Engineers Australia welcomes three new members to the WA Division Committee for 2024 Brent Burgess, Raj Kurup and Kieran Rutter. The WA Division Committee provide leadership and direction to our members in WA as well as giving locally informed advice to the Engineers Australia Board.
Committee members, headed by incoming WA President Lewis Macdonald, will volunteer their expertise and time throughout the year to help set the overall governance and strategic direction of Engineers Australia in Western Australia.
Key priorities for the WA Division Committee this year will be the energy transition, climate smart engineering and diversity and inclusion. We will also be engaging with members and industry in the lead up to the commencement of engineering registration in WA for building engineers from July 1, 2024.
Lewis Macdonald says it’s a privilege to be taking on the role of President.
“I look forward to working with General Manager Susan Kreemer Pickford, Past President Shalini Saldanha, Deputy Presidents Kala Ranee Senathirajah and Allison Selman and the broader WA division Committee and industry, in my new role. I hope to continue to make progress across our focus areas – diversity and inclusion, climate change and the energy transition.”
Each new member will serve the WA Division Committee for two years. You can find out more about each of the committee members below.
Brent is a Senior Principal Technologist specialising in bridges, transport infrastructure and computational modelling. Brent enjoys using his skills to provide mentorship to others who are interested in professional development. As part of a small working group with Autodesk, Brent assists in the development and testing of concrete and reinforcement tools for Revit. He is passionate about promoting the skills and knowledge that Engineering Associates and Technologists bring to the engineering industry.
Kieran is a Chartered electrical engineer with over six years' experience working with utilities as a design consultant. He has been a part of Engineers Australia’s energy transition working group and looks forward to continuing that work. Kieran believes being part of the Division Committee presents a great opportunity to make broader connections and work through some of the engineering challenges facing us today and into the future.
Raj is an environmental engineer and adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia. Raj has been active with Engineers Australia since 2000. He’s served on the WA Division Committee, taking on roles including WA Chair of the Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, journal editor and conference chair. He is a current member of the College of Leadership and Management WA committee. Raj’s interests are in supporting technology development and commercialisation, facilitating better employment opportunities for overseas-trained migrant engineers and internships for engineering students.
We would like to thank outgoing committee members Steve Woodhouse and Kassia Ralston for their contribution to the WA Division.