Electrical engineer and business leader, Mike Smith, has joined leading engineering services body, ECA, as Director of Technical.
Smith has held a variety of commercial roles at SES Engineering Services over the past 25 years, and was most recently the firm’s Estimating and Sector Director, working on projects totalling tens of millions of pounds.
From 2017 to 2018, Smith was also ECA President, driving forward the interests of the sector by helping it face the challenges of Brexit, unfair payment practices, and skills shortages.
Mike Smith, the new ECA Director of Technical, says, “I am delighted to be joining ECA in this exciting role, having supported the association in various capacities over the past 20 years. I am looking forward to using my industry knowledge to help ECA members grow their businesses and navigate the challenging commercial environment.”
Steve Bratt, ECA CEO, adds, “Having Mike on the team further cements ECA’s strong leadership team. His extensive knowledge, experience and expertise will help ECA power ahead and lead the electrotechnical and engineering services industry to success.”
Smith takes over the role of ECA Director of Technical from Steve Martin, who took on the role in 2017.
ECA’s technical team also includes Gary Parker, Luke Osborne and Darren Smith, as well a range of specialist associates, who collectively have expertise covering the full range of electrotechnical disciplines.