Haluch, a chartered civil engineer, played an instrumental role in developing Mouchel’s integrated strategic highways services.

His experience, which includes Private Finance lead projects, spans highway, communications and tunnel engineering projects in the UK, Hong Kong and the Far East.

Haluch said: “I am delighted to be joining a well-respected company that prides itself on the safety of its people and customers, and working collaboratively with its supply chain and clients.

“My initial focus will be to build on this and furthermore to grow the business in traditional and new markets to become the UK’s leading highway management and maintenance provider.”

Amey has been a key player in the strategic highways market for nearly 20 years, holding key contracts with Transport Scotland, Roads Service Northern Ireland, Highways England and clients in the Middle East, Australia and the USA.