OUR PEOPLE

(IN ORDER OF LENGTH OF SERVICE)

Geraldine Nutt

Dip (Bus Management)
Established GANDEN November 2007

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

KEY PROJECTS

  • Chair GANDEN Advisory Board
  • GANDEN Financial Controller
  • GANDEN Human Resources
  • GANDEN Integrated Management System
  • Marketing Manager, ASB Corporate, NZ
  • Manager, Strategic Development, AIB, Ireland
  • Assistant Manager, Business and Rural, AIB, Ireland
  • Project Manager, Sponsorship and Marketing, AIB, Ireland

Darron Nutt

BE Civil, RPEQ
Established GANDEN November 2007

MANAGING DIRECTOR

WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

KEY PROJECTS

  • Adelaide Desalination Project (Commissioning Manager, Independent Verifier)
  • Dublin Bay Project (1.7M EP), Ireland (Ringsend Plant Manager)
  • Mangere STP, Auckland (1.7M EP), New Zealand (Mangere Plant Manager and Wastewater Planner)
  • Ravenshoe SBR Upgrade (Design and Commissioning Manager)
  • Luggage Point Dewatering Upgrade (Project Director)
  • Awonga Point MBR Upgrade (Design and Commissioning Manager)
  • Palm Island SBR Upgrade (Design and Commissioning Manager)
  • Mackay Mirani Inlet Works and Odour Control Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Sydney Desalination Storm Recovery (Technical Specialist)
  • Pimpama Maintenance of UF Membranes (Technical Specialist)

Trevor Nel

BE Civil, RPEQ
Joined GANDEN February 2014

SEWAGE NETWORKS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

KEY PROJECTS

  • Unitywater Regional Inlet Works Upgrades (Design Manager)
  • Maroochydore STP Sludge Thickening Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Mitchelton SPS Upgrades (Design Manager)
  • Birkdale SPS28 Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Edmond Street Marburg WPS upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Cloncurry Recycled Water Treatment Plant (Design Manager)
  • Mackay Mirani STP Stage 1 Upgrade (Project Manager & Design Manager)
  • Mackay Mirani STP Stage 2 Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Luggage Point STP Sludge Dewatering Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Childers and Gin Gin STP Upgrades (Design Manager)
  • Weipa Sewage Pump Station A & E Upgrades (Project Manager)
  • Sydney Desalination Storm Recovery (Technical Specialist)
  • Torres Strait Islands Water and Sewage Infrastructure Reviews (Project Manager)
  • Gold Coast Water Sewerage Emergency Storages Program (Design Manager)
  • Cairns SPS ED6, R19 & SH1 SPS Upgrades (Design Manager)
  • Toowoomba Sewer Network Enabling Project (Design Manager)
  • Queensland Urban Utilities Sewer Doors Project (Design Manager)
  • Pimpama Class A+ Network Modifications (Design Manager)

Jasper Hennekens

BE Environmental, BSc Environmental Chemistry
Joined GANDEN March 2014

WATER TREATMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL

KEY PROJECTS

  • Urban Utilities Wastewater Metropolitan Program (Commissioning Manager)
  • Adelaide Desalination Plant (Commissioning Lead – Water Quality, Environmental, Chemical Dosing)
  • Pimpama Maintenance of UF Membranes (Process Lead)
  • Mundaring Water Treatment Plant (Commissioning Lead)
  • Linkwater Quality Control (Water Quality Coordinator)
  • Southern Regional Water Pipeline (Commissioning Engineer)
  • Mudgeeraba Water Treatment Plant Sludge Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Mackay Mirani Inlet Works and Odour Control Upgrade (Commissioning Lead)
  • Luggage Point Dewatering Upgrade (Commissioning Lead)
  • Gove Water Supply Chlorination Upgrade (Technical Lead)
  • Sydney Desalination Storm Recovery (Technical Specialist)
  • Palm Island Emergency Desalination Plant (Technical Lead)

Paul McKillop

Dip Construction Technology and Architecture
Joined GANDEN February 2015

CIVIL AND MECHANICAL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Urban Utilities Wastewater Metropolitan Program (Civil Designer)
  • Mudgeeraba Water Treatment Plant Sludge Upgrade (Lead Designer)
  • Mackay Mirani Inlet Works and Odour Control Upgrade (Lead Designer)
  • Luggage Point Dewatering Upgrade (Lead Civil Designer)
  • South Lismore STP Upgrade (Lead Civil Designer)
  • Awonga Point Nutrient Removal Upgrade (Lead Designer)
  • Palm Island SBR Upgrade (Lead Designer)
  • Queensland Urban Utilities Sewer Doors Project (Design Manager)
  • Coombabah Inlet Works Upgrade (Lead Civil Designer)
  • Ravenshoe STP Upgrade (Lead Civil Designer)
  • Kenya Water Treatment Plant (Civil Designer)

Aaron Bull

BE Civil
Joined GANDEN March 2015

TREATMENT PLANTS AND NETWORKS

KEY PROJECTS

  • QUU Sewer Doors (Design Lead)
  • Mackay Mirani Inlet Works and Odour Control (Project Engineer)
  • Pimpama Class A+ Network Modifications (Project Engineer)
  • Awonga Point MBR Upgrade (Design & Commissioning Engineer)
  • Gold Coast Emergency Storages (Project Engineer)
  • Pimpama Maintenance of UF Membranes (Project Engineer)
  • South Lismore STP Upgrade (Project Engineer)
  • Ravenshoe STP Upgrade (Project Engineer)
  • Palm Island STP (Project Engineer)
  • GANDEN Integrated Management System (Project Manager)

Amosa Ale

Dip Eng, Mech Drafting Trade Cert III
Joined GANDEN February 2016

MECHANICAL AND CIVIL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Oxley Creek Inlet Works (Lead Designer)
  • South Lismore STP Upgrade (Mechanical Designer)
  • Luggage Point Dewatering Upgrade (Mechanical Designer)
  • Ravenshoe SBR Upgrade (Lead Designer)
  • Pump Station Upgrades, Rio Tinto (Lead Designer)
  • Queensland Urban Utilities Sewer Doors Project (Mechanical Design)
  • Legacy Way Project (Pipeline Designer)
  • Mineral Technologies – Various Mineral Separation Plants (Mechanical Designer)

Nick Steer

ME Mechanical, RPEQ
Joined GANDEN February 2016

WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PUMPING SYSTEMS AND MECHANICAL

KEY PROJECTS

  • South Lismore STP Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Molendinar WTP Major Upgrade (Design Lead)
  • Mirani WRF Stage II Upgrade (Lead Mechanical Engineer)
  • Yarwun Refinery Stormwater Project (Design Manager)
  • Gold Coast Water Emergency Storages (Design Lead)
  • QCG Regional Ponds Pump Stations (Design Manager)
  • Kenya WTP (Design Lead)
  • TasWater STP Inlet Works (Lead Mechanical Engineer)
  • Thames Water Projects (Embedded Engineer)
  • Karratha Effluent Reuse Scheme (Project Manager)
  • Prospect Water Filtration Plant pH Buffering (Mechanical Engineer)

Phil Hudson

BE Civil, RPEQ
Joined GANDEN March 2016

HYDRAULICS, NETWORKS, TREATMENT PLANTS

KEY PROJECTS

  • Oxley Creek Inlet Works Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • South Lismore STP Upgrade (Senior Hydraulic Design Engineer)
  • Weipa Pump Station Upgrades (Project Manager)
  • Whitsunday Regional Council Water and Sewer Networks (Hydraulic Modeler)
  • Landers Shute Ozone Generator (Design Manager)
  • TasWater STP Inlet Works (Lead Civil Engineer)
  • Karratha Effluent Reuse Scheme (Design Manager)
  • City of Gold Coast Long-Term Recycled Water Release (Hydraulic Modeler)
  • Coombabah STP Stage 5 Upgrade (Hydraulics Lead)
  • Pimpama STP Design (Project Engineer)
  • Rathdowney WTP Upgrade (Lead Engineer)

Christopher Coxon

BE Mechanical
Joined GANDEN September 2016

TREATMENT PLANTS, PUMPING, MECHANICAL

KEY PROJECTS

  • Grenfell STP Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Childers STP Upgrade (Process Lead)
  • Bonny Hills Recycled Water Treatment Upgrade (Design Manager)
  • Ravenshoe SBR Upgrade (Design Lead)
  • Palm Island SBR Upgrade (Design Lead)
  • Rio Tinto Alcan Pump Stations A and E Upgrades (Senior Mechanical Designer)
  • South Lismore STP Upgrade (Senior Mechanical Design Engineer)
  • Origin Energy Spring Gully Water Treatment Facility (Senior Mechanical Engineer)
  • Origin Energy and Santos Compression Facilities – various projects (Senior Mechanical Engineer)
  • Incitec Pivot Ltd, Various Phosphoric Acid Plant Upgrades (Site Mechanical Engineer)

Paul Chown

Certificate IV in Detail Drafting
Joined GANDEN October 2016

DIGITAL ENGINEERING, PROCESS, STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL AND PIPING DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Molendinar WTP
  • South Lismore STP
  • Maynilad Water, Putatan
  • APLNG Condabri Central and Reedy Creek WTF
  • Arrow Energy Tipton West 12MLD IMS Plant
  • Pimpama Watercycle Alliance 17MLD WWTP and 12mld RWTP
  • Korrumburra & Leongatha WTTP

Richard Needs

Higher National Certificate (Advanced Diploma) in Civil Engineering
Joined GANDEN January 2017

CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Leanyer Sanderson Inlet Works and Odour Control (Design Lead)
  • South Lismore STP Upgrade (Mechanical and Civil Designer)
  • Beaudesert WTP Water Storages (Mechanical, Civil and Structural Designer)
  • Innisfail WWTP (Design Lead)
  • Kuramba WWTP (Design Lead)
  • Awonga Point MBR Upgrade (Design Lead)
  • Coomera Sports and Leisure Centre (Design Lead)
  • Gozo Wastewater Treatment (Design Lead)

Frederick Wecker

BE Civil
Joined GANDEN March 2017

PROJECT ENGINEERING AND TENDERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Cairns Drying Beds Condition Assessments
  • Gold Coast Water and Wastes Bin Bays
  • Nightcap WTP Chemical Dosing Options Assessment
  • Gold Coast Water SPS A5 Emergency Storages Design
  • Cairns SPS Upgrades
  • GANDEN Integrated Management System (Project Manager)

John Amponin

BE Chemical
Joined GANDEN September 2017

PROJECT ENGINEERING, COMMISSIONING AND O&M

KEY PROJECTS

  • Palm Island STP
  • Ravenshoe STP
  • Wujal Wujal MBR
  • Kalayaan STP in Subic Bay Freeport Zone,
    Philippines
  • CBD STP in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Philippines

Chris Peart

Dip Architectural Technology
Joined GANDEN May 2018

STRUCTURAL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Childers WWTP Upgrade
  • Leanyer Sanderson Inlet Works and Odour Control
  • Molendinar WTP Upgrade
  • Proserpine Potable Water & Raw Water Project

Angus Munro

BE Civil, RPEQ
Joined GANDEN May 2018

PROJECT ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Palm Island Infrastructure Upgrades
  • Lowood STP Upgrade
  • Parkes Intermodal Terminal
  • Gold Coast Pressure Mains
  • Spice Apartments Deep Sewer Connection
  • West End Trunk Sewer Main Upgrade
  • Pioneer Cresent Pump Station Upgrade

Johnathan Grant

Commercial Drafter, AutoCAD 1, 2, 3
Joined GANDEN September 2018

MECHANICAL, STRUCTURAL AND PIPING DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Mirani STP Upgrade
  • Childers STP Upgrade
  • Gin Gin STP Upgrade
  • Herberton Water Treatment Plant Upgrade
  • Wujal Wujal STP Upgrade
  • Extensive Mining and Heavy Industrial Piping Projects

Daniel Veness

B Arch
Dip Civil Construction Design
Cert 4 Building and Construction
Joined GANDEN January 2019

CIVIL AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Centenary Highway Water Main Design
  • Gin Gin WWTP Upgrade
  • Howard STP Collection System
  • Mirani Water Recycling Facility Upgrade
  • Cannonvale Potable and Raw Water Project
  • Browse LNG development, Broome, WA
  • Wonthaggi Sewerage System Future Development Project
  • Pimpama Package D Recycled Water Relocations

Danielle Carnes

Associate Bachelor of Business
(HR Management)
Certificate III in Business
Joined GANDEN April 2019

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

KEY PROJECTS

  • Staff Intranet
  • Tenders
  • Integrated Management System

Matthew Sant

BE Chemical (Hons), RPEQ
Joined GANDEN June 2019

PROCESS ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Kawana STP Commissioning Assistance
  • Unity Water STPs’ Energy Review
  • Goodna STP Primary & Secondary Screens Performance Projection
  • Karana Downs, Bundamba and Gatton STP Disinfection Review
  • Karana Downs STP Recycled Water Storage Sizing
  • Narangba Tannery Upgrade Technology Review
  • Byron Bay Hospital Waste Biodigestion Concept Design
  • Sarina Water Recycling Facility Commissioning
  • Marian WTP 
  • Incitec Pivot Ltd Mt Isa Acid Plant Operations
  • Incitec Pivot Ammonia and Urea Process Development

Ty Buckmaster

BE Mechanical
Joined GANDEN March 2020

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Mt Pleasant CHPP Project, Muswellbrook
  • Kawana STP Upgrade Project, Unitywater
  • Cement Import Terminal Project, Port of Brisbane
  • Ravenshoe STP Upgrade Project
  • Daly River Solar and Storage Project
  • Lakeland Solar and Storage Project

Karl Goulding

Dip Eng Mechanical
Joined GANDEN May 2020

MECHANICAL AND CIVIL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Ballarat South Sludge Upgrade
  • Gibson Island 100MLD RWTP
  • Kenilworth WTP Chemical Upgrades
  • APLNG Condabri Central and Reedy Creek WTF
  • Murrumba Downs WTP Upgrade
  • Western Corridor Alliance 100MLD AWTP for SEQ Water

Philip Buchhorn

BE Mechanical, RPEQ
Joined GANDEN June 2020

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Coombabah Cogeneration Facility
  • Shepherds Bay MBR Plant
  • Mt Mulgine Tungsten Mining NL, Western Australia
  • Ravensworth Flotation Upgrade Project, Glencore, Hunter Valley
  • Port Pirie Transformation Project, Nyrstar, Port Pirie
  • Escondida Water Recovery Project, Minera Escondida Limitada, Chile

Anthony Paul

Adv Cert Eng
Joined GANDEN June 2020

MECHANICAL, STRUCTURAL AND PIPING DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Jilalan Treatment Plant
  • Mascot OCU
  • Mt Gordon Copper Mine Tailings Dam Water Treatment Pump System Upgrade
  • BHP Billiton (Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter) – Acid Plant Upgrade
  • Pinnacle Quarry – Turnkey Crushing & Screening Plant

Philippe Ader

Msc: Env Engineering and Resource Management
Joined GANDEN July 2020

PROCESS ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • West Camden Tender Design
  • Mirani STP Commissioning
  • Sydney Science Park MBR Tender Design
  • Cessnock STP Tender Design
  • Centenary Highway Rising Main Replacement
  • Leipzig STP, Biological Capacity Upgrade
  • Untere Hardt WWTP, Advanced Treatment Extension

Cameron Hopcraft

BE Civil, CPENG, MBA
Joined GANDEN July 2020

CIVIL ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Palm Island Water Storage and Distribution
  • Yarwun Trade Waste Assets Condition Assessment
  • Hunter Water Emergency Desalination Feasibility Study
  • SWGA South Western Front Package – Trunk Wastewater
  • Puckapunyal Water Treatment Upgrade
  • Mildura to Merbein Salt Interceptor Scheme
  • Snowy Hydro Dry Dam Alternative Water Supply

Taylor James

AD Eng Major Civil
Joined GANDEN July 2020

CIVIL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Unitywater Regional Inlet Works
  • Noosa WTP Access
  • Maroochydore STP Sludge Thickening Upgrade
  • Railway Street Cloncurry Water Main Design
  • Creek St Cambooyah Pump Station and Rising Main

Matthew Trawinski

BE Mechanical
Joined GANDEN August 2020

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • West Camden Tender Design
  • Sydney Science Park STP Tender Design
  • Yarwun Trade Waste Network Assets, Gladstone Regional Council
  • Port Hinchinbrook STP Detailed Design, DSDMIP
  • Erub & Mer STP Commissioning Plans, TSIRC
  • Diamantina Power Station Sitewide Fire Reticulation Project, APA
  • Diamantina Power Station Ultrafiltration Project, APA
  • Fisherman’s Landing Clinker Shed and Silo Project, Cement Australia

David McLearie

BE Civil
Joined GANDEN August 2020

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Maroochydore STP Sludge Thickening Upgrade
  • Unitywater Inlet Works Upgrade
  • Port Hinchinbrook STP Design
  • Wyee Retaining Wall Design

Simon Page

BE Environmental, RPEQ, MBA
Joined GANDEN November 2020

WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

KEY PROJECTS

  • Cairns Regional Council Operations Manager
  • Cleaner Seas Alliance Commissioning Manager
  • Wetella WWTP Treatment Manager
  • Port Hinchinbrook STP
  • AMP3 Costain/Haswell/Yorkshire Water

Peter Gill

BE Civil (Hons), RPEQ
Joined GANDEN November 2020

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Maroochydore STP
  • Sandgate STP
  • Oxley Creek STP
  • Amberley Airforce Base Expansion
  • Robina Hospital Expansion
  • Robina Health Precinct
  • Townsville Hospital Redevelopment
  • 300 George Street
  • Brisbane Myer Centre
  • Adelaide Myer Centre

Alex Massignani

BE Mechatronic
Joined GANDEN November 2020

WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND NETWORKS

KEY PROJECTS

  • Bonny Hills Recyled Water Plant
  • Thames Tideway Super Sewer
  • London Power Tunnel 2
  • North Bristol Relief Sewer
  • Cherbourg STP
  • Mooloolaba STP Upgrade

Rod Mould

BSC Mechanical Engineering, MBA, MES, RPEQ, CPEng
Joined GANDEN November 2020

WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT, PUMPING SYSTEMS AND MECHANICAL

KEY PROJECTS

  • Gold Coast Desalination Plant
  • Rouse Hill STP Stage 1
  • Illawarra & Woronora Water Filtration Plants
  • Central Qld Power Project Commissioning Manager
  • Waste-to-Energy, Eco-Cities Infrastructure

Jerry Macadangdang

BSC Civil Engineering
Joined GANDEN January 2021

STRUCTURAL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Coombabah STP Stage 6
  • Mt Bulla STP
  • T4 Express Link Melbourne
  • Logan Enhancement Project
  • Tugun Bypass Tunnel
  • Robinson Rd Level Crossing
  • Gateway Upgrade Project

Robbie Dixon

BE Environmental Engineering
Joined GANDEN April 2021

PROCESS AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

KEY PROJECTS

  • Eastern Tertiary Alliance 
  • Western Treatment Plant Major Upgrade
  • Boneo STP Upgrade
  • Recuperative Thickening Project
  • Pittsworth WRP 
  • Pimpama Recycled Water Plant

Achilles Petridis

Advanced Diploma of Engineering
Joined GANDEN April 2021

MECHANICAL DESIGN

KEY PROJECTS

  • Certified Autodesk Trainer and Support 
  • Santos CSG Wellheads
  • Various Coal Mine Designs
  • Wrigleys Food Manufacturing Plant Upgrade