Symon's experience includes office-based design and site based operational roles, giving an all-round understanding of delivery expectations. Symon is now the Director of Red Earth Engineering, a consultancy that targets to employ "super-stars" of the industry to deliver value to clients.

Specialties: Project Management, Geotechnical/Dam Engineering, Tailings Dams, Oil and Gas - Coal Seam Gas Water Management, Construction Compliance Monitoring.

As a Principal and Associate for leading multi-disciplinary engineering consultant for more than eight years, Attila led both business development, project management and the technical direction of multi-disciplinary project teams around the world.

His expertise includes the technical design of embankments, rock cuttings, deep foundations, dams and geosynthetic liner systems, landfills and ground improvement schemes; and he has been responsible for the planning and management of geotechnical investigations, detailed designs and construction issue documentation for major civil and mining infrastructure projects.

In recent years, Wade has been design team leader for design and reporting and technical lead for construction inspection services on six major geomembrane lined earthfill embankment dam projects in Australia.

Wade's key areas of expertise include: Water resources and dam engineering, particularly; water management plans, hydraulic and hydrologic analyses, as well as seepage modelling and optimisation strategies for spillways. His geotechnical and dam engineering experience includes; stability analyses of slopes, highway embankments, dam walls and bridge abutments; and geotechnical investigations for major civil and mining projects.

He formalised his interest in environmental engineering by gaining a Masters Degree in Pollution Control Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1975, before returning to Western Australia in 1976.

Don then joined Alcoa World Alumina Australia where he worked for 28 years in a variety of roles within the engineering and environmental functions. His Alcoa experience has included environmental assessment and engineering design of major facilities, leadership of a bauxite residue technology development team, a senior global consulting role on bauxite residue management and associated issues, a functional leadership role covering Alcoa's Western Australian Operations, and a strategic advisory role on key environmental issues. Some of the issues that he has addressed include improved technology for bauxite residue management, groundwater contamination, air emissions, land management and water conservation. During his Alcoa career he had opportunities to provide advice to a sister company WMC on tailings and environmental issues and ge was seconded to the Western Australian Government's Departments of Resource Development for a 12 month period.

Don's leadership in the field of bauxite residue management was specifically acknowledged by Alcoa's global organisation when he left the company in 2004. In 2006 he was awarded the McConnell Award by the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers in recognition of his contribution to bauxite residue management.

Don has authored or co-authored more than 20 technical papers and conference presentations.

Technical Lead for the selection, definition and execution phases of new tailings dams and roads at remote Northern Territory mine site. Development of project scopes and tenders and working through capital approval documentation including business cases, execution plans and Regulatory approvals.

Project Engineer and Project Management of the execution and commissioning phases of new tailings storage facilities at remote Northern Territory mine site. Providing contract administration while managing and maintaining project budgets and forecasts, oversight of quality assurance documentation and project safety.

Certifying Engineer during execution phase of new tailings dams, tailings dam raise at remote North Queensland and Northern Territory sites. Including instrumentation installation and interpretation engineering assessment and analysis of exposed ground conditions as well as development of detailed testing programs to verify design intent is achieved.

Designs, Water Balance and Capacity Assessments for numerous water and tailings storage facilities. Preparing detailed issued for construction documentation and leading safety in design workshops.

Utilising a diverse skill set across a range of disciplines and platforms, Dennis’project experience spans from local, single-site projects to large-scale developments across Australia, South Africa, UAE and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dennis also has extensive experience in the provision of facilities for tailings and contaminated water storage, having been responsible for the design and construction support of several tailings storage areas, contaminated water storage facilities and design of heap leach pads and process ponds.

Throughout his career, Dennis has directed a number of complex and high-profile projects that have greatly benefited from his knowledge, including works for Alcoa, Rio Tinto Aluminium and BHP’s Olympic Dam.

Throughout his career, Matthew has developed specific skills in areas such as design management, geotechnical model development and review, hard rock excavation, support and grouting, and structural design of heavy civil engineering structures – just to name a few.

Matthew’s project experience encompasses a wide range of large-scale projects for high-profile clients including Rio Tinto, Shell Australia and Wafi-Golpu Services Limited. He has also directed projects across both local and international sites including Australia, South Africa, Abu Dhabi, PNG and the Philippines.

As testament to his credibility within the industry, Matthew has authored and co-authored a range of industry publications that have contributed to the understanding of various technical elements in his field.

Specialties include geotechnical investigation related to LNG plants and pipelines and large scale landslides, civil designs related to tailings storage facilities and CSG infrastructure, planning and supervision of geotechnical field investigations, advanced engineering analysis and design.

Project related engineering experience includes evaluation of bearing capacity and settlement of shallow and deep foundations, pile group analysis, ground anchor design installation and testing, soil nailing and anchored wall design, settlement prediction, development and management of settlement monitoring programs, slope design and stability assessment, and numerical modelling.

He has delivered a wide range of surface water, mine site infrastructure, HDPE lined ponds and general civil engineering projects, from initial investigation through to concept design, analysis, detailed design, construction supervision and certification. Drew has a broad range of skills which allow him to work with a range of specialists and provide an integrated design package for his clients.

In recent years, Celeste has held key design team lead roles responsible for the delivery of detailed design and construction packages for regulated geosynthetic lined dams and flood levees. She has a keen understanding of Client and stakeholder needs and has successfully achieved government approval for numerous dam design plans, consequence category assessments, operational and emergency response plans.

Celeste’s early experience was gained predominately in stormwater design, her demonstrated water resources skills are applied to modelling and design of associated hydraulic structures including spillways, sediment basins, road culverts and energy dissipation structures. She is also experienced in developing erosion and sediment control plans for large earthwork projects.

Ged has held senior management positions within consulting organisations and has a proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary project teams spread across the globe in remote and/or technically and geo-politically challenging regions.

Ged's key areas of expertise include: tailings dams, waste rock dumps, mine water supply dams, mine surface water management, earthworks quality assurance, inspections and audits.