Graduate Engineer

Why do you come to work?

To continuously learn how we as a company can effectively contribute to our community and then go and implement those skills in our projects. 

What do you love most about your job?

I appreciate the calm atmosphere amongst the staff and I love the fact that I am getting a wide exposure to the field of Civil Engineering even as a Graduate Engineer.

What do you do outside of work?

I am always on the lookout for a good live music concert and I consider myself a bit of an amateur photographer. 

What are some things you are proud of?

I am proud to have recently start-off my career as an Engineer and I am very excited to begin with such an immense project which is the Peacocke Housing Development Project.

I would like to thank Karen and the team at Graymatter, for and outstanding job delivering the new roundabout at Hanlin Road. The project was very high profile, as it was outside the National Velodrome and St Peter’s School in Cambridge. Graymatter were involved from the beginning with project planning, and other activities needed to get funding approval. Graymatter led project and stakeholder workshops, and completed a comprehensive business case for the works. Graymatter also led investigations and completed the design work and contract documentation, and well as project supervision, and MSQA. Throughout the process the Graymatter team acted professionally and ensured tough questions were not avoided, and overall our stakeholders and partners enjoyed the positive collaborative honest and friendly approach taken. The end result is one the community is proud of, and looking at the project I can see many areas, where the inputs led by Karen and the team made a difference and ensured that value was added. Additional cyclepaths and bus access was able to be incorporated into the design. Karen also managed to keep all the parties working towards common agreed goals. The construction also was disrupted by COVID shutdown and Karen kept the project construction moving forward, and ensured that the all parties managed their own risks positively and colaboratively.   I would have no hesitation in recommending the Graymatter team for other works.
Paul Strange Asset Management team leader-Transportation
WAIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL