Keith Cannin worked for Balfour Beatty as operations director of its aviation division.

Cannin will be based at Heathrow, where he worked for over 10 years in his previous role, which included acting as project director for the Terminal 2 programme.

He will report to Morgan Sindall’s managing director of civil engineering Nick Fletcher.

Morgan Sindall’s major projects at Heathrow Airport include a £31m runway rehabilitation scheme and the replacement of seven air bridges in partnership with German company Thyssen Krupp.

The contractor is also undertaking a £6.4m contract with British Airways at Heathrow to modernise two aircraft hangars in preparation for the arrival of the new B787 Dreamliner and B777-300ER aircraft.

Last month, Morgan Sindall also revealed it had appointed the former managing director of construction in Balfour Beatty’s major projects business, Tony Dixon, as its new managing director for London and aviation.