About us
EDG Australia is an engineering, design and consulting company defined by character. Our commitment to exceptional customer services means that more often than not we work in partnership to solve complex challenges and co-create solutions. We serve several end-markets worldwide with capabilities spanning the asset lifecycle. We commit to doing business with the highest of ethical standards creating enduring relationships with clients, partners, stakeholders, and with the communities in which we operate.
Values & Culture
EDG Australia is an engineering, design and consulting company defined by character. Customers’ challenges and aspirations provide purpose in all that we do. Our commitment to exceptional customer services means that more often than not we work in partnership to solve complex challenges and co-create solutions. We serve several end-markets worldwide with capabilities spanning the asset lifecycle. We commit to doing business with the highest of ethical standards creating enduring relationships with clients, partners, stakeholders, and with the communities in which we operate.
Our heritage is founded on deep technical capability; we apply engineering experience, design creativity and deep industry knowledge to our customers’ projects. Through our unique know-how and intrinsic expertise we challenge established norms and practices to create better outcomes. We have a collaborative style that engenders trust, rewards innovation and generates repeat business.
As individuals, and as a business, we will give generously of our time, talent, and resources in acknowledgement of the stewardship role we play in the world.
Community
Acknowledgment of Country
EDG Australia acknowledges the Whadjuk people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our head office is based.
We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend our respect to all Elders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia.
Reconciliation Action Plan
A Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) program provides a framework for organisations to be inclusive in their work and contribute to national reconciliation.
Our Reflect RAP supports us to collaborate and share knowledge, skills and expertise to build strong relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and businesses.
You can view our RAP here.
Our Goal
Enhance our reputation as a pioneering global engineering firm driven by purpose.
Our Vision
Talented people working together in a connected enterprise delivering exceptional service and ethical leadership
Our Mission
To assist our customers deliver energy to the world by providing comprehensive technical solutions that combine our unique know how with enabling technology
Our value proposition
Delivery Excellence; Future Focus; Service Dedication; Value Commitment; Agile Teams.
Service Dedication
We are differentiated by our talented people delivering solutions to our customers that build trust and enduring relationships.
Value Commitment
We are rewarded for the value we create in a transparent and ethical way.
Delivery Excellence
We share a commitment to consistently deliver exceptional outcomes for our stakeholders.
Agile Teams
We deploy self-organising cross-functional teams that iteratively deliver value together.
Future focus
We constantly innovate to create new solutions that blend our deep domain expertise with enabling technology.
Heritage
Our Team
Executive leadership team
Alan Fotheringham
Alan Fotheringham
Executive General Manager
A member of EDG Australia’s Executive Leadership Team, and as General Manager, Alan is responsible for the operational performance and strategic direction of the business.
Prior to joining EDG, Alan was responsible for global strategy and development of the technology and consulting business unit of Wood plc. He also led accelerator programmes for digital and technology, and energy transition. Alan’s strong background in engineering design, together with digital and technology applications is helping EDG teams add value, and create solutions for customers.
Alan is an experienced business leader, with 30 years' in consulting and contracting in Australia, the Middle East and United Kingdom. He has been involved in a wide range of industries and projects, specifically oil and gas, automation, nuclear, renewables, and mining and minerals.
Gary Seedhouse
Gary Seedhouse
An EDG Managing Principal and General Manager – Project Delivery
A member of EDG Australia’s Executive Leadership Team, Gary has over 40 years of experience in oil and gas offshore and onshore projects. Gary is responsible for the management of the Chevron ABU Brownfield Contract and the overall management of all projects.
Prior to joining EDG, Gary spent 20 years with Marathon Oil. Initially Gary was involved with development of Marathon’s Brae field, and filled the roles of Project Management, Fabrication Site Manager and Offshore Installation Manager. Gary relocated to Houston Texas with Marathon, where he managed Marathon’s West Africa portfolio of projects in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Upon joining EDG in 2004, Gary has filled many roles including a spell as CEO. Gary has spent many years in International Business Management and has helped expand EDG’s global footprint, he moved to Perth in early 2019 to assist in the continuation of building EDG’s Australian business.
David Nesbit
David Nesbit
General Manager – Design &Information Management
A member of EDG Australia’s Executive Leadership Team, Dave Nesbit has over 40 years’ experience in major offshore and onshore projects (facilities, subsea, mining and nuclear plants) - over 20 years in the position of Design Manager / Information Systems leading multi-disciplinary project design teams.
He commenced his career in 1973 with a small engineering consultancy majoring in Structural Engineering. Following military service in the early 1980’s with the British Army he trained as a commercial diver, working mainly in the UK and South East Asia.
In 1987 he returned to a full-time engineering role before emigrating to Australia in 1989. He has since worked on both large- and small-scale projects for a variety of consultants across a diverse range of resource scopes. He spent over 16 years at Technip in the position of Discipline Lead Design, in addition to a role as Project Co-ordinator, and has more than 20 years’ experience in the development of engineering and information systems and procedures. He brings a wealth of experience across a broad range of environments and situations to his current role in supporting our clients in achieving optimum outcomes.
Dave Hazle
Dave Hazle
General Manager - Project Development and Advisory
A member of EDG Australia’s Executive Leadership Team, Dave is responsible for EDG’s Project Development and Advisory Services group looking after all projects in the development phase (Pre –FID/ Pre-FEED / Concept Select and FEED).
Dave has over 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. Dave joined EDG from KBR, where he was the director for consulting in the APAC region. Prior to KBR, Dave completed six years running the engineering function in Shell’s JV, Arrow Energy running numerous FEEDs and Pre-FEEDs, as well as spending 4 years holding the role of Shell’s Deepwater technical lead and design lead for the second generation of Floating LNG vessels. Dave also served as Shell’s technical representative on the North West Shelf JV. Dave started his career as a wireline field engineer working offshore Aberdeen, rising to be Schlumberger’s Technical Manager for Australasia.
Dave holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and is a senior research Fellow at the University of Western Australia where he chairs the Industry Advisory Board at the Ocean Graduate school. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and a chartered electrical and petroleum engineer and nationally registered engineering manager. He is also a past Adjunct Associated Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland.
Duncan Mackay
Duncan Mackay
Facilities Engineering Manager
A member of EDG Australia’s Management Team, and as Facilities Engineering Manager, Duncan is responsible for technical assurance and delivery of engineering projects to clients within the process, mechanical and piping disciplines.
Duncan is a chartered mechanical engineer with over 30 years’ design, project management, construction, installation, commissioning and operations experience in the oil and gas industry in Australia and globally. Prior to joining EDG Duncan worked in various technical and managerial roles with KBR, Petrofac, PSN, WorleyParsons, Wood and Shell.
Duncan commenced his career in 1989 as a graduate mechanical engineer gaining responsibility for delivering brownfield modifications to offshore facilities in the North Sea. Since moving to Perth in the late 1990’s, Duncan broadened his experience with major greenfield projects from conceptual design through FEED to execution including successfully managing multidiscipline engineering and design teams in Perth, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.
David Hehir
David Hehir
Electrical, Instrument and Controls Engineering Manager
A member of EDG Australia’s Management Team, and as E&IC Manager, David is responsible for engineering delivery to clients within the electrical, instrument and controls disciplines.
David is a qualified electrical engineer with 20-years’ project experience within the Australia and the broader APAC region. His capabilities also include Portfolio Management, Program Management, Project and Contract Management.
David’s experience includes offshore and onshore oil and gas, mining resource and infrastructure projects. Highly capable in both greenfield and brownfield projects ranging from process and production facilities, material handling, power generation and distribution across the entire project lifecycle.
Dominic Carter
Dominic Carter
Business Services Manager
Dominic is responsible for the Business Services Function within EDG, providing project controls, document control, contracts and administration services to project portfolios.
With over 25 years' of experience in project management and controls, Dominic has worked on a wide range of major hydrocarbon, mining, rail and infrastructure projects for client, consultant and contracting organisations. Prior to joining EDG Dominic worked in various technical and managerial roles with BP Kwinana, Atlas Iron, Arup, Mace and Costain.
Dominic is a Chartered Engineer and Registered Project Manager. He brings a broad range of specialist skills that bring clarity and value to our clients through the provision of effective services. His core skills are grounded in blending his technical knowledge of project controls and engineering with advanced project management knowledge and experience. This enables him to function effectively at both the strategic and detailed level.
Ellen Simpson
Ellen Simpson
HR Manager
Ellen is the HR Manager and is responsible for the Human Resources and Payroll functions of the EDG Australia office.
She commenced employment with EDG AU in 2013 and has in excess of 12 years’ experience working in a broad range of roles including generalist HR, Payroll and Office Management across various industries including oil and gas, mining and earthmoving. Her educational background is in HR Management and Industrial Relations.
Fintan Persse
Fintan Persse
Health, Safety Environment & Quality Manager
As HSEQ Manager, Fintan is the custodian of EDG’s Business Management System. The BMS provides a digital platform for automating EDG’s key process. Fintan has 28 years’ experience in Process Improvement, Business Excellence and HSEQ Systems Management. His experience is drawn from a wide range of industries including oil and gas, construction, mining, information technology and local government.
Fintan has developed many award-winning management systems that also met international certification standards. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Australia, and is passionate about using his specialist skills and knowledge in the pursuit business objectives.
Logan Cavallaro
Logan Cavallaro
Senior Systems Administrator
As an employee and Senior Systems Administrator of EDG Australia, Logan is responsible for all IT services in the Perth office.
Having been with EDG AU since the beginning, Logan has built a world class IT system that is secure, fast and robust, ensuring no downtime and enabling us to concentrate and accommodate the diverse needs of our clients.
Prior to working at EDG Logan was involved in a managed IT environment, his educational background is focused on security and information management with a specialty in digital forensics.
Mark Oakshott
Mark Oakshott
Project Manager – Project Delivery
Mark has over 20 years of experience in oil and gas offshore and onshore projects. Mark is responsible for the delivery of larger/complex projects for the EDG business.
Prior to joining EDG, Mark spent 20 years in the oil and gas industry working initially with specialist equipment manufacturers, designing and building large complex processing systems, before a move to Perth in the mid 2000’s led to the delivery of major oil and gas facility projects with WorleyParsons and SNC Lavalin. Mark has been involved with a number of on and offshore projects, and has a successful track record in delivering complex and tight lead time projects.
Mike Botsis
Mike Botsis
Project Manager
A member of EDG’s Project Management Excellence Team and founder of EDG’s Minor Design Change (MDC) team, Mike is responsible for delivering quality outcomes on EDG’s projects while balancing cost and schedule drivers.
Mike established the MDC team delivering small capital brownfield projects for Chevron’s Australian assets. Leveraging previous experience in production, process and technical risk engineering Mike was able to identify the minimum functional objectives of these MDC projects delivering fit for purpose solutions.
As the Production Support Superintendent for the start-up of the Wheatstone LNG plant, Mike was responsible for the pre start-up readiness of the production teams and facilities.
Richard Brown
Richard Brown
Lead Structural Engineer
A member of EDG Australia’s Extended Leadership Team, Richard has over 30 years structural engineering experience.
After graduating in 1989, he started his career in the UK working for small engineering consultancies servicing private and public sector clients.
In 2000, Richard emigrated to Australia and commenced working in the oil and gas and also mining sectors primarily as a design engineer but included some short-term site-based assignments both within Australia and overseas. Richard joined EDG from Technip having spent six years as a senior / Lead engineer on onshore and offshore projects. Before Technip Richard spent time at Hatch and Clough working on various onshore oil and gas and mining sector projects.
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