After completing a Bachelor of Engineering (Naval Architecture) from the Australian Maritime College I first worked as a Marine Surveyor in Darwin (Northern Territory) dealing with the survey requirements for small commercial vessels under the USL.

 

After leaving Darwin I moved to Austal Ships to work with the Armidale Class Patrol Boats that for the Royal Australian Navy.  Also I worked with both Class (DNV) and the client to make sure that they where happy with the final product and that the Class sea trials and other trials where completed satisfactorily. 

A position came up in the Research & Development Department of Austal Ships which I was successful in obtaining and in the R&D department we where responsible in developing the future direction of the hulls forms for Austal Ships.  During this time I worked extensively in hull optimization, designing the ride control systems that would be present onboard the vessels as well as conducting sea trials to validate our predictive estimates in speed and sea keeping.  During this time I conducted sea trials with private vessels, the Swedish Navy, the American Navy, as well as conducting training courses for the Swedish Navy.

I then moved to a small construction company, which where building some small vessels with HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) as well as many other items for mining companies throughout Australia.  I came in as the only Engineer and took on the responsibilities to make sure production was on track to hand over projects onetime and within budget, designing new constructions, creating a drawing database of existing products, working with potential clients to facilitate their requirements, as well as generating costing and budgets for current and future builds. 

I started working then as a Marine Surveyor for the WA Department of Transport as a New Construction Surveyor, this role continued in various forms till the private surveyor market started up and since then I have worked as a private surveyor.