With winter drawing in, civil engineering and construction firms have made a range of appointments.
Here is a selection of moves across the sector in October:
Anglian Water’s @one Alliance appoints three senior leaders
Anglian Water’s @one Alliance announced it had appointed Bryan Kennedy as water delivery director, Karl Wolski as water recycling delivery director – east and Paul Birch as commercial director, all becoming members of the executive leadership team.
The leaders will work on Anglian’s £3bn capital investment programme under AMP8 (asset management period eight).
SP Electricity North West appoints 37 new starters
SP Electricity North West has hired 28 apprentices and nine graduates who will split their time across one of the organisation’s regional depots and its training academy in Blackburn.
They will take part in a programme that will lead them into various operational and supporting roles managing the power network.
Top (l-r) Kirsten Oliver, Paul Birch, Scott Skidelsky, Puneet Vedhera. Bottom (l-r) – Annie Lennox, Conor Considine, Sarah Kingscott, Mark Reynolds
Balfour Beatty appoints senior leader in US
Balfour Beatty announced the appointment of Scott Skidelsky to a new role as US president for strategy & growth.
Skidelsky previously led the company’s southeast US buildings business.
Laing O’Rourke appoints leader for expanded structures
Laing O’Rourke has appointed Conor Considine as the business unit leader for its expanded structures business. Expanded structures include complex basement, substructure and superstructure frames.
Considine has worked on complex large-scale engineering and construction projects such as Old Oak Common and the Olympia re-development.
Mott MacDonald appoints leaders in Germany
Mott MacDonald announced it has appointed Peter Grossmann as senior vice president for energy in Europe and Thorsten Rösner as technical director, both leading its energy transition business in Germany.
Grossmann has experience in the energy industry, with senior leadership roles in growth and business development, engineering, R&D, customer service and manufacturing. Rösner brings more than 25 years of international consulting, business development and operational leadership experience across environmental and engineering services.
Ramboll appoints higher-risk buildings leader
Ramboll announced the appointment of Matthew Pope as director, principal designer to lead on principal designer and higher-risk buildings.
Pope joins Ramboll from Gardiner and Theobald, and has over 25 years’ architectural experience.
Aecom appoints transmission and distribution lead
Aecom has appointed Liam Feeney as transmission and distribution lead for Europe and India.
Feeney joins from PSC, where he was general manager for power networks and HVDC, leading teams across Europe and North America.
Mace Construct appoints former chief executive back to role
Mace Construct, formerly called Mace Group, appointed its existing executive chairman Mark Reynolds back to the role of chair and chief executive – a position he previously held – effective from January 2027.
Reynolds will replace current group chief executive Jason Millett.
Turner & Townsend appoints new environmental advisory lead
Turner & Townsend appointed Christian Galanis as director within its building consultancy business. He will lead the development and growth of a new Environmental Consultancy service.
Galanis led the transaction advisory team at Arcadis, helping clients navigate high-value transactions across real estate, infrastructure, energy and data centres across the UK and Europe.
Tony Gee appoints renewables lead
Tony Gee has appointed Steven Braithwaite as renewables and energy storage lead.
Braithwaite has 28 years’ experience as a civil engineer, including the last 12 years in the renewables sector.
Egis appoints energy director
Egis has appointed Mark Docherty as energy director for the UK and Ireland.
Docherty joins from Arcadis, where he served as global offshore wind practice lead and partner, as well as UK sector leader for networks and energy.
Sweco seeking new CEO
Sweco announced president and CEO Åsa Bergman, who had been at the company for 35 years, had resigned.
Bergman is staying in the position until the board of directors recruits her replacement.
Salko makes senior appointments
Mechanical and electrical engineering specialist Salko UK has appointed several new leadership team members.
Its senior leadership team is now chief financial officer Georgina Wilkinson, group business development director Steve Mason, operations director Sim Sharphouse, PMO (project management office) director Matt Lindon and Salko Spain director Debbie Harman.
All members of the team have new roles and Salko Spain is a new entity.
Mabey Hire appoints new leadership team members
Mabey Hire, the temporary works specialist, announced the appointment of regional sales director for the south Darren Ginger and head of national accounts Sarah Kingscott.
Ginger has more than 25 years of experience in senior leadership roles within the construction and plant hire sectors. Kingscott has over 20 years of experience in strategic account management, commercial leadership and business development within B2B, industrial, facilities and workplace solutions markets.
Sisk announces two senior appointments
Brian Comaskey has been appointed managing director of Sisk’s Ireland east business unit and Diarmuid O’Sullivan has been appointed managing director of a newly established energy business unit.
Comaskey has worked on the delivery of many of Sisk’s projects across sectors including residential, commercial and healthcare. O’Sullivan previously led Sisk’s data centre business.
Bidwells hires new partner at London office
Bidwells appointed Puneet Vedhera as partner and head of building surveying in London.
Vedhera joins from RLB, where he was partner and head of built asset consultancy for national programmes.
Fereday Pollard & Partners announce new associates
Architectural and landscape design practice Fereday Pollard & Partners (FP&P) announced the promotions of Annie Lennox and Alistair Randall to associate.
Lennox has worked as Client Design Adviser and Landscape Quality Supervisor for Tideway, while Randall has worked across a range of both architectural and landscape-focused projects, including step-free access and Access for All rail schemes.
Franki appoints UK boss
Statom Group announced its business Franki Group (UK) Limited had appointed John Theos as managing director.
Theos brings extensive experience across the geotechnical and ground improvement sectors.
Metso appoints new aggregates president
Metso, the Finnish company providing services to the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries, appointed Renaud Lapointe as president of its aggregates business area, effective 15 November.
Lapointe is currently president for Metso’s Europe and Central Asia market area.
Ace appoints WSP leader to chair energy group
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (Ace) has appointed WSP managing director for energy Kirsten Oliver as chair of its newly established Energy Group.
Oliver has worked across complex energy programmes in the UK and internationally, and has expertise in asset integrity, infrastructure repurposing, systems integration and the wider energy transition.
UK Steel appoints new chief
UK Steel announced the appointment of Peter Brennan as its new director-general, replacing Gareth Stace.
Brennan brings extensive knowledge of the industry and the challenges and opportunities facing UK steelmakers.
Midlands Connect changes governance structure
Midlands Connect said it was evolving its governance structure alongside the local government reorganisation and the wider push for devolution.
It announced it was appointing West Midlands mayor Richard Parker as chair and East Midlands mayor Claire Ward as vice-chair as a result of an independent review.
Eversheds Sutherland hires partners in France and Germany
Law firm Eversheds Sutherland said it expanded its global litigation and dispute resolution practice with the appointments of David Pere in Paris and Philipp Duncker in Munich as partners.
Pere brings more than two decades of experience advising corporates, senior executives and public figures on corporate crime, investigations, compliance and regulatory matters, while Duncker’s work has included disputes relating to long-term gas supply arrangements, supply chain issues, offshore wind developments and solar energy projects.
