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Bridges Electrical Engineers

Builds electrical and mechanical industrial equipment

Head of Detailed Design

Engineering LeadershipPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeMidsomer Norton, UKIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Proven experience delivering Civil/MEICA detailed design within the UK water or utilities sector.
  • Strong understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes and infrastructure.
  • Demonstrable experience managing and coordinating multidisciplinary design teams.
  • Working knowledge of UK regulatory frameworks, CDM, and water company standards.
  • A degree, or equivalent experience, in Mechanical, Electrical, Control Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Chartered Engineer status (e.g., IMechE, IET) or actively working towards chartership.
  • Relevant professional memberships.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of detailed design phase and fabrication-level designs.
  • Ensure designs meet client specifications, regulatory requirements, and industry standards, including water company asset standards, DWI, Environment Agency requirements, and legislation.
  • Oversee production, review, and approval of detailed design deliverables, including drawings, risk assessments, specifications, calculations, schedules, and design reports.
  • Ensure effective integration and coordination between Mechanical, Electrical, ICA, and Civil/Structural designs.
  • Drive right-first-time design delivery, minimizing rework, technical risk, and downstream construction issues.
  • Support business-wide team communication and client relationships, and support Principal Design and Principal Contractor accountabilities shared in the team.
  • Act as the technical authority for Civil, Structural, and MEICA detailed design decisions.
  • Ensure compliance with Bridges strategies and workflows, British Standards, IEC and ISO standards, client asset standards and specifications, and legislation.
  • Review and approve design documentation, technical calculations, and design risk registers.
  • Lead and manage design risk activities, including HAZID, HAZOP, ALM reviews, constructability reviews, and value engineering workshops.
  • Capture lessons learned and best practice and embed them into future designs.
  • Lead and manage multidisciplinary engineering teams, including civil, mechanical, electrical, and ICA engineers, designers, and technicians.
  • Plan and allocate design resources to meet programme milestones and project priorities.
  • Understand workflows and implement methodologies to reduce bottlenecks throughout the detailed design life cycle.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to design staff, supporting competence development and succession planning.
  • Foster a collaborative, high-performance, safety-led design culture.
  • Act as a primary technical interface with clients, delivery teams, contractors, and supply chain partners during the detailed design phase.
  • Lead and participate in design reviews, technical workshops, and client meetings.
  • Provide technical support during procurement, construction, and commissioning phases as required.
  • Build and maintain working relationships aligned with framework and business values.
  • Ensure detailed designs are delivered in line with agreed programmes and budgets.
  • Support cost estimation activities, procurement strategies, and tender evaluations through design input and technical clarification.
  • Identify opportunities for efficiency, standardisation, innovation, and whole-life cost savings within designs.
  • Proactively manage design changes, ensuring impacts on cost, programme, and risk are understood and controlled.
  • Oversee mechanical design of pumping systems, pipework, valves, and process/treatment equipment; equipment sizing, layout development, and hydraulic design considerations; layout optimisation for constructability, maintainability, and operability; and structural analysis, calculations, and buildability.
  • Oversee electrical design of LV and MV power distribution systems, Motor Control Centres, standby generation, power resilience, earthing, lightning protection, and hazardous area compliance.
  • Oversee ICA design, including SCADA systems and telemetry integration, PLC and HMI design, control philosophies and system architectures, instrument selection, control strategies, data management, and cyber considerations.
  • Ensure compliance with CDM Regulations and relevant health, safety, and environmental legislation.
  • Embed Safety in Design principles throughout all stages of detailed design.
  • Lead design risk identification and mitigation, ensuring hazards are eliminated or reduced so far as reasonably practicable.
  • Promote and demonstrate strong safety leadership behaviours across the design function.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working on UK water AMP programmes.
  • Knowledge and application of BIM and digital engineering tools.
  • Experience working under NEC forms of contract.

About the Company

Bridges Electrical Engineers

Builds electrical and mechanical industrial equipment

Bridges Electrical Engineers designs, builds and installs electrical and mechanical equipment for industrial sites and UK infrastructure. Its customers include water treatment, quarrying, nuclear and waste recycling operators that need machinery and controls to run their processes. The company supplies standalone panels and packaged plant, then connects equipment at customer sites and tests it before operation. It earns money through equipment supply and engineering contracts, working directly for asset owners or alongside other contractors on larger infrastructure schemes. Bridges was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Midsomer Norton, in Bath and North East Somerset, England.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Midsomer Norton, United Kingdom
Founded
1973

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