Meet the
GRIT team

We’re a passionate and genuine bunch of people who thrive on collaborating with your team to get the job done.

Coming from a client-side background as many of us do, we understand the commercial realities of owning and operating assets. That’s what makes us so good at developing fit-for-purpose solutions to even the most challenging engineering problems. 

JASON MATTHEWS

Managing Director / Senior Structural Engineer

NZCE (Civil), BE (Civil) 1st Class Honours, MENGNZ, NACE 3

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Erik Thomson

Technical Director - Structures

Master of Engineering, CPEng (NZ), IntPE (NZ), CEng (UK), MEng (NZ), CMEng (NZ), MICE (UK)

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Chris Ludlow

Team Lead - Asset Management

BE (MECH) 1st Class Honours, AMIMechE, CAAM, AMPP Basic Coatings Inspector (NACE Level 1)

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Luke Davey

Team Lead - Project Delivery / Principal Mechanical Engineer

BEng (Hons) Mechanical; CMEngNZ; CPEng; IntPE(NZ) / APEC Engineer

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Zinzan Hodgson

Coatings, Corrosion & Inspection Lead​

QME L5 (Adv. Trade), ACA/ACRA Corrosion & Protection of Concrete Structures & Buildings, AMPP Senior Coatings Inspector (NACE Level 3), NACE Corrosion Technician, NZTA-Approved Bridge Inspector

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Ross Antunovich

Principal Integrity Engineer

DipEng – NZCE Power & Plant, ACA(Tech), ATC (Fitting/Turning)

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Willie Sun

Structural Engineer

BEng (Hons), MEngNZ

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Rob Aubrey

Project Manager

BE (Civil), NZCE (Civil)

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Peter Van Der Horst

Project Engineer

BE (Civil), CDL, NZTA-Approved Bridge Inspector

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daniel segetin

Design Technical Lead

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René Hill

Technical Specialist - Corrosion and Protective Coatings

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Dave charters

Bridges & Structures Engineering Mentor

BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering, CPEng (NZ), CEng (UK), MICE (UK), Accredited Corrosion Technologist (ACA)

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Donna Thomas DCL GRIT

Donna Thomas

Asset Management Engineer

DipEng (Civ), NZTA-Approved Bridge Inspector

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Christine Robinson DCL GRIT

Christine Robinson

Design Engineer

NZDE (Civil), BEngTech (Civil), NZTA-Approved Bridge Inspector

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Josh Croucher DCL GRIT

JOSH CROUCHER

Project Engineer

NZDE (Civil), NZTA-Approved Bridge Inspector

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alastair king

Senior Project Manager

NZDE (Civil), NDCE, MBA, CMEngNZ, NZDIPP, NACE Level 1

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Tami Ludlow GRIT Engineering

tami ludlow

Senior Project Administrator

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david black

General Manager

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rachael arnold

Senior Project Coordinator

PRINCE 2 Foundation and Practitioner

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Ana Passadore Denis

Senior Project Manager

BE (Ind)

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Rodrigo Winkler GRIT Engineering

rodrigo winkler

Team Lead - Engineering & Design

BEng (Civil & Structural), CPEng, IntPE(NZ)

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Cinthia Landin

Business Administrator

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