Aecom appoints head of renewables: grid, storage and demand implications for engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Aecom has appointed Ivan Chindurza as head of renewables for Europe, tasking him with expanding the consultancy’s renewable generation and storage business across the region from his base in Scotland. Chindurza joins from Mott MacDonald, where he spent 15 years and was operations director for its energy generation division, having started in renewables in 2007 with SgurrEnergy (now Wood Group). The role will focus on projects constrained by grid connection delays, supply chain volatility and rising electricity demand from EVs, heat pumps, industrial electrification and data centres.
Technical Brief
- Role remit explicitly spans both renewable generation assets and grid-scale storage and flexibility solutions.
- Mandate includes developing and maintaining client relationships across multiple European jurisdictions and regulatory regimes.
- Appointment is framed around resolving grid connection delays and network constraints affecting project delivery schedules.
- Aecom flags supply chain volatility and workforce / skills gaps as core delivery risks for renewables.
- Growing storage and system flexibility needs are identified as priority technical themes for future project pipelines.
Our Take
Aecom already features heavily in our UK Infrastructure coverage, including as a primary designer on Scottish Water’s six-year capital programme, so a dedicated renewables lead in the UK signals an intent to embed low‑carbon design across mainstream water and civils frameworks rather than treat it as a niche service line.
The firm’s role in the A$7.1bn Brisbane 2032 venues delivery partnership shows Aecom is comfortable tying major programme delivery to explicit sustainability and legacy outcomes, which a renewables head in the UK and Europe can leverage when bidding for large, politically visible net‑zero‑aligned projects.
With UK construction output softening in late 2025 in other Aecom‑served sectors, a senior renewables appointment in the UK and Europe likely reflects a pivot towards segments with more resilient policy‑backed pipelines, such as grid upgrades and offshore‑linked infrastructure around Scotland.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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