Paul Sims hailed as 鈥榯ruly outstanding operator鈥� by new employer

Paul Sims, the Lendlease veteran who left the firm earlier this year after 40 years at the business, has joined Sir Robert McAlpine as operations director.

His arrival is the first significant one from new chief executive Neil Martin鈥檚 former employer and will see Sims work with commercial director Glen Harding.

星空传媒 understands he began work last week and one source said: 鈥淚 think the idea is that he gives it [McAlpine] a bit of a health check.鈥�

Paul Sims - Operations Director

Paul Sims spent 40 years at Lendlease, first joining when it was known as Bovis Construction

Martin took up the reins at McAlpine in February, having left Lendlease last year and in the process cutting an on-off link to the firm that stretched back to 1990.

Speaking about Sims鈥� arrival, Grant Findlay, McAlpi