Key senior appointments announced

Metnor Construction has announced three senior appointments, Sean McNicholas as head of operations, Matthew Thomas as design manager and Ken Fiksen as mechanical and electrical building services manager.

Sean joins after 11 years with Wilmott Dixon where he was operations manager and Matthew steps up from design coordinator, having joined Metnor Construction four years ago. Both Ken and Matthew also sit on the senior management team.

Chris Cant, said: “I am delighted to welcome Sean to the team. He is the right fit for the role of head of operations at Metnor Construction and has ambition and knowledge to really grow the business. With his hunger to succeed, I have no doubt he will step up to the challenge.

“I am very proud of the progression paths that we have in place, we have worked hard to ensure we have the correct blend of experience and youth, so that fresh ideas can be supported and developed against tried and tested methods. Matthew is someone who has benefitted from this approach. He is committed and passionate and I am pleased he accepted the position as design manager.

“Likewise, Ken has the vision and experience to strengthen the mechanical and electrical building services division and is ideally placed to drive his team forward.

“The lifeblood to any business is its people and as well as creating progression paths and developing a mentoring structure, we have also brought in external experts to deliver employee workshops to inspire, engage and optimise our teams.”