
Our Team
MPC is a professional services business whose team is made up of engineering, drafting and business services professionals.
Our team are all dedicated individuals who aren’t afraid of hard work and do enjoy a challenge!
Some key features of our team are;
- Peter March has over 30 years’ experience and currently specialises in residential medium density housing
- Derek has over 25 years’ experience and currently specialises in schools, healthcare, clubs and large residential and commercial multi-storey developments
- Ben has over 20 years’ experience and along with being our Technical Director and Engineering Manager, specialises in heritage, equine studs, expert witness, engineering services to Newcastle Council, and technical challenges!
- Matt and Matt have 12 years’ experience each and their current specialisations are aged care, high end apartments, providing engineering services to Councils, residential and commercial projects
- Gary has over 15 years’ experience, has worked with MPC since his Diploma and oversees over 30% of MPC’s workload
- Richard has significant drafting experience and part of the first team in Australia to do a bridge project in Revit … in which he built his own parametric elements. MPC is very proud to have Richard on our team and we thank him for sitting with us for 4 years till our market was ready to use Revit on their projects
- Christine has over 30 years’ experience in drafting and design and brings her breadth of experience to our team
- Chris has been with MPC for 10 years’ since finishing TAFE and turns up to work as a change from playing in techno punk rock bands!
Added to our exceptional coffee machine and well stocked kitchen, providing breakfasts, lunches and snacks, MPC now also has a staff lunch room complete with pool, table tennis, some breakout spaces containing lounges and stand up desks and a BBQ for our team to enjoy being right on Foreshore Park and inside the supercars race track!
All to encourage and help our staff be mindful of work life balance.
Finally, MPC are a family friendly workplace where the office is usually empty by 5.30pm and staff are provided the necessary equipment and IT connections to work from home, if required, after family evening routines.
Our pics below are ordered from our directors and management through to our engineering,
drafting and business services professionals.

Derek Prentice
Managing Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer

Peter March
Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer

Ben Curran
Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer

Matthew Snelson
Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer

Gary Benson
Director, Drafting Manager

Matthew Gay
Director, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer

Geoff Shaw
Engineer

Rajeev Batuwitage
Structural/Civil Engineer

Andrew Hodsdon
Principal, Senior Structural and Civil Engineer

John Breen
Senior Structural and Civil Engineer

Christine Webber
Draftsperson

Richard Guterres
Draftsperson BIM Lead, Senior Revit Modeller

Chris Hoole
Senior Draftsperson

Lee Cooper
Draftsperson

Jarrod Lacey
Senior Draftsperson, Revit Modeller

Zak Blanch
Apprentice Draftsperson, Revit Modeller

Leanne Pleash
Operations and Quality Co-ordinator

Debbie McMillan
Accounts & HR Co-ordinator

Let’s Design Safe, Stable & Strong Solutions Together!
