Engineers Australia would like to welcome the new members of the Tasmanian Division Committee for 2025, Ted Ross, Josh Hniat and Jay McGlashan.
The committee will work throughout the year to lead and advocate for Tasmanian members, bringing regionally informed advice to the Engineers Australia Board. Lead by President Max Moller, they will help to set the overall governance and strategic direction of Engineers Australia in Tasmania.
Key priorities for the committee this year include:
- Engaging further with regional members and organisation.
- Advocating to government for engineers to be consulted/represented at high level decisions with key policies and major projects.
- Increasing diversity within office bearers and broader membership.
- Increasing our online engagement to raise profiles of local engineers, organisations, and their achievements.
Max Möller has commenced his tenure as Committee President from Wednesday 1 January 2025. Max advised; it’s a privilege to serve as President of Engineers Australia Tasmania Division.
“This year, we aim to support our new members, strengthen collaboration, and focus on achieving key goals for Tasmania’s engineering community,” he said.
Each new member will serve on the committee for two years. You can find out more about each of the committee members below.

Josh is a Chartered Senior Civil/Structural Engineer and Design/Project Manager at pitt&sherry with over six years’ experience in the transport, infrastructure, and civic sectors. He has a diverse range of skills and experiences utilising his bridge engineering qualifications at one extreme through to his passion for design management of complex multi-disciplinary projects at the other. Josh has excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills. He has a proven ability in design, leadership, project management and developing professional relationships. He prides himself on the quality of his work outputs, achieved through initiative, organisational skills, technical command, capacity for hard work and attention to detail. He works effectively in high pressure environments and understands the value of setting and achieving stretch targets for projects. Josh is a dedicated member of the engineering community. He served as a volunteer on the Young Engineers Australia Tasmania Committee since 2018 where he played an active role in contributing to the professional development and engagement of young engineers in Tasmania.

Jay McGlashan is an accomplished engineer based in Hobart with a diverse career spanning military and civilian sectors. With over 15 years of service in the Navy, initially as an electronics technician and later as an electronics engineer, Jay transitioned to civilian life to pursue his passion for engineering. Before embarking on his engineering career, at age 30, Jay’s professional journey included roles as a pastry cook, property manager, tax auditor and electronics technician. In 2006 Jay enrolled at RMIT, earning a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications. He furthered his expertise with a Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity from Edit Cowan University. Jay spent more than five years as an Electronics and Marine System Engineer, providing critical technical support for research vessels under the AAD program and CSIRO. His recent focus has been on system integration design for remote and autonomous operations of marine vessels, as well as explosive ordnance storage and handling on Australian Defence Force naval vessels. Jay serves as a Combat Systems Engineer at Bureau Veritas, where he plays a pivotal role in developing and implementing requirements for ADF acquisitions, ensuring robust and compliant solutions. Jay’s career underscores his commitment to technical excellence and innovation in engineering.

Ted’s passion is building sustainable communities and believes engineers have an important role in making Tasmania a great place to live, work and play. He has over 20 years’ experience working in local and state government delivering infrastructure services. His role at Jacobs is as an associate engineer delivering large road projects throughout Tasmania. He joined the Tasmanian committee to work with other members to advocate for the engineering profession, help recruit and train young engineers and celebrate all the excellent work engineers are doing for their community.
Our new Tasmania members will serve on the committee alongside the existing members.

Max Moller is the 2023 Tasmania Congress Representative. He is Managing Director and Principal Hydraulic Engineer at Flüssig Engineers. With more than 20 years’ experience as a hydraulic, civil and site engineer across a range of projects in Australia and overseas, Max has developed a varied and extensive career. Max has undertaken large catchment studies for flood control and stormwater management planning for both development approval and construction sites. As part of the committee, he is looking to follow his two main goals to mentor young engineers and develop sustainable solutions to flood inundation challenges.

David has more than a decade’s experience working on important urban and regional infrastructure projects in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, including end-to-end project management. David’s roles have included design management, senior project engineer or project manager and superintendent’s representative or supervisor. David was Tasmania’s Young Engineer of the Year in 2021 and has served on the Tasmania Committee for the last year. He is a passionate advocate for sustainable development, giving back to the community and inspiring the next generation of engineers in Tasmania.

Janitha, a Chartered civil engineer and a project management professional, serves as a Project Manager at CPB UGL TasWater Alliance. Additionally, he holds the position of Chair for Young Engineers Australia Tasmania. His fervor lies in advocating for engineering advancement and sustainability initiatives.

Jarrod has five years’ experience working for BridgePro Engineering as a project engineer, project manager and design engineer across permanent and temporary works on major Tasmanian bridge and wharf infrastructure projects. Jarrod was Tasmania’s Emerging Professional Engineer of the Year for 2023 and has a great passion for pushing the boundaries of traditional design and construction methods. He enjoys providing innovative and sustainable solutions to complex problems and challenges. As part of the committee, Jarrod hopes to give back to the profession and be a leader for up-and-coming engineers.

Olivia is an electrical engineer and project management professional who is passionate about all things power and construction. She is currently seconded as a project engineer to Tasnetworks' North West Transmission Developments for which she was acknowledged by Engineers Australia during the 2023 Emerging Professional Engineer of the Year awards.

Samantha Chapman is a civil engineer and Transportation Market Leader – Tasmania for GHD. She’s passionate about bringing her experience and working together with all of industry to deliver projects that are sustainable and achieve community outcomes. Sam is an active part of the Tasmanian engineering community. As the 2022 Tasmanian Young Engineer of the Year and representative for Young Engineers on Engineers Australia’s National Committee and Shadow Board, Sam has a keen interest in how we support skill development to service the needs of our state and provide innovative, sustainable solutions.
As we begin 2025, we would like to thank our committee members whose terms have now ended. Engineers Australia highly values your exceptional work.
The 2025 committee welcomes members ideas on how to best serve the profession in the Tasmanian community. Contact us via [email protected] with suggestions or discussion points.