Steve Barber-Bailey

I am an experienced, practical and forward thinking engineer who has a thorough understanding of the lifecycle of development projects. I can resolve problems in a fast, effective and efficient manner, having a comprehensive understanding of engineering practice and a proven track record of managing workplace environments. As a concise communicator I can communicate with clients, professional design teams, board management, approving and consenting bodies, contractors, team members, and members of the public.

I am looking to take on a fresh challenge with a successful and dynamic company that has a culture of respect, challenge, and innovation. My professional experience has covered optioneering and feasibility studies, design, procurement, contract administration and supervision, commissioning, project appraisal, financial control and project management, with key skills in areas of: I combine a genuine passion for engineering with 40 years' post-graduate experience in design, construction, environmental and management aspects of civil engineering. I have an excellent understanding of available processes and technical variables in support of such disciplines, and the skills learned through support teams and external suppliers are transferable to many areas of engineering.

My experience equips me well to understand the commercial requirements of development with respect to statutory provision and in meeting strategic and mandatory requirements.

Senior Civil Engineer - Mott MacDonald Bentley - Bodelwyddan and Newport

(2024)

Senior Engineer with a UK-wide environmental Design and Build organisation. Specialist civil engineering design services for a variety of Welsh Water Infrastructure asset throughout Wales, delivering collaboratively with design disciplines, procurement teams, construction leads, and stakeholders.

Project

Leader and technical specialist with responsibility for delivery of construction designs to budget and programme for water treatment facilities in north Wales. Identification of efficient design outcomes that deliver efficient construction in a staged and safe period of works, adhering to NEC3/4 promotion of project management. Responsible as Principal Designer for CDM, ensuring effective health and safety management during design and transference beyond. Project sustainability coordinator for various sites with particular emphasis on flood, drainage, and land contamination matters. Training sessions delivered for infrastructure and environmental engineering.

Associate Infrastructure Engineer - Caulmert Ltd. - St Asaph

(2016 - 2024)

Infrastructure Team Leader with a leading planning, environment, and engineering consultant. Civils design lead for infrastructure projects with commercial, industrial, and residential property developers. Specialist advice, coordination, and design services for multi-discipline infrastructure projects - RIBA stages 1 to 5.

Environmental awareness through project co-ordination and project management. Specific experience includes water and wastewater assessments, traffic management plans, flood assessments, dilapidation reports, waste management plans, construction environment management plans, pollution control plans, water management plans, and developing agreements and licences with statutory bodies. Specialist skills – Feasibility/land values/investigative research/specialist bespoke reports; infrastructure problem resolution; value engineering appraisal and execution; BREEAM assistance; concept arrangement, phased programming, detailed design, and statutory agreements.

Working familiarity with Viewpoint 4Projects and BIM execution tools.

• Civil design lead for HM Border Control site;
• Civils design manager for Ministry of Justice prison expansion programme based on MMC deliverables;
• Menai Science Park - Infrastructure design for anchor building;
• Civil design lead for school, hospital, and commercial unit sites;
• EIA Chapters for solar parks and wind turbine sites;
• Regulatory permitting and planning for a number of high-profile clients;
• Solid waste landfill and transfer sites – surface water management and fire prevention strategies at Viridor and FCC Environmental sites.

Technical Director - Penrallt Consulting - Conwy

(2009 - 2016)

Snowdonia-based consultancy delivering efficient, locally sourced engineering solutions for client and community benefit, with particular interest in legislative requirements for sustainable development in Wales. Advice and project management services to private investors and developers, construction professionals and community groups on hydroelectric schemes and other renewable energy portfolios, reservoir water quality, flood consequence assessments, and flood resilience planning. Services include management and procurement of specialist studies, DNO approvals, detailed design activities, and installation supervision for project sites.

Recognising, understanding, and working with the commercial concerns, responsibilities and awareness of small and large developers.

• An EIA chapter for a 45MW / 80hectare solar park in Deeside;
• Preferred advisor on rural micro-hydroelectric projects;
• Feasibility, design, and planning for micro-hydro sites in North Wales;
• Flood risk and drainage design for residential developments.

Associate – Departmental Manager (Infrastructure) - Gifford - Chester

(2007 - 2009)

Specialising in water, flood and drainage engineering, including flood assessment, river modelling, sustainable drainage and wastewater networks, and integrating such specialisms into highway and commercial building design, creating unique solutions and charging future collaborations. I worked alongside environmental professionals to deliver integrated solutions. My responsibilities included maintaining departmental technical standards and rigour, while managing and developing environmental specialists, supporting other divisions within Gifford and with external clients, and seeking new work opportunities.

I provided the ownership of projects ensuring their reliability at delivery, seeking means and ways of motivating project teams, and establishing improvement loops of completed works. I became the departmental auditor for existing quality management systems and for embryonic environmental management systems.

• Mersey Gateway Crossing - £300m bridge and highway works over the River Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes.
• Defence Estates - water and wastewater advisor for sites in the UK, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
• Other projects – fluvial modelling; hydraulics expert for English Heritage properties; specialist advisor on water and sustainability issues for commercial buildings and development land; offshore and land-based wind energy sites; Expert Witness.

Principal Engineer; project manager, technical manager and design consultant - Jacobs (formerly Babtie Shaw & Morton) - UK wide

(1988 - 2007)

Principal engineer; project manager, technical manager and design consultant. I have wide experience with preliminary, detailed and structural design of water treatment and wastewater treatment works, service reservoirs and pipelines, developing computational techniques and design of pipelines, and site experience of their construction and commissioning. Specifically, I have been involved with or have carried out the duties of: I have been seconded to several water companies, to assist with the preparation of investment management plans, and to report on performance.

• United Utilities North West (UUNW) — £120m East-West large-diameter trunk main linking Liverpool and Manchester water supplies;
• Dwr Cymru Welsh Water — Project Manager for the Network Development Consultancy framework in North Wales that provided the Developer Services duites;
• Other projects — Contract administration of ICE/NEC/IChemE construction sites encompassing civil, electrical and mechanical works, PLC/SCADA, installation and commissioning;
• Project manager for Thames Water’s commercial water metering programme throughout west London and the Provinces, working in partnership with Morrison Construction and TWU.
• Resident engineer for a 260Mld pumping station in Scarborough;
• Design engineer for a 10Mld borehole water supply in Staffordshire;
• Structural design of a 70Ml aeration lagoon for dairy waste in Cheshire and Shropshire;
• Civil engineering design of gas powered energy plant site;
• Project manager for many wastewater treatment facilities;
• Adaptation of pipework and controls of existing water filter units in response to a risk of cryptosporidiosis in supply;
• Mechanical design of pumps/screens/filters/valves & fittings for water treatment;
• Research into filtration systems to suit process demands;
• Reservoir design, inspection, and associated construction works in accordance with Panel Engineer’s requirements at several large earth fill dam sites;
• Design of treated water service reservoirs;
• Design of high-pressure pipelines used for subterranean excavation.

BSc (Hons) - Civil Engineering - Birmingham University (1985 - 1985)