Division Sponsors
2012 Excellence Awards
Major
GHD
Award
Ampcontrol
UGL Limited
Roads and Maritime Services
Supporting
Hunter Water
Newcastle Herald
NSW Public Works
University of Newcastle
Downer
CELM CEO Speaker Series
AECOM
Australian Engineering Week 2012
About Us
Newcastle Division is one of nine Divisions servicing Engineers Australia members throughout Australia. The Division covers the area from Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast of NSW, through to the Queensland border.
The Division covers the area in the lower Hunter from Newcastle, and five regional locations, where we host Country Groups. These Groups are:
- Central Coast Group (covering the area north from the Hawkesbury River to the lower Lake Macquarie area of the Hunter.)
- Mid North Coast Group (representing members from the areas of Foster, Taree, Wauchope, Port Macquarie and Kempsey.)
- Upper Hunter Group (covering the area generally of Singleton, Muswellbrook, Scone, Merriwa.)
- Northern Group (covering the area of Tamworth, Armidale, west to Moree, south west to Coonabarabran.)
- Northern Rivers Group (representing members from the areas of Sawtell, Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Grafton, Lismore, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads.)
A full list of Division Groups is available here
Division Committee 2012
| Ron Banerjee | President |
| Karlie Collis | Vice President |
| Paul Reynolds | Immediate Past President |
| Merv Lindsay | Councillor / Immediate Past President |
| Barry Finlay | Congress Representative |
| Mark Tildsley | Committee Member |
| Michael van Koeverden | Committee Member |
| Chris Turnbull | Committee Member |
| Murray Thompson | Committee Member |
| Tim de Grauw | Committee Member |
| Brian Marsden | Committee Member |
| Hugh Tait | Young Engineers Representative |
Division Staff
| Helen Link | Division Director |
| Louise Duncan | Office Manager/2OIC |
| Jo Papanicolaou | Administration/Events Assistant |
| Jane Dennis | Membership Officer |
| John Waanders | Newcastle Assessor |
Honour Board
The Honour Board identifies Newcastle members who have achieved the status of National President.
| 1974 | Wallace V McKensey |
| 1999 | Ian S Pedersen |
| 2004 | Douglas G Jones |
| 2006 | Peter D S Cockbain |
| 2011 | Mervyn C Lindsay |
2012 - Stephen Durkin, CEO
During his visit to Newcastle on 7th March 2012, CEO Stephen Durkin shared his thoughts on areas of focus / key themes for the organisation and distributed information brochures covering three areas: Leadership & Stakeholders; Organisation & Capabilities; Challenge & Priorities.
CLICK HERE to read the 'Key Themes' document
CLICK HERE to read the brochures 'Leadership & Stakeholders; Organisation & Capabilities; Challenge & Priorities'
