
OUR TEAM
The CSE Group of skilled civil and structural engineers, surveying and drafting team, with a wide variety of experience in a range of areas including industrial, hospitals, educational, water & sewerage, subdivisions, drainage schemes, residential, commercial and municipal.
ENGINEERS

Brett Johnston
Principal/Manager
Structural & Civil Engineer
Brett has over 20 years of industry experience in the western districts and metropolitan regions. His experience extends from local government to the private sector where he has gained experience working on project across Victoria.
His experience in civil and structural engineering includes; design of industrial, commercial & residential buildings, level 1 & 2 bridge inspections, road auditing and structural inspection reports.
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hon)
- VBA Registered Building Practitioner
- MIE Aust, CPEng

Paul Graesser
Principal
Structural & Civil Engineer
Paul has over 33 years of civil & structural experience, joining The CSE Group in 1999. His previous experience was with rural and metropolitan local government.
His experience includes; design of industrial, commercial & residential buildings, factory monorails, platforms, extensions and additions, site investigation and classification to AS 2870 and structural inspection reports, urban & rural road design, retaining walls and shelters.
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Dist)
- VBA Registered Building Practitioner
- MIE Aust, CPEng, NPER

Scott Trotter
Principal
Civil Engineer
Scott has been with the The CSE Group for over 10 years. He has had 20 years experience as an engineer in Melbourne, Regional Victoria and China/Hong Kong. Scott's Expertise includes: subdivision design, co-ordination and sewer design administration, stormwater catchment modelling & design, project management, time, cost, quantity planning & site supervision, AutoCAD drafting & Field Survey & investigations.
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hon)
- VBA Registered Building Practitioner
- MIE Aust, CPEng, NPER
Raj Niruban
Structural & Civil Engineer
BEng (Honours) Civil & Structural, 2007,MIE Aust
13+ years of experience in Engineering
Residential & commercial design of projects
Industrial building design
Retaining wall design
Stormwater drainage design
Rural single to multi-span bridge design
Culvert design with hydrology analysis
Auto CAD drafting
Building renovation & inspection
Development civil design
Stephen Brodie
Civil Engineer
BEng (Civil), 2016
Water, sewer & utilities design
Stormwater design
Catchment modelling
AutoCAD Drafting
Structural Design
Site Supervision
Road auditing for safety and condition monitoring
SURVEY PERSONNEL
Steven Holland
Surveyor
30+ years of experience in engineering and cadastral surveying, with 15 years of experience with AutoCAD drafting
Field surveying
User of Civil 3D design package
Civil design modelling
Civil site set out & supervision
Road auditing
TECHNICAL PERSONNEL
Milee Sony
Draftsperson
2 years experience in the drafting industry.
AutoCAD Drafting using the latest software
Excellent knowledge in building construction, regulations, Standards and codes
Extensive knowledge of structural and civil drafting
Dale Wills
Draftsperson
10+ years experience in the construction, engineering and drafting industry.
AutoCAD Drafting using the latest software
Extensive knowledge of building regulations, codes and standards
Completing Advanced Diploma of Building Design - Architectural
Certificate III in Carpentry Civil site set-out & supervision
David Handreck
Draftsperson
30+ years experience in the industry.
AutoCAD drafting civil & structural
Field surveying
Experienced user of Civil 3D design package
Experienced user of Advanced Roads Design package