Our Team

At Haydn Evans, we are passionate about creating a space that promotes employee wellbeing, productivity, and growth.

Our Team

At Haydn Evans, we are passionate about creating a space that promotes employee wellbeing, productivity, and growth.

Haydn Evans Preplanning Suffolk

Keeping our people at the core of our business...

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At Haydn Evans, we are passionate about creating a space that promotes employee wellbeing, productivity, and growth. We have an appointed mental health first aider and work alongside an external provider to offer ‘lunch and learn’ mental health and wellbeing sessions.

We encourage a healthy work life balance, recognising that professional and personal development go hand in hand. We value our employees as individuals, working alongside each person to ascertain support and training opportunities tailored to their specific needs and aspirations.

As a company, we are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage females to join the engineering industry and are proud to have a workforce that is 50% female.

Why people love to work with us

With the support of everyone at Haydn Evans I quickly developed my skills and within a year I was managing my own projects. I have enjoyed the challenge and believe that it has allowed me to learn a great amount in a short period of time.
Alex D'Lemos

The Leadership Team

Lee Philbrock

BSC (HONS) CENG - MISTRUCTE - DIRECTOR

Lee is a chartered structural engineer who has over 18 years of experience working in engineering consultancy.  Lee specialises in the assessment and design of building structures in all materials and has successfully delivered a range of high value and complex projects across the UK.  He also has experience in pre-planning and civil engineering design which helps him successfully manage multi-disciplinary teams from concept stage through to construction.  Clients enjoy working with Lee because of his proactive nature and drive to find the right solution.  In his spare time, Lee enjoys coastal walks, playing golf, and travelling with his family.

Jonathan Hudson - Director

Jonathan Hudson

MA (CANTAB) MICE CENG - Director

Jonathan has over 35 years’ experience working in civil engineering consultancy. His experience is extensive and he works across the business, and is responsible for leading all Marine work. Jonathan has developed a reputation as a local marine expert and his expertise is sought by key clients who depend upon his professional advice. Jonathan has led the design of extensive high profile schemes, including the design of a new pleasure pier at Felixstowe and the design of a jetty in the River Thames designed to berth oil tankers. His extensive experience enables him to quickly determine economical and pragmatic solutions to complex engineering problems.

James Calvert

BENG, CENG MICE - DIRECTOR

James has over 20 years’ experience working in civil engineering consultancy. James’ experience spans planning support for flood risk, drainage and highway design through to detailed design. He has led planning assessments for commercial and residential schemes ranging from minor developments to major mixed used developments. James’ experience both in planning and detailed engineering design enables him to determine pragmatic approaches to overcoming planning issues and strategies that are deliverable. James works alongside other specialists to integrate designs to provide integrated solutions for clients. In his spare time, James is a keen triathlete, enjoys hill walking, watching rugby and spending time with his family (especially Bramble the Spaniel).

Joe Palmer - Director

Joe Palmer

BSc (Hons) MICE IEng - Head of Rail

Joe leads all Rail projects and has 20 years’ experience in engineering consultancy, predominantly in a rail and civils structures background. He is a professionally qualified Civil Engineer with experience of acting as CEM and CRE on railway projects. He has led the design of extensive major projects and has experience in all forms of structures in a railway environment. Joe has an innate understanding of the operational, time and safety constraints associated with railway projects and is able to provide expert technical advice in meeting these head on. Joe’s professional areas of interest include the examination, management and rehabilitation of existing structures, and the development of junior staff.

Sunil Jethmalani

BENG (HONS), MENG - TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Sunil has over 33 years of experience working in structural engineering consultancy. Sunil has been responsible for a wide range of projects ranging in value from 1 million to 500 million, from inception to completion involving direct liaison with clients and other construction professionals, preparation of feasibility studies, detail design development, site supervision and site inspection. Sunil has worked on a wide range of projects covering all major sectors of engineering i.e. Educational, Retail, Residential, Refurbishment, Warehouses, Commercial, Heavy Industrial, Power distribution, Rail, etc. 

Mike Reed - Director

Mike Reed

BSc (Hons) MICE CEng - Director

Mike is a structural/civil engineer with 40 years’ experience across a wide range of projects in the housing, education, commercial, leisure, health and infrastructure sectors. He is experienced in design using all major structural materials, and has a sympathetic approach to the restoration of listed buildings. Mike is one of the founding directors of the practice and leads all civil and structural engineering projects.