Strengthening our engineering leadership. Accelerating our strategy
We’re delighted to welcome to Severfield, Simon Nicholas, our new Chief Technical Officer and Executive Committee member.
Simon brings more than 27 years' international engineering and leadership experience, joining from Surbana Jurong after previously serving as Managing Director, UK & Europe, at Robert Bird Group.
His appointment supports our refreshed Group strategy, putting engineering brilliance at the heart of client service and project delivery.
He will lead engineering and design focusing on:
- Delivering innovation and developing our engineering expertise
- Supporting clients earlier in the project lifecycle
- Connecting design, manufacturing and delivery
- Developing our people and technical capabilities across the Group
Paul McNerney, CEO, commented:
"Our refreshed Group strategy is about building a stronger, more integrated Severfield, with engineering excellence and client collaboration central to our success. I am delighted that Simon is joining our team. He brings enormous industry knowledge, international experience and ability to develop engineering teams to help deliver that ambition.”