Our Team
MPC is a professional services business whose team is made up of engineering, drafting and business services professionals.
Our team are all dedicated individuals who aren’t afraid of hard work and do enjoy a challenge!
Some key features of our team are;
- Peter March has over 33 years’ experience and currently specialises in residential medium density housing.
- Derek has over 28 years’ experience and currently specialises in schools, healthcare, clubs and large residential and commercial multi-storey developments.
- Ben has over 23 years’ experience and along with being our Technical Director and Engineering Manager, specialises in heritage, equine studs, expert witness, engineering services to Newcastle Council, and technical challenges!
- Matt has over 15 years’ experience and specialises in aged care, high end apartments, providing engineering services to Councils, residential and commercial projects.
- Gary has over 25 years’ experience, has worked with MPC since his Diploma and oversees the majority of MPC’s drafting workload
- Richard has significant drafting experience with over 20 years in the industry. He was part of the first team in Australia to do a bridge project in Revit, in which he built his own parametric elements.
- Christine has over 33 years’ experience in drafting and design and brings her breadth of experience to our team.
- Chris has been with MPC for 13 years’ since finishing TAFE and turns up to work as a change from playing in techno punk rock bands!
Added to our exceptional coffee machine and well stocked kitchen, providing breakfasts, lunches and snacks, MPC now also has a staff lunch room complete with pool, table tennis, some breakout spaces containing lounges and stand up desks and a BBQ for our team to enjoy being right on Foreshore Park and inside the supercars race track!
All to encourage and help our staff to be mindful of work life balance.
Finally, MPC are a family friendly workplace where the office is usually empty by 5.30pm and staff are provided the necessary equipment and IT connections to work from home, if required, after family evening routines.
Our pics below are ordered from our directors and management through to our engineering,
drafting and business services professionals.
Derek Prentice
Managing Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
Peter March
Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
Ben Curran
Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
Gary Benson
Director, Drafting Manager
Matthew Gay
Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
Andrew Hodsdon
Associate, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
John Breen
Associate, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
Geoff Shaw
Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
Rajeev Batuwitage
Senior Structural and Civil Engineer
Neil McDonald
Senior Engineer
Richard Guterres
Associate, Structural/Civil BIM Lead
Christine Webber
Senior Structural/Civil Draftsperson
Chris Hoole
Senior Structural/Civil Draftsperson
Lee Cooper
Senior Structural/Civil Draftsperson
Zak Blanch
Structural/Civil Draftsperson
Sam Crotty
Operations and Quality Co-ordinator
Debbie McMillan
Accounts & HR Co-ordinator