Leadership Team
Shaun Nugent
COMPANY OWNER / DIRECTOR
Project leadership, Innovation, Mining, Energy, Oil and Gas, Water, Coastal, Civil/Structural, Cost Engineering
Heavy engineering project delivery Australian and International experience, civil, structural and mechanical experience, water treatment, pipelines, power stations infrastructure including water supply, storage and treatment. Shaun has delivered projects up to $4B in value. Project Director, project management and owners technical advisor on numerous projects.
Joanne Nugent
Business Manager
Highly experienced with change management, human resource management, and building people capability in a professional services environment across a diverse array of geographies (including Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, and Brazil). With strong commercial acumen, a focus on building and aligning key organisational functions to enable the achievement of strategy and a pragmatic approach to strategic people practice and operational performance.
Engineering Design and Project Management
Ainslie Just
Chemical Engineering, industrial operations, and consulting. Australian and International experience. Environmental management and Risk management. Chemical, Risk, and Environment experience. Owners technical advisor on numerous projects. HAZOP facilitator.
ANDREW NIELSEN
Principal Structural Engineering, Project Management, Discipline Team Leadership
Structural Engineering including 6 years of project delivery on Coal Seam Gas Projects for clients ranging from QGC, Origin, APLNG, Santos, AGL and OilSearch. Including structures to support; Gathering Facilities, Compression Facilities, Storage, Distribution, Flaring and Pigging facilities.
BRENDAN SANKOWSKY
Senior Project Engineer, Wide Bay Regional Manager.
Civil and Site Engineering, Project Management, Design and Construction
Civil engineering, experience in the construction and engineering industry working with Local Government, DTMR, QR and Contractors across a diverse range of projects including disciplines such as asphalt, sprayed seals, pavements, electrical/lighting/ITS, marine facilities, building facilities, earthworks, stormwater, concrete, bridges, retaining structures, geotechnical earthworks, and landscaping.
Clint Jury
Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Asset Management, Project Management
Structural Design and Management
Civil Design and Management
Asset Management Inspections, Reporting, Forecasting, Prioritisation, Whole of Life Cycle
Project Management – Design, D and C, Construction only.
Craig Murrell
Principal Civil Engineer, Mining / Resources Infrastructure, Project Construction Management
Craig is a RPEQ qualified Civil Engineer with almost 30 years of multi varied experience in engineering design, project & construction management in water and wastewater, roads and transport, mining, quarries, open spaces and urban development.
He is an experienced program manager/team leader in policy, master planning and construction projects for local, state, and national authorities. He is particularly knowledgeable in network master planning and policy guideline preparation, mining non-process infrastructure, traffic operations and management, and water engineering.
Damian Ziebarth
Mechanical Engineering, Technology, Ammonia Manufacturing facilities, strategy, financial performance, riska nd safety, continuous bisiness improvement, and stakeholder management.
An enthusiastic executive with 35 years’ experience in leading major organisations through significant change in the heavy manufacturing sector. Extensive experience, both nationally and internationally, within the heavy chemicals, mining, agriculture, logistics, manufacturing, and shipping sectors.
Extensive experience in operating ammonia manufacturing facilities, flare for debottlenecking assets to achieve over nameplate capacity and reliability. Introduction of new facilities into existing organisational structures and systems, and lead several major ammonia facility turnarounds.
IAN BEASLEY
Multi-disciplinary projects and Team work
Multi-disciplinary projects – conception through to design, construction, commissioning and handover. Project start up, project execution, design management.
Team work – multi-disciplinary teams, builds teams with operations and maintenance, designers and constructors.
Ian is a project manager and design manager with experience gained in a range of industry sectors and project types. Including capital projects in infrastructure, manufacturing, sustainability and R&D. Delivered through alliance, EPC, PPP and D&C project types. He works closely with business management, project managers and technical teams to guide and support projects from identification of need through to definition, set up, delivery, commissioning and handover.
Jaiden Jack
Design & Simulation, Autopilot & Navigation, Team-oriented programming
With an Honours Degree in Engineering – Aerospace, Electrical and Computer and Software Systems, Jaiden is an Electrical Engineer, skilled in Project Engineering and in the procurement and deployment of control software for DC power delivery systems.
Kevin Holder
Highly experienced in design, construction, project controls and procurement across the mining and gas industries has a unique insight into project execution.
Lionel Orford
Electrical Engineering (HV and LV power systems, Solar PV power systems, electrical equipment for hazardous areas)
Lionel is an electrical engineer with extensive experience in the design, commissioning and operation of a wide variety of electricity generation and industrial power and control systems.
His key strength is in understanding the technical and commercial imperatives of all phases of power system development, from initial feasibility studies through to design, construction and operation.
Srinivas Sadam
Design, project management, construction management and operations and maintenance. Australian and International experience. Mechanical, electrical, I&C and process experience, Water and Wastewater treatment, desalination, pumping stations, dams and reservoirs, Power stations, GTGs, HRSGs, Gas Processing Facilities (Compressors). Projects delivered up to $4B in value
Suey Tay
Civil, structural and project engineering. Extensive experience in the engineering analysis and detailed design of a variety of projects across the mining feasibility report, infrastructures, rail, dam yield and water management system, offshore outfall pipeline, commercial, health, industrial and residential building sectors, as well as with telecommunications infrastructure, and insurance reporting.
Trisha Kerr
Project Management Support, HR Advisor/Manager
Highly experienced in Project Management Support within Civil Construction including planning, design, construction through to project completion.
Highly experienced as an HR Advisor/Manager within the mining sector.
Computer literate across the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Pro, Aconex and Technology One.
Drafting Designers & BIM Team
SIMON SMITH
Principal Mechanical Drafter/Designer, Drafting Office Manager
Drafting Designer, highly experiences working across projects from concept studies through to detail design in industrial, defence, materials handling, mine infrastructure, power generation, oil and gas, transport tunnels, railway rolling stock.

Stuart Watson
Principal Mechanical Designer – 3D design
Throughout Stuart’s 30+ year career he has been involved in all facets of the engineering industry from design and detail drafting through to tender preparation and site supervision. His drafting skills have developed from the drawing board to a full understanding of 3D design and drafting using numerous CAD packages while employed in Australia and abroad. Stuart is committed to providing a consistently high standard of work that is technically accurate and professionally presented.
Gabriel Pumnut
Principal Civil Designer – 12d Model + Drainage; AutoCAD; PC Drain + PC Sewer; Vehicle Swept path Analysis; HY-8 Culvert Hydraulic Analysis; QGIS Spatial Data Analysis
Gabriel is a professional Principal Civil Designer with over 10years experience in the Civil Engineering sector. Gabriel has developed a multi-faceted skill set with complete project lifecycle exposure, not limited to development applications, contract administration, cost breakdowns, concept and detailed design
Sean Doyle
SMP (Structural, Mechanical, Piping) Designer / Drafter
Mining and Mineral Processing, Power Generation, Oil and Gas, Telecommunications and Transport
Sean has worked as a design draftsman starting in the power generation field before a varied career primarily in power generation, mineral processing and oil & gas but also includes water treatment infrastructure. Sean has been through all phases of engineering from conceptual green field design through to detail design and shop detail fabrication drawings. He has a unique blend of fabrication and detailed design skills with machine shop and metal fabrication experience.
(Smartplant, AutoCAD Plant 3D, AutoCAD, Microstation, Strucad, PDMS, Projectwise).

Michal Cuchillo
Graduate Civil Designer
Michal is an enthusiastic designer drafter and modeller who’s passionate about analysis, numbers, and calculations. With essential experience in Engineering as well as support work, she has a plethora of transferable skills. Her experience includes supporting multidisciplinary engineering teams in the development and revision of technical drawings for infrastructure such as solar and wind farms, substations, water networks, energy storage systems, and temporary structures. Michal regularly works with design standards and survey data to produce accurate plans, longitudinal and crossing sections, schematic diagrams, and single line diagrams.
Essential Support Team

Meagan Playford
Chartered Accounting, Operational Management, Financial Management &
Analysis, Business Analysis, Business Process Optimisation
Meagan is a Chartered Accountant with twenty years’ experience in public practice and commercial roles focusing on a range of professional services industries and not-for-profit businesses. She has a passion for commercial approaches to solving problems and developing business processes.
Simi Nagra
Business Accounting, Financial Analysis, Robotics automation
Simi has over 20 years of accounting and business improvement experience across a number of fields including audit, financial analysis, taxation, business accounting and financial project management. She has a strong background in robotics automation, business improvement & governance strategies realised in her time working for Deloitte & other small business advisory firms.
Clare Hutchinson
Operations Manager
Highly experienced Technical Writer, Technical Administrator and Document Controller. Subject Matter Expert across a number of IT system implementation projects. Computer literate across the Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Professional, with exceptional skills in Microsoft Word. Experienced in design, management, and use of numerous data management systems including OpenText, SharePoint, and TeamBinder.