Building and civil engineering business, Britcon, has appointed Heath Williamson as Regional Manager at its base in Wakefield.   The appointment follows strong performance from the Yorkshire team which has doubled in size to 12 members in the last 12 months.

Heath, who is a Chartered Construction Manager, brings particular expertise in heavy engineering with over 27 years’ experience working in senior management roles for a number of leading regional and national building and civil engineering operators.  He was most recently responsible for overseeing pre-construction activities for a £65 million biomass import terminal for Lynemouth Power Limited, at the Port of Tyne.

The appointment reflects continuous growth in Yorkshire for Britcon with major client instructions from York University, BASF, Eddie Stobart, Cepac and Vickers Oils.  It is also on the contractors’ framework for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust with a project underway.

Paul Clarkson, Managing Director at Britcon said, “We are delighted to bring Heath on board to lead the team at Wakefield.   A substantial amount of our business is now managed from this office and Heath has the depth of expertise in procurement and management to lead our growth strategy.

Established for more than 26 years, Britcon is £50 million turnover business headquartered in Scunthorpe and directly employs over 100 people on its project sites across the UK.  Key contracts secured in the last 12 month includes a £13.5 million contract to deliver a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Dagenham for food waste recycler ReFood (UK) Ltd, a series of new developments, extensions and refurbishment projects valued over £10 million for Lidl, and contracts worth over £4 million for global chemicals business Kemira.

Britcon is listed by the London Stock Exchange in its report of ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Europe’.