Adelaide-based AEC Environmental has appointed environmental scientist John Iddles as its environmental manager.

Iddles will primarily be concerned with contaminated land assessment and remediation.

He has a long career in urban renewal and has worked extensively in the United Kingdom, Queensland, the Northern Territory and South Australia.

Iddles, who heads a team of eight staff, will play a key role in assisting AEC to continue expanding its operations in South Australia, the Northern Territory and interstate.