Fred Shilton, Design Team Leader, Whakatane, New Zealand

Fred is well recognised by his colleagues for his willingness to impart his knowledge to the benefit of others and many people have benefited from his patience and willingness to make time available for them.  He is clearly a role model for this key company value. 

Fred Shilton has displayed impressive skills in mentoring. His credibility and reliability in advice and design is of significant value to us and there are many in the Whakatane and Rotorua offices, and across the wider company, who greatly benefit from Fred’s skill and expertise.

Chris Smith, Civil and Structural Engineer, Fareham, UK

Chris Smith has displayed a very high level of commitment to mentoring graduates, both from a technical development perspective as well as their general development and well-being within the office structure.

Chris is well recognised by his colleagues for his willingness to impart his knowledge to the benefit of others and also his patience and willingness to make time available for them. Importantly, Chris is proactive in following up and ensuring that new learning has been absorbed and understood.

Sreenath Venkataraman, Assistant Engineer, Invercargill, New Zealand  

Sreenath has gained the respect of all of the cadets and their consistent performance academically and valued contribution to the office is testament to his drive and energy in caring about their future and development.

Sreenath has made a significant positive impact as Mentor for the Cadets in the Invercargill office. He brings to the role a high level of energy, enthusiasm, knowledge and discipline, and a willingness to give his time to providing support and tuition to individuals as required.

Wayne Rimmer, Senior Landscape Architect, Christchurch, New Zealand

Wayne Rimmer is an outstanding mentor to the Christchurch and Dunedin landscape architecture teams. He is well recognised by his colleagues for his willingness to impart his knowledge in growing and nurturing design skills and professional development within the team.

Wayne’s contribution to the profession is also significant and he juggles this with heavy work commitments.

His tutoring of final year major landscape architect students at Lincoln University with their major design projects is a credit to him. I am sure that his supportive mentoring of these students has added significantly to our profile as a learning organisation.

Warren Bird, Work Group Manager – Water Resources, Principal Environmental Engineer Auckland, New Zealand

Despite a heavy workload, he has taken the time to organise an impressive programme of weekly lunchtime technical talks in the Westhaven office over the last few years. These efforts have provided people with a great opportunity to share knowledge and have also assisted many of our people in meeting their CPD requirements.

Warren is an industry leader in stormwater and an outstanding mentor to not only those in his immediate work group, but also others across the wider business. He has had a significant influence on our ability to develop one of the strongest stormwater treatment teams in New Zealand. Warren Bird is clearly a role model for living our values of 'respect for and sharing of knowledge' and 'developing people to their full potential'.