Clarkson, who was previously operations director, takes over from Shaun Hunt who will retain the vice chairman role but focus on a number of new development ventures under the Hunt Group parent company.

Before joining Britcon five years Clarkson he was a regional construction director at ISG and site manager for Wilmott Dixon.

Clarkson’s priority is to address the existing management structure, bringing in new expertise to equip the business to develop further within its core areas of operation.

He is also reviewing procedures to enhance customer service, and will commit considerable investment to upgrade systems and processes.

He said, “After a challenging period through the economic crisis we are emerging with very healthy forward order books and business trading is returning to pre-recession levels.”

Britcon has offices in Scunthorpe and Wakefield and directly employs 80 people on its project sites.

In 2013 Britcon announced that it had significantly increased business turnover to £26 million and it is expecting to announce a further significant increase in 2014 trading next month.