Senior Principal Consultant| Technical Lead APAC - Coastal & Maritime Engineering
Brad Saunders has over 35 years experience as a civil engineer and over 30 years as a coastal and maritime engineering specialist with experience in the Engineering Consulting industry to the Oil & Gas, Minerals & Energy, Ports & Harbour and Coastal Facilities sectors including recreational boating facilities. Roles have included Operations Director and Technical Director in support of coastal engineering, port planning and design, and dredging within a specialised engineering practice.
He has filled a number of Director roles including Technical Director, Operations Director, Managing Director, Trustee and Board Chairman and been responsible for management of technical, financial, technical assurance and capability, and risk performance. He has overseen engineering practice management systems development, implementation and management.
As a Technical and Project Director, Brad has been able to apply a wide variety of his technical skills and experience across the specialised Coastal and Maritime disciplines of Civil Engineering including physical and numerical modelling studies of site wave climate and sediment transport, coastal and port planning studies, residential canal developments and marinas, and structural design and detailing of marine and other civil structures, navigation infrastructure design and planning, moorings and navigation aids.
He currently holds the position of Technical Lead APAC - Coastal and Maritime Engineering as part of a large team of specialist Coastal and Maritime Engineers in the region, and is BMT's Project Director with technical and corporate oversight of the coastal and ocean engineering design of a number of projects in the region.
Senior Principal Consultant| Technical Lead APAC - Coastal & Maritime Engineering
Brad Saunders has over 35 years experience as a civil engineer and over 30 years as a coastal and maritime engineering specialist with experience in the Engineering Consulting industry to the Oil & Gas, Minerals & Energy, Ports & Harbour and Coastal Facilities sectors including recreational boating facilities. Roles have included Operations Director and Technical Director in support of coastal engineering, port planning and design, and dredging within a specialised engineering practice.
He has filled a number of Director roles including Technical Director, Operations Director, Managing Director, Trustee and Board Chairman and been responsible for management of technical, financial, technical assurance and capability, and risk performance. He has overseen engineering practice management systems development, implementation and management.
As a Technical and Project Director, Brad has been able to apply a wide variety of his technical skills and experience across the specialised Coastal and Maritime disciplines of Civil Engineering including physical and numerical modelling studies of site wave climate and sediment transport, coastal and port planning studies, residential canal developments and marinas, and structural design and detailing of marine and other civil structures, navigation infrastructure design and planning, moorings and navigation aids.
He currently holds the position of Technical Lead APAC - Coastal and Maritime Engineering as part of a large team of specialist Coastal and Maritime Engineers in the region, and is BMT's Project Director with technical and corporate oversight of the coastal and ocean engineering design of a number of projects in the region.
Associate Principal Consultant
Kathryn Wheatley is a multi-skilled marine and environmental scientist, with over 15 years of professional experience on a wide variety of marine projects across commercial, government and research organisations. She has current and detailed working knowledge of scientific monitoring and technical reporting, Commonwealth and State environmental legislation, statutory permitting and approval processes, impact assessments, and compliance and auditing. Kathryn specialises in the development of Environment Plans (EPs) and Impact Assessments for offshore energy activities and has expertise with Australian offshore regulations, marine fauna conservation/management plans and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Kathryn has a keen interest in the renewable sector.
Associate Principal Consultant
Kathryn Wheatley is a multi-skilled marine and environmental scientist, with over 15 years of professional experience on a wide variety of marine projects across commercial, government and research organisations. She has current and detailed working knowledge of scientific monitoring and technical reporting, Commonwealth and State environmental legislation, statutory permitting and approval processes, impact assessments, and compliance and auditing. Kathryn specialises in the development of Environment Plans (EPs) and Impact Assessments for offshore energy activities and has expertise with Australian offshore regulations, marine fauna conservation/management plans and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Kathryn has a keen interest in the renewable sector.