About Daryl
A Chartered Civil Engineer with 15 years of experience in strategy, project delivery and business development. Directed advisory for blue-chip businesses and governments, leading strategic transformations, and innovation programmes. Successfully secured and currently delivering a £150k strategy transformation commission for a blue-chip housebuilder. Engineering experience grounded in operational delivery and bid management in a major Tier 1 contractor. Seeking opportunities to bring together expertise in engineering, strategy, project management, and leadership, to create successful teams and create value.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- HOCHTIEFPackage ManagerCIVIL ENGINEERINGMarch 2025 - August 2025 (5 months)Swindon, United KingdomSupporting multi £bn engineering bids. Managing technical bidders development, engaging contractors, managing estimates and programmes. Overseeing risk analysis and quantification.Projects were pumped storage solutions in Scotland with major geotechnical and civil engineering aspects. Works included marine constraints and access from lochs.
- Cast ConsultingAssociate DirectorREAL ESTATEJanuary 2022 - December 2024 (2 years and 11 months)London, United KingdomAs a strategist and leader in the Advisory management team at Cast, has worked with clients across blue chip businesses, government, construction investors, contractors, and manufacturers to define and then exploit the opportunities that strategic transformation and innovation programmes can achieve.• Responsible for the delivery of commissions across the Advisory team, with ownership of several key clients, and new work opportunities.• Won and currently delivering a £150k strategy implementation commission for an overseas blue-chip housebuilder. This follows successfully reviewing the strategy, coaching the C-suite, and developing a new roadmap for growth in 2023.• Led market research and specific company insight for venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) firms.• Reviewed the current industrialised construction supply chain in Wales and advised the Welsh Government on how to optimise market stimulation through an outcome-driven approach.• Skilled in strategic frameworks, quantitative and qualitative research, market intelligence and forecasts, supply chain insight and delivery experience to create meaningful impact for clients in tight timelines.• Entrepreneur, taking initiative to design a new service line and growth strategy for Cast, establishing a new client base and profit centre.• Streamlined the Advisory opportunity and pipeline process to guide and organise staff and achieve growth and greater certainty of conversion.
- Invennt LimitedSenior consultantCONSULTING AND AUDITSSeptember 2018 - December 2021 (3 years and 3 months)London, United KingdomStrategy, innovation, transformation and R&D consultant to the construction industry.• Codified the business' strategic offering based on the combination of experience and MBA knowledge.• Developed a suite of models to test and develop firms' purpose, strategy, and business plan.• Successfully sold and completed this service for £50k to the first customer.• Codified the 'customer journey' within the business and systematically improved it to better manage the pipeline of opportunities and enhance both success rates and forecast accuracy.• Led client workshops and communicated analyses to C-suite groups.• Identified and successfully claimed £millions of qualifying R&D activities for tax credits
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Education
- Master of business administrationWarwick business school2020Executive MBA Completed part time while working full time.
- Master of Civil engineeringUniversity of Surrey2009Civil engineering masters degree with industrial placement year