Neil Wood
Caversham,Reading
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in project management and commercial awareness, adept at tender management and applying business case principles to drive successful outcomes. Demonstrates a strong ability to manage complex projects efficiently, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. Committed to leveraging skills in strategic planning and execution to contribute to business growth and innovation.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
3995
3995
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Consultant
Matiere
2010.01 - 2026.04
- Consultant (Neil Wood Ltd) to French engineering company focusing on exports of steel bridging equipment. Responsible for sales and co-ordinating project delivery to client:
- Mobilisation documents for green tunnels HS2, UK – contract value £60m.
- Sales and technical support in UK & Ireland, Europe, Africa.
- Framework with UN World Food Programme £2m, bridges in Ethiopia and South Sudan, including trial erections at factory.
- Modular steel bridge framework with UK Forestry Commission £2m.
- Sales in Scandinavia £6m over 3 years.
- Kenya £2m emergency bridges.
- Promotion of bridge projects Sri Lanka, Zambia, Kenya ranging from £20m to £60m using export credit finance.
- Preliminary site investigations for project in Sri Lanka 50 bridges, £20m.
- Rental and sales projects in UK & Ireland since 2012 – from quotation to delivery, typically £350k per annum.
- India joint venture – factory inspection of prospective partners in Kolkata.
- Tendering on national and international procurements.
- Requires positive communications with Ministries (Finance, Transport), road authorities, commercial bankers, local representatives, engineering & commercial staff at Matiere offices in France.
Client Representative
Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd
West London, North London, Suffolk
2007.01 - 2010.01
- Acted as Client Representative to the Ministry of Justice. Projects involved refurbishment and new build within secure prison estates:
- Ensured projects followed a number of pre-agreed stages from production of the Business Case / Feasibility Study all the way through to detailed design, construction, handover and lessons learned.
- Co-ordinated with multi-disciplinary teams including principal contractors, design consultants, cost consultants, technical assessors.
- Chaired meetings throughout the project from Business Case through to Handover and Post Project Reviews.
- Reporting to the client.
- Internal reporting within Jacobs on resourcing, project performance and billability.
- Project values ranged from £200k to £10M (construction value), with consultancy fee ranging from £2k to £300k.
- Locations West London, North London, Suffolk.
Project Manager
Mabey & Johnson Ltd. and Mabey Bridge
1991.01 - 2007.01
- Project Manager for 1.5km floating bridge project in Guyana £8m for supply of bridging and associated services.
- Military sales and technical support to Sales Managers in Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, India, Indonesia and USA.
- Project Manager for supply of new steel bridging system to British Army known as Logistic Support Bridge. Used within UK and Germany and deployed to operations in Middle East. Original contract value = £3m with additional business of £2m. Subsequent sales to USA, Ireland, Switzerland, Taiwan.
- Project Co-ordinator for rural development projects in Far East (Philippines and Papua New Guinea). Purchase and delivery of construction plant (crawler cranes, excavators etc. up to value of £30m), reinforcing steel, bearing piles, proprietary formworks and so on.
- Development & Project Engineer
- Swedish National Roads Administration £1.5M.
- Full-scale bridge tests 72m span.
- Supply 51m span military bridge to Swedish Army £400k.
- Ghana bridge project, 4 bridges £14.5m.
- Bridge Monitoring Equipment for steel and concrete structures.
Education
MSc Development Management -
Open University
B.Eng - Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath
Skills
- Project management
- Commercial awareness and responsibility
- Tender management
- Business case principles
- Manage and work with multi-disciplinary teams
- Independent working - hybrid work
Certification
- Chartered Engineer CEng Institute of Mechanical Engineers
- Associate member of the Association for Project Management, reg no. P0117659
- Prince2
Timeline
Consultant
Matiere
2010.01 - 2026.04
Client Representative
Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd
2007.01 - 2010.01
Project Manager
Mabey & Johnson Ltd. and Mabey Bridge
1991.01 - 2007.01
MSc Development Management -
Open University
B.Eng - Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath