Cushla Robinson

Cushla Robinson is an Asset Integrity Inspector at GRIT and a Waka Kotahi Approved Bridge and Other Significant Highway Structures Inspector (NZTA S6). She has inspected more than 450 road bridges for Far North District Council, producing condition reports with practical remedial solutions, and also mentors GRIT’s junior structure inspectors.

Cushla’s path into engineering is not a typical one. She built a career in sales in Australia before returning to New Zealand five years ago, where property maintenance work led her to meet Jason. She joined GRIT as an administration assistant and worked her way into asset management and inspection. Her work since has included bridge inspections within Channel Infrastructure’s live fuels terminal at Marsden Point, pipe bridge and coastal structure assessments for Whangārei District Council, and managing reservoir repairs for Kaipara District Council.

Connections and Impact are the GRIT values Cushla relates to most. A Northland local, she enjoys building trust with clients and communities, and her fieldwork takes her to corners of the North she would never otherwise visit. She is proudest of how far she has come at GRIT, and credits its supportive culture for much of that growth. Outside work, she is usually outdoors with her family, hiking, fishing, camping or out in the 4WD.