Senior Principal Consultant| Technical Lead APAC - Coastal & Maritime Engineering
Brad Saunders has over 35 years experience as a civil engineer and over 30 years as a coastal and maritime engineering specialist with experience in the Engineering Consulting industry to the Oil & Gas, Minerals & Energy, Ports & Harbour and Coastal Facilities sectors including recreational boating facilities. Roles have included Operations Director and Technical Director in support of coastal engineering, port planning and design, and dredging within a specialised engineering practice.
He has filled a number of Director roles including Technical Director, Operations Director, Managing Director, Trustee and Board Chairman and been responsible for management of technical, financial, technical assurance and capability, and risk performance. He has overseen engineering practice management systems development, implementation and management.
As a Technical and Project Director, Brad has been able to apply a wide variety of his technical skills and experience across the specialised Coastal and Maritime disciplines of Civil Engineering including physical and numerical modelling studies of site wave climate and sediment transport, coastal and port planning studies, residential canal developments and marinas, and structural design and detailing of marine and other civil structures, navigation infrastructure design and planning, moorings and navigation aids.
He currently holds the position of Technical Lead APAC - Coastal and Maritime Engineering as part of a large team of specialist Coastal and Maritime Engineers in the region, and is BMT's Project Director with technical and corporate oversight of the coastal and ocean engineering design of a number of projects in the region.
Senior Principal Consultant| Technical Lead APAC - Coastal & Maritime Engineering
Brad Saunders has over 35 years experience as a civil engineer and over 30 years as a coastal and maritime engineering specialist with experience in the Engineering Consulting industry to the Oil & Gas, Minerals & Energy, Ports & Harbour and Coastal Facilities sectors including recreational boating facilities. Roles have included Operations Director and Technical Director in support of coastal engineering, port planning and design, and dredging within a specialised engineering practice.
He has filled a number of Director roles including Technical Director, Operations Director, Managing Director, Trustee and Board Chairman and been responsible for management of technical, financial, technical assurance and capability, and risk performance. He has overseen engineering practice management systems development, implementation and management.
As a Technical and Project Director, Brad has been able to apply a wide variety of his technical skills and experience across the specialised Coastal and Maritime disciplines of Civil Engineering including physical and numerical modelling studies of site wave climate and sediment transport, coastal and port planning studies, residential canal developments and marinas, and structural design and detailing of marine and other civil structures, navigation infrastructure design and planning, moorings and navigation aids.
He currently holds the position of Technical Lead APAC - Coastal and Maritime Engineering as part of a large team of specialist Coastal and Maritime Engineers in the region, and is BMT's Project Director with technical and corporate oversight of the coastal and ocean engineering design of a number of projects in the region.
Programme Manager - Ports & Maritime Infrastructure
Ian is the Programme Manager (APAC) – Ports and Maritime Infrastructure for BMT. Ian is responsible for BMT’s maritime infrastructure portfolio for the APAC region; the portfolio ranges from traditional maritime facilities design, dredging, and coastal studies to overseeing studies for offshore wind farm developers.
He has over 30 years of project delivery experience in the maritime sector, including over 10 years as a Project Director, leading the oversight and delivery management of complex, high-value, high-risk maritime projects.
Ian’s breadth of project experience varies from strategic advisory advice, economic viability, and due diligence to leading the project delivery of detailed design work for D&C and EPCM delivery models. He constantly strives to manage risk and maximise project value for his clients and deconstructs complex problems into clear workstreams.
Ian has extensive project delivery experience of large-scale maritime facilities and port developments for public and private sector clients in the fields of port development and marine terminal planning, MOFs, bulk materials import/export facilities for iron ore and mineral concentrates, and oil and gas terminals.
Ian’s core role is to leverage BMT’s significant deep domain knowledge in the maritime sector for existing and new customers in Australia and Asia, particularly in the carbon reduction and energy transition strategies for their current and future assets.
Programme Manager - Ports & Maritime Infrastructure
Ian is the Programme Manager (APAC) – Ports and Maritime Infrastructure for BMT. Ian is responsible for BMT’s maritime infrastructure portfolio for the APAC region; the portfolio ranges from traditional maritime facilities design, dredging, and coastal studies to overseeing studies for offshore wind farm developers.
He has over 30 years of project delivery experience in the maritime sector, including over 10 years as a Project Director, leading the oversight and delivery management of complex, high-value, high-risk maritime projects.
Ian’s breadth of project experience varies from strategic advisory advice, economic viability, and due diligence to leading the project delivery of detailed design work for D&C and EPCM delivery models. He constantly strives to manage risk and maximise project value for his clients and deconstructs complex problems into clear workstreams.
Ian has extensive project delivery experience of large-scale maritime facilities and port developments for public and private sector clients in the fields of port development and marine terminal planning, MOFs, bulk materials import/export facilities for iron ore and mineral concentrates, and oil and gas terminals.
Ian’s core role is to leverage BMT’s significant deep domain knowledge in the maritime sector for existing and new customers in Australia and Asia, particularly in the carbon reduction and energy transition strategies for their current and future assets.
Programmes Director - Defence and Infrastructure - APAC
Ian 'Salty' Salter has over three decades of Defence and Security experience, including over 20-years with the Royal Australian Navy and employment with global defence companies, including Penske, Nova Systems and Thyssenkrupp.
Salty is based in Adelaide, Australia, but manages the delivery of multiple programs of work for our clients across Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island nations.
Programmes Director - Defence and Infrastructure - APAC
Ian 'Salty' Salter has over three decades of Defence and Security experience, including over 20-years with the Royal Australian Navy and employment with global defence companies, including Penske, Nova Systems and Thyssenkrupp.
Salty is based in Adelaide, Australia, but manages the delivery of multiple programs of work for our clients across Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island nations.