more
Rail Research Week (IHHA + WCRR Joint Conference)

17 Nov 2025 - 21 Nov 2025

The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, United States

Building on its unparalleled opportunities for networking, knowledge sharing, and discussing the latest and most promising advancements across the global railway community, the 13th International Heavy Haul Conference (IHHA 2025) will be co-located with the 14th World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR 2025) to offer a historic coming together of leading rail industry experts across the globe. In 2025, this unique joint-conference experience will be celebrated under the event banner Rail Rese...

Find out more

“Rail Personnel has supported us to fill both technical and management positions with quite unique competence profiles. The support has always been particularly professional and reliable”.

Sven Nowak - Regional Program Director, TUV SUD
"I have no reservation in recommending Rail Personnel to anyone who are looking for rail professionals".

Yasunori HASEGAWA - Authorized Representative, Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd
“I am please to say that the services provided by Rail Personnel have been very professional and they have been able to find us the people we need.”

Daniel Mociak - Managing Director, KH1 Pty Ltd
"Rail Personnel consultants are very professional in matching me to the right jobs, and ever so helpful in making all arrangements."

Wilfred Phay - Candidate
Rail Personnel has delivered a high level of recruitment services. The services have included the recruitment of a wide range of niche rail industry personnel including local Malaysians, Regionals and Expatriates. I would have no hesitation in recommending their services.

Amos Lim - Senior Manager, HR & Administration, MRCB George Kent