Our Engineers & Drafting Team

The services that Orana Engineering typically performs are varied and therefore our personnel are flexible, practical and most importantly good communicators. The "breadcrumb" jobs and brownfield projects are challenges that are enjoyed by Orana Engineering personnel, however these challenges are not suited to everyone.  Orana Engineering is very proud of its team of people and appreciates that its success and its future depends on them.

A major strength of Orana Engineering is the practical experience and the site operations experience that its personnel bring into any of its designs.  Following is a brief introduction to some of Orana Engineering’s key personnel.

Gerald Sommer

Director / Principal Engineer

BEng (Mechanical); RPEQ

Matthew De Witt

Director / Principal Engineer

BEng (Electrical & Electronic); RPEQ

Robert Cribb

General & Engineering Manager /
Design Office Manager (Chinchilla)
Senior Engineer

BEng (Mechanical)

Nathan Gough

General & Engineering Manager / Design Office Manager (Mackay) Principal Engineer

BEng (Electrical); RPEQ

Benjamin Bokma

Engineering Manager (Townsville) Principal Engineer

BEng (Electrical & Electronic); RPEQ

John Murray

Principal Engineer

BEng (Electrical & Electronic); RPEQ; Electrical Fitter Mechanic

Warren Meads

Principal Engineer

BEng (Mechanical)

Christopher Palazzi

Principal Engineer

BEng (Electrical & Electronic); MEngSc; RPEQ; CPEng

Michael Ace

Principal Engineer

BEng (Mechanical); RPEQ; CPEng

Graham Woods

Principal Engineer

PhD; BEng (Electrical & Electronic); MEngSc; RPEQ; CPEng

Gregory Wheatley

Principal Engineer

PhD; BEng (Mechanical); RPEQ; CPEng

Scott Jilbert

Principal Engineer

BEng (Mechanical); RPEQ

Christopher Tyler

Senior Engineer

BEng (Electrical & Electronic); RPEQ

Lyle Brown

Senior Engineer

BEng (Mech); RPEQ; CPEng; FS Eng; CAAM

Jared Moss

Senior Engineer

BEng (Mechanical)

Hossein Khaniki

Senior Engineer

PhD; M Sc (Mechanical); B Sc (Mechanical)

Daniel Grant

Engineer

PhD; BEng (Electrical & Electronic)

Michael Hains

Engineer

BEng (Electrical); B Sc (Electrical & Physics)

Kain Barnwell

Design Office Manager (Townsville) / Principal Electrical Designer

Certificate IV in Engineering Drafting

Udo Magdowski

Principal Design Draftsperson

3D Modeller; Mechanical Fitter

David Smith

Principal Design Draftsperson

Electrical Fitter Mechanic