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The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 034 - Cameron JacksonIn this episode, the Good Drop Podcast team continue to promote a theme of water quality. And with us today was Cameron Jackson who is the Principal Environmental Scientist in the Futures Servicing Team at Urban Utilities in Brisbane.
Cameron has a passion for science and in 1990 he graduated with a 1st Class Honours degree in Environmental Chemistry.
AD has known Cameron Jackson for over 26 years, and this was a great opportunity for them both to reconnect. Since that initial meeting however their paths haven’t crossed too many times, but it did recently in Octo...2024-11-251h 09The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 033 - Dr Stuart KhanOn Episode 033 of The Good Drop with Hawkes & AD - was Dr Stuart Khan, Professor and Head of School Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney.
Stuart is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW, and a Hans Fischer Fellow at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He’s published over 200 peer reviewed journal articles on issues relating to water quality treatment, including drinking water, wastewater, water recycling and desalination, among other integral aspects of water use.
Stuart’s interest in Urban water management, water quality and treatment has l...2024-11-031h 14The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 032 - Dr Stacey Hamilton CFThis week, we had an insightful chat with Dr Stacey Hamilton CF about her journey down the #PRW river.
Stacey is the Team Leader in the Treatment Performance
and Review division at Water Corporation from Perth in Western Australia. Stacey has a PhD in Chemistry from Curtin University, and has been working as a scientist in
the water industry for over 15yrs.
She has spent many years as a cornerstone of #WaterCorporation's approach to ensuring the future resilience of Perth's water supply. In this interview, we covered off on some of the common myths raised...2024-09-1957 minThe Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 031 - Kerrie CarucciOn Episode 031 - we spoke with award winning Brisbane based personal, editorial and campaign stylist – Kerrie Carucci.
Kerrie is passionate about helping both men and women to elevate their personal brand and to unlock their best version.
Through this passion, Kerrie has established herself as a
trusted advisor to clients, businesses, and brands across SEQ and Australia-wide. With a keen eye for fit, fabric, and sustainability, honed through countless interactions with individuals from all walks of life, Kerrie approaches each project with a blend of expertise and empathy.
Some of her clients include est...2024-08-051h 11The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 030 - Patrick SkeneIn Episode 030 - we were fortunate to talk with author, speaker, and content writer Patrick Skene. In addition to these roles, Patrick likes to refer to himself as a Chief Creative Officer, Curious Optimist, and Story Teller.
For those that are avid LinkedIn users, you probably have seen the stories that Patrick tells. Every morning, without fail, Patrick puts up a post, often focussing on his passion for sport, and his love of show-casing the best that multi-culturalism has to offer.
His stories are not just limited to LinkedIn. His work has appeared in many medi...2024-07-231h 17The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 029 - Rob WelkeIn Episode 029 of The Good Drop - A Water Industry Flavoured Podcast, we interviewed Rob Welke who is the Managing Director of “Water Pumping Institute” which is an international body committed to education in sustainable pumping for water pipeline systems.
Rob is a true inspiration. At 76yrs young, he has racked up over 5 decades of experience, more than both of us combined - simply amazing.
In our conversation, we discuss Rob's passion for energy efficiency and sustainability, and talk about his training program which is the conduit for sharing his knowledge.
Rob is also...2024-04-2559 minThe Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 028 - Felicity FureyEpisode 028 is with Felicity Furey – who is generating a real impact on the careers of many. She is an award-winning business leader, engineer and entrepreneur, who has made a career out of making the ‘impossible’, possible.
Felicity has led multi-million dollar engineering projects across Australia, founded several successful businesses including WeAspire and Power of Engineering and secured partnerships with the likes of Qantas, Toyota and Energy Australia to bring her vision to life.
Felicity is on a mission to transform leadership and foster intergenerational collaboration. As the co-founder and CEO of WeAspire she’s aiming to train 1...2024-03-031h 03The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 027 - Mark TrembathIn Episode 027, we spoke with Mark Trembath who is a Corporate Partnerships Manager for Water Aid Australia.
For those that don’t know much about WaterAid, Well WaterAid is an international Not for Profit Non Government Organisation who provides water, sanitation and hygiene to the world’s most impoverished and marginalised communities.
Mark has had a wonderful career, particularly in Business
Development and Sales. He has also been heavily involved in several industry associations, such as Australian Water Association, where he is former Qld committee member, and former NSW Branch president. He has also been activ...2024-02-191h 07The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 026 - Amber CraigIn our first episode for 2024, we kick start the year off by interviewing the 2023 Australian Water Association's (QLD) Young Water Professional (YWP) of the Year - Amber Craig.
Amber is a Senior Project Officer & Hydro-climate analyst at the Murray Darling Basin Authority.
From her interview you will see that she is an extremely passionate and enthusiastic Water Professional, who is deeply involved in extracurricular activities, giving back to the industry through her involvement with Homeward Bound, an international leadership program focusing on the development of women in STEM and working together for a more sustainable...2024-02-021h 08The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 025 - Rolf SchweizerTo finish off the 2023 year, The Good Drop Podcast goes international.
In this episode, AD goes solo (due to his partner-in-crime Simon Hawkes being unable to make it due to a last minute personal commitment) in interviewing Rolf Schweizer, who is the Chief Executive Officer for The Hidrostal Group which is a leading global manufacturer of centrifugal pumps.
Rolf dialled in from Neunkirch, Switzerland. Please try not to laugh at AD's attempt at pronouncing Neunkirch.
AD first met Rolf earlier this year, and he tells the story of how a little, or should...2023-12-121h 08The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 024 - Bruce GawlerIn Episode 024 - we interview a Man of Steel, no not Superman, but a man who has spent his career moulding steel across a variety of industries.
Our guest is Bruce Gawler – Bruce is a mechanical engineer with almost forty years experience. For the last 30yrs, Bruce has worked in steel pipe manufacturing and has had employment with Tubemakers of Australia, Tyco Water, Pentair and now Steel Mains. For the last 14 years, he has been the Engineering Services Manager at Steel Mains where he Oversees a team of Mechanical Engineers and Draftsman responsible for customer product drawings, prod...2023-10-2656 minThe Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 023 - Andrew LarrattWe know it’s very much out of left field, and a real change of pace from our normal engineering or water flavoured focus, but with footy grand finals for AFL and NRL coming up, The Good Drop podcast wanted to delve into the world of sport, specifically, Strategy in sport.
But before we go further, firstly our apologies that this episode has been issued a little later than usual due to extenuating circumstances – but its fitting that this episode (our 23rd) pays homage to the importance of the number 23 in sport, most famously worn by Michael Jord...2023-09-251h 05The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 022 - Loreline KerlidouIn this episode, we spoke with Process Engineer and the current Australian Water Association’s (AWA) 2022 South Australian Young Water Professional of the Year – Loreline Kerlidou.
Loreline was born in France, just outside of Paris, and has been living and working in Adelaide for over 10 years. She is currently working for the environmental, engineering and strategic consulting company - Ricardo plc.
Loreline’s been involved in managing pilot plant operations to assess process innovations, developed industry guidelines for the water utility sector and reviewed the performance and compliance of water assets for municipal and mining water...2023-08-2354 minThe Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 021 - Richard SavageRichard Savage currently works for Aurecon as a Director in their Environment and Planning Section (Brisbane).
Richard is well admired and a true gentlemen in the water industry. AD first came across Richard during his time sitting on the AWA Qld Branch Committee.
Richard served on the branch committee for almost a decade – which is a wonderful feat. And as a result of all his great industry involvement and activities, he obtained the Qld AWA Water Professional of the year ward in 2018.
We discussed his early years growing up in South Africa, his car...2023-07-311h 11The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 020 - Louise DudleyIn this 20th edition of The Good Drop Podcast, Hawkes & AD had the great pleasure of speaking with the Immediate Past President of the Australian Water Association - Louise Dudley.
For 10yrs (between 2012 and 2022), Louise was also the Chief Executive Officer for Urban Utilities, Qld’s largest water utility service provider which services over 1.4 million people in South East Queensland.
She is also a member of Chief Executive Women and her contribution to the engineering profession was acknowledged with the Engineering Executive title, conferred by Engineers Australia in 2021. She is...2023-07-051h 16The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 019 - Marlon PritchardIn Episode 019 of The Good Drop Podcast, Hawkes & AD sat down with Marlon Pritchard who works for Downer Group in Brisbane. Marlon is also the Commissioning Lead on the Logan Water Partnership.
Marlon's skill-set is amazing. He brings so much to the table - he is literally like a Swiss pocket knife, multiple functions in one, i.e. design input skills, construction know-how and the best commissioning operator who is respected by all who work with him.
Marlon has been heavily involved in the commissioning of Logan Water's Biosolids Gasification Facility project, which picked up...2023-05-3153 minThe Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 018 - Tracey LeslieIn Episode 018 of “The Good Drop Podcast”, Hawkes and AD discuss the C word - Confidence. How do you build it? Can it be learned? But also importantly how do you avoid that demon of self-doubt that can easily eat away at your confidence level?
The guest on the podcast is Tracey Leslie. Now, Tracey is a former Civil Engineer who has recently pursued a path as a Life Coach. She spent a career spanning over 20 years within the engineering sector in Water, before recently deciding that helping others was her calling. She is passionate in this...2023-04-2455 minThe Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 017 - Rob AyreOur guest is Civil Engineer, and now retired former Technical Director at Aurecon - Rob Ayre.
Rob has worked in flood hydrology for the entirety of his career (almost 40yrs) and has worked in public and private Sectors. He has been responsible for directing the flood operations (during his tenure with Sunwater) of Ross River Dam, Scrivener Dam, North Pine Dam, Somerset Dam and Wivenhoe Dam all of which are gated dams. Throughout his career, Rob has been involved in the operation of over 60 flood events.
Now, one of the big topics, that we discussed w...2023-04-031h 04The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 016 - Phil SelmesEpisode 016's guest is former engineer Phil Selmes - who Simon & AD worked alongside for many years on the Logan Water Alliance. Phil has worked in the water industry for 25yrs, and has had roles in local government such as Sydney Water, Albert Shire Council, Gold Coast City and also as an engineering consultant (Parsons Brinckerhoff). But despite such an incredible engineering career, Phil left the profession, changed direction completely and followed his dreams – he is now an award winning videographer making independent nature documentaries.
In 2013 (whilst being on a year long sabbatical travelling around Australia with his...2023-03-061h 04The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 015 - Gus WorlandIn their first interview for 2023, Hawkes & AD start their year off by discussing a very important topic - Mental Health.
So, what's the reason behind discussing Mental Health. Well, the last couple of years have been challenging, COVID-19, home-schooling, floods, fires, job security, rising interest rates, Ukraine etc, all of which have really impacted families and communities. The pair wanted to shine a light on the importance of having mental fitness in your life.
In the episode, the duo spent some quality time with Gotcha4Life founder, and media personality Gus Worland.
Gus fou...2023-02-0745 minThe Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 014 - Joseph TamOur final guest on "The Good Drop with Hawkes & AD" for 2022 is Joseph (or Joe) Tam. Joe is currently the Principal Supply Engineer for Seqwater where he leads the development of supply options and securing land to increase water supply certainty for South East Queensland. He also conducts high-level strategic planning for a possible augmentation.
Joe’s has had an interesting career that has spanned over 40 years, where half of his time has been on engineering works and half on people engineering. His experience covers a broader spectrum – that is civil, structural, water and control systems from plann...2022-12-211h 00The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 013 - Andrew Corrigan MWIn this episode, we sat down with Civil Engineer, Master of Wine (MW), and grandfather - Andrew Corrigan MW.
Andrew has had an incredible engineering career, but in a way, it has been somewhat overshadowed by his incredible work in the wine industry, in particular his qualification as a Master of Wine. It is important to acknowledge that MW is a rare qualification - there are currently 416 Masters of Wine world wide and Australia has only 24. Andrew is also the manager and part owner of Hidden Creek Winery in the Granite Belt region which is about 200km o...2022-12-091h 26
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 012 - Luisa PanuccioIn this episode, Hawkes and AD sit down for a conversation with Luisa Maria Panuccio who is a qualified Civil and Architectural Engineer who graduated from the University of Adelaide. Luisa is now currently working in Melbourne as a Senior Project Manager with Arup. Luisa has an Italian background, and like most Italians, she is passionate. In particular, passionate about promoting STEM (which stands for Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) - and this is was a key theme that we talked to her about.
Luisa’s career to date has been so interesting. She has been an Amba...2022-11-181h 12
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 011 - Reflections Hawkes &ADIn this episode Hawkes & AD reflected on their first ten podcast episodes. After setting a goal when we commenced to complete 6 podcasts before the end of the year (2022), we have exceeded this, notching up the first 10 episodes several months ahead.
We both wanted to reflect back on the first ten episodes and consider our learnings, what some of the great takeaways were for each of us in speaking to our esteemed guests. Both of us have come across some real pearls of wisdom through these conversations, which we both feel have impacted our lives (personal and professional) a...2022-11-1450 min
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 010 - Noel PetersOur interview guest for Episode 10 is a little different than our previous guests (as he is not an engineer nor is he involved in the water industry), but he is someone who really packs a punch and is incredibly motivating - that person is Noel Peters. Noel is 61yrs of age, lives in Hobart, is a bricklayer by day, and 6th Dan Karate instructor and Kyoshi (or Professor) by night. For over 40 years, Noel has trained in Goju-Ryu (one of the four traditional styles of Karate), and he is now Tasmania’s karate master.
AD met Noel on...2022-10-121h 09
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 009 - Natalie MuirNatalie (Nat) Muir is Cardno (now Stantec)'s General Manager for Water & Environment. Hawkes & AD sat down with Nat to get her take on things that are important to us all, such as how to eke out a Work / Life balance (is it ever?) and how to handle Leadership. We discussed some of these important aspects with Nat, including her personal journey in Water, how she manages the everyday juggle, her successes and her challenges.
Nat has an amazing capacity to have a keen involvement in so many extracurricular aspects of her work and personal life and 'make...2022-09-2257 min
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 008 - Dr Tom Connor AODr Tom Connor is a retired Structural Engineer, former Vice President of Technology in KBR's Infrastructure and Minerals Unit, Former National President of the Institution of Engineers Australia (now Engineers Australia), Recipient of Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 1999 Queensland Engineer of the Year, Recipient of the Peter Nicol Russell Medal (EA's highest award for technical contributions to the engineering profession), former Chair Of the Queensland Sustainable Energy Advisory Council and former Chair of the Australian Building Energy Council, to name just a few of the things Dr Tom has been recognised for over the course of his...2022-09-041h 18
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 007 - Sally ProsserSally Prosser is a Voice and Public Speaking Coach, a qualified speech and drama teacher, former TV news reporter, former media spokesperson and Host of 'That Voice' podcast (phew!).
Hawkes & AD had a conversation with Sally about some of the ideas that have probably haunted us all at some point in time - the ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
As engineers we've both experienced the pressure of speaking to crowds of different levels of technical proficiency, and the difficulties of being able to perform under the pressure of the spotlight and get the message ac...2022-08-2558 min
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 006 - Ian CameronThis episode of The Good Drop is a conversation with Ian Cameron, a retired Civil Engineer with 34 years experience in the Water Industry. Hawkes & AD wanted to have this conversation with Ian largely because of the impact Ian has had on our individual water journeys, and to highlight Ian's amazing contribution back to the industry through his Mentoring and Volunteering work that he still continues today.
Ian has had a long involvement with Engineers Australia as a mentor through their formal mentoring program, as a Rotarian Ian has been involved with provision of essential water schemes in...2022-08-1652 min
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 005 - Todd BattleyTodd Battley is AECOM's Chief Strategy Officer and former Chief Executive Officer of AECOM's Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) region. This was somewhat of a reunion for AD and Todd, having been classmates at James Cook University in Townsville, which they both attended for their University studies - 25 years ago!
Hawkes & AD sat down for a conversation with Todd to learn a little bit more about himself and his career at one of the world's largest consultancy firms, and asked him about topics such as Leadership and his own personal experience, championing Equality and Diversity in the w...2022-08-101h 04
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 004 - Maddy EnglishThis interview is with Maddy English, who has a dual management role at KPMG in Sydney. She is a Manager in the Engineering Assets and Project Delivery team, and a Divisional Environment, Social and Governance (ESG for short) Manager for Infrastructure.
Maddy is an active member of AWA’s Young Professional committee in NSW who has championed the mentoring program and developed a Sustainability Action Plan, both of which have shaped the committee’s focus. She regularly promotes activities such as Plastic Free July, Women in Engineering, and World Ocean Day.
Maddy is a dynamic profe...2022-08-061h 04
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 003 - Steve PosseltIn today’s episode , Hawkes and AD sit down with Climate Activist and Sustainability Champion – Steve Posselt.
Steve’s water journey has been truly amazing. He started his Civil Engineering career at Sydney Water before working in the UK and Libya. After returning to Australia, he made his mark establishing a successful penstock manufacturing company at Ipswich.
Following that venture, at the age of 54 after a life changing moment, he decided to save the world by raising awareness about climate change via kayaking. He has travelled on his kayak throughout Australia, USA, UK and France. He has...2022-07-1556 min
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 002 - Anthony Domanti (AD)Today we gain an insight into Anthony's background in Water, his passions and inspiration, and motivation for the The Good Drop. Hope you enjoy listening!
I'd like to introduce to you my fellow co-host and good friend Anthony Domanti, aka AD. As AD has mentioned earlier, we've known each other going on 13 years, of which we spent about 11 1/2 working together on a long term project.
For anyone who's met AD you'll appreciate he's a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve. He's very passionate about everything he does, whether it his day-to-day engineering, his...2022-07-0637 min
The Good Drop with Hawkes and ADEpisode 001 - Simon Hawkes (Hawkes)In today's episode AD interviews Hawkes one-on-one to get an understanding of what makes him tick.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce my co-host and good friend Simon Hawkes.
I have known Hawkes for approximately 13yrs, and I can honestly say you won’t find a better man, and I am privileged to work with him on this podcast. Simon comes from regional NSW - and is a qualified Environmental Engineer. Despite being from NSW, a majority of his engineering career has involved worked closely with water utilities in South Queensland, such as Logan Wate...2022-07-0626 min