1. Personal
Date of Birth : 15/10/1966
Status : Married
Children : 3
Home Location : Birmingham,
Warwickshire
Professional
BSc Hons Building Engineering &
Construction Management
Bristol 1992-1996
CSCS Manager & Professional
Card – updated June 2013
CV Updated : Jan 2016
DARREN CONNELLY
Senior Engineer
Career Summary:
My education and early part of my construction career centred around the technical exercise of site
engineering, understanding the principles of construction & with the emphasis on dimensional control &
drawings relay the information both physically & verbally to the site team. Early on my experience as a
site engineer centred on concrete frame buildings, drainage works, site surveys & general bulk work
excavations.
The middle part of my career focused more on the importance & education with regard to the ‘best
practice‘ principles of construction with regard to quality, design co-ordination and the management of
both as a site engineer & through to being a section engineer. I developed my written skills in the
production of task sheets / risk assessments, method statements, management of engineers & began to
broaden my knowledge with respect to trades & works that weren’t concrete based. Various new build
projects enabled my practical knowledge of fit out & wet trade operations & therein the management of,
to increase & hence my confidence to see potential risks and ‘engineering for which I may be able to
offer practical & safe solutions.
Of more recent years my focus has been on managing engineers & myself to offer the best quality
standard of finished product in the areas of work of which I have been involved. Clear & collaborative
decision making, continued education & training in the best principles of site safety, accurate diary &
record keeping & leading by example. All engineers who have been part of my team clearly know that the
training & application of knowledge involved in temporary works, services detection, first aid, further
academic education & the various safety courses available are essential tools & to this end I push them
to pursue.
I believe myself to be a team player & I do offer valuable experience & maturity to LOR teams as well as
any involvement with designers, client or with external statutory authorities. I am pro-active & endeavour
to be informed. With regard to engineers as a rule I believe in the management idea of ‘back to basics
i.e. keep it simple and communicate with the labour force.
The learning process is a continuous one and within my profession never more so with experience being
the key & as such would wish to have a greater practical insight into contracts, programming of works &
how works are costed.

2. Key Skills:
 Good level of technical knowledge within the field of site surveying
 Good working knowledge of system set up with reference to engineering i.e. Survey Control,
NCR, TQ ,Temporary Works, Appointed Persons Role & Inspection test plan procedures
 Good working knowledge of concrete (insitu & post tensioned) construction, with regard to mixes,
design procedures, falsework forms, records generally, reinforcement types & elements of design
 Improved ability to critically analyse drawing, detail & specification information
 Good working knowledge attained over the last 2-3 years with regard to envelope works
 Good communicator – I try to keep the construction process simple and try to draw people in so
that the best elements of creating a team can happen
 Driven individual with a can do attitude
 Always willing to learn
Detailed Project Experience:
Laing O’Rourke Infrastructure – SAIP Improvement Project (Network Rail)
May 2015 – Present
Senior Engineer
Overall civil engineering & management responsibilities both for the SAIP self delivery team &
subcontractor management for the new NWR Stafford Depot Offices. General SAIP fit out inspector for
the new Legacy Building & general engineering manager for the self delivery external works package.
Additional Roles
Temporary Works Inspector
First Aider
Laing O’Rourke Infrastructure – A453 Widening Project
June 2013 – May 2015
Section Engineer
Overall responsibilities for the civil engineering aspects of 6km of new road construction & widening
aspect to the existing A453.
General management of site engineers, subcontract drainage, asphalt, bulk excavation, embankment
construction, removal of old & provision of new service routes, site, barrier installation & general site
furniture & landscaping operations.
Laing O’Rourke Infrastructure – London Gateway Port
July 2012 – June 2013
Senior Engineer
RC Pumping Station & Box Culvert Works
General engineering & supervisory role including management of engineers, production of RAMS,
material ordering, temporary works inspections & health & safety management
Expanded Piling Ltd - Riverlight Residential Development
December 2011 – March 2012
2ND
Eye Safety Placement –
General review of the working ‘ best ‘ practices with regard to rotary bored & secant piling.
Laing O’ Rourke Infrastructure – Heathrow T2A -Airside Apron Works
October 2010 – December 2011
Senior Engineer
Responsible for a team of engineers constructing a secant piled wall and road base tunnel into the new
terminal. Responsible for the co-ordination of design, material ordering, Q/A and subcontractor works to

3. the project.
Additional Roles
Hot Works Co-ordinator , Deputy Appointed Lifting Person, Temporary Works Inspector
Confined Space Co-ordinator
Temporary Works Inspector
Laing O’Rourke Infrastructure M4 / J11 Mere oak Improvement Works
Sept 2009 – October 2010
Section Engineer
Responsible for the Southern Gyratory Works – road construction works, concrete works drainage,
service installation, landscaping, signage, guardrails, fencing & earthworks. Section Manager for the
works co-ordination with utility companies.
Laing O’ Rourke Infrastructure Ltd Staythorpe Power Station Contract
Section Engineer
Sep 2008 – 2009
Section Engineer currently responsible for the 4 number Cooling Towers encompassing management of
engineering team , material ordering , TQ issue , pour / progress records & handover documentation.
Laing O’Rourke Construction North Jupiter 2 (Birmingham) Residential Build
Project Engineer
Dec 2006 – Sep 2008
Residential Development. Concrete Frame, Substructure Works, Piling, Internal & External Works.
Management of engineering team plus management of the engineering procedures as per LOR system,
material ordering to frame, Appointed Person, TWC (Co-ordinator).
Laing O’Rourke Construction North Birmingham Essex Street Residential Build
Section Engineer
Oct 2006 – Dec 2006
Residential Development. Concrete Frame & Drainage Works. Basement to 1st
floor engineer.
Laing O’Rourke Construction North Universityof Central England (UCE) Phase 1 & 2
Senior Engineer (graduating to Project Engineer)
Jun 2004 – Oct 2006
Works encompassing all bulk excavation & drainage, concrete frame works, conversion & refurbishment
to existing building, internal works to new & old build plus external landscaping & finishing. Latterly
involved in the management of engineers, lifting & temporary works procedures.
Laing O’Rourke Construction North Aston UniversityResearch Development Project
Senior Engineer
Feb 2004 – Jun 2004
Initial setting out to primary stations & build.
Laing O’Rourke Construction North - Jupiter 4 (Birmingham)
Mar 2003 – Feb 2004
Senior Engineer
Residential Development. Site Engineer & manager of engineering team on 3 development blocks, works
encompassing bored pile construction, basement to 1st
floor build, core/lift & drainage. Latterly site
engineer to brickwork package & external roadways & pathways.
Laing O’Rourke Construction North - Central Arena Residential (Birmingham)
Section Engineer
Sept 2002 – Mar 2003
Residential Development. Engineer for Framework encompassing post – tensioned slabs, lift/stair cores

4. + setting out to apartment areas.
Laing O’Rourke Construction North- Oxford Bio Chemical Laboratory Building
Site Engineer
Sep 01 – Sep 02
Engineer to concrete framework, steel frame & substantial drainage works.
O’Rourke & Sons Civil Engineering Ltd - Tag Mc McLaren Building (Woking)
Site Engineer to Section Engineer
Jan 2000 – Sept 2001
Site Engineer to Slurry walls, general slab areas & steelwork.
Swift Structures Ltd Concrete Frame & Civil Works Contractor- Reading (Oracle) Shopping Retail
Development
Site Engineer
Jun 1999 – Jan 2000
Concrete Frame/drainage engineer.
Swift Structures Ltd Concrete Frame & Civil Works Contractor - Oxford Oncology Centre Building
Site Engineer
Sept 1998 – June 1999
Concrete Frame / drainage engineer.
Swift Structures Ltd Concrete Frame & Civil Works Contractor- Avon mouth Bristol Power Station
Site Engineer
June 1997 – Sept 1998
2 number office builds. Concrete/Steel frame / drainage.
Swift Structures Ltd Concrete Frame & Civil Works Contractor- Chippenham Retail Development
Site Engineer
Sept 1996 – June 1997
Concrete Frame/steelwork/drainage engineer.
Swift Structures Ltd Concrete Frame & Civil Works Contractor- Birmingham Theological College
Library
Site Engineer
July 1996 – Sept 1996
Site engineer for concrete & external envelope works.
Various Projects – Trainee Site Engineer (Year in Industry)
1994 – 1995
Projects: Sun Life Building (Bristol) & Swindon Building Society Development. 1 year out in Industry
whilst completing degree course.
J Rock Construction Ltd
1989 – 1990 J Rock Construction Ltd – Carpenter
1989 – 1990 Larry HealeyGroundwork’s Construction Ltd – Carpenter
TTallis Construction Ltd
1986 – 1987 TTallis Construction Ltd (Eire) – Carpenter

5. Key Training:
 IIF (Health & Safety Awareness) Part 1 to 3
 Temporary Works Design Course – Part 1
 CSCS – Registration: 01926030 (Building & Construction Related Degree) : Expiry 2020
 Management of Confined Spaces - 2006
 Hot Works Co-ordinator – LOR ( Heathrow – BAA )
 Confined Space Trained – LOR (Heathrow – BAA )
 IOSH Certificated – June 2015
 First Aid at Work Certificated – October 2015 ( Certificate No: 155236-FA3)
 CAT/Jenny Trained
 Utility Mapping & Surveying Level 3 QCF
 Education Aim: MCIOB (2016)