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
Erik Thomson
Technical Director - Structures
Master of Engineering, CPEng (NZ), IntPE (NZ), CEng (UK), MEng (NZ), CMEng (NZ), MICE (UK)
Chris Ludlow
Team Lead - Asset Management
BE (MECH) 1st Class Honours, AMIMechE, CAAM, AMPP Basic Coatings Inspector (NACE Level 1)
Luke Davey
Team Lead - Project Delivery / Principal Mechanical Engineer
BEng (Hons) Mechanical; CMEngNZ; CPEng; IntPE(NZ) / APEC Engineer
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
Ross Antunovich
Principal Integrity Engineer
DipEng – NZCE Power & Plant, ACA(Tech), ATC (Fitting/Turning)
Dave charters
Bridges & Structures Engineering Mentor
BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering, CPEng (NZ), CEng (UK), MICE (UK), Accredited Corrosion Technologist (ACA)
Christine Robinson
Design Engineer
NZDE (Civil), BEngTech (Civil), NZTA-Approved Bridge Inspector
alastair king
Senior Project Manager
NZDE (Civil), NDCE, MBA, CMEngNZ, NZDIPP, NACE Level 1
rodrigo winkler
Team Lead - Engineering & Design
BEng (Civil & Structural), CPEng, IntPE(NZ)