Based at the Aston headquarters of the 128-year-old firm, which also has offices in Bristol and London, Mr Jukes has almost 30 years’ experience in building services.

He was previously senior project engineer for a national engineering company where he worked on m&e contracts for both the i54 phase 2 Jaguar Land Rover project in Wolverhampton and the Midland Metropolitan Hospital.

Having started his career as an apprentice with an engineering firm in West Bromwich, Mr Jukes’ credits also include projects for HMP Parc Bridgend prison, Millennium Point, Selfridges, and Shropshire schools.

Mr Jukes is currently managing a £10.5m contract to supply and install the mechanical services for Fish Island, a new 423-home residential village in East London.

Marcus Aniol, J S Wright managing director, said: “Terry’s extensive experience will help us to continue our expansion as the preferred supplier of mechanical and electrical services to leading UK developers.”