James Dodson
35+ years of finance experience. Oversees the company’s financial operations — ensuring everything is accurately accounted for.
Real engineers. Real specialists. Meet the people who turn up at your door.
PBD Group was founded by Nick Dodson in 2019 with one simple aim: to bring honest, expert water services to homes and businesses across Essex, London and the South East.
Nick’s story started at just 20 years old, when he decided he wanted to build a business of his own. A plumber by trade, he upskilled into drainage and then leak detection over the years — and as PBD grew organically, those three specialisms became the three divisions you see today.
Now Nick’s focus is on growing the business and networking, though he’ll always pick up the tools when a job calls for it. A natural entrepreneur with exceptional leadership skills, he built PBD around a simple belief: customers should have every water service at their fingertips, every job solved properly, and the best possible experience along the way. His priorities are clear — customers first, and the team who looks after them.
Every member of the PBD team is qualified, vetted and proud of the work they do.
35+ years of finance experience. Oversees the company’s financial operations — ensuring everything is accurately accounted for.
5+ years in drainage. Runs the drainage division — fully trained across CCTV drain surveys, drain mapping, no-dig patch repairs, subsidence inspections and every aspect of modern drainage work.
10+ years in the trade. As PBD’s longest-serving engineer, Jack has worked alongside Nick since before the company was founded. Fully trained in tiling and powerflushing, he’s our go-to for complete bathroom refurbishments — and a master craftsman when it comes to silicone finishing.
10+ years in the trade. Billy is one of our senior plumbing engineers and now leads the PBD Leak Detection division. Fully trained across acoustic detection, gas tracer, thermal imaging and water supply diagnostics, he has a reputation for guaranteeing no leak goes undetected. He also carries out all restorative work himself — particularly strong on excavations, water supply pipework and the most well-hidden leaks.
10+ years in the trade. An all-round specialist working equally across Plumbing and PBD Leak Detection, Jarryd is an outstanding engineer with a reputation for solving the most complex issues. Fully trained in acoustic detection, gas tracer, thermal imaging and water supply diagnostics — he’s the engineer you want on jobs that span both divisions.
10+ years in the trade. Connor and Nick trained together at college — a partnership that pre-dates PBD and remains one of our strongest. The kind of engineer who can handle any job thrown at him, Connor combines exceptional skill in precision installations and complex fault finding with full training across every aspect of plumbing, including unvented systems and power flushing.
5+ years of admin experience. Julie is responsible for booking in every job at PBD alongside the full breadth of day-to-day administration — customer enquiries, scheduling, paperwork and follow-ups. With exceptional organisational skills and outstanding customer service, she’s what keeps the office running like clockwork.
5+ years at PBD. Since joining in 2021, Amelia has progressed through every layer of the company — beginning in admin, moving into operations management, and now specialising in marketing. Her time across every part of the business gives her rare insight into what PBD customers truly want, and she channels that into the brand, marketing and how PBD shows up to the world.
Speak to our team now for an upfront estimate or to book a call-out across Essex, London and the South East.