Employee stories
UGL's most valuable assets are our employees.
We love to find out more about our people, their journey, the exciting projects they've worked on, and the insightful advice they have for others; and we think you'll love reading about them too!
Hear from our people
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Starting as a trade assistant and rising to a senior engineer role at UGL over 10 years, Ryan Van Tonder reflects on his adaptability in achieving success. Read more.
Starting as a casual in 2004 with UGL, Archie Russell has grown through diverse roles, from tender assistance to rail project supervision. Read more.
In Gerard Mulligan’s career as payroll officer at UGL, he has witnessed the transition from manual timekeeping to automated systems and been able to mentor others throughout his four decades in the industry. Read more.
Embark on a four-decade journey with UGL's National Shared Services Manager, Ada Nuis, as she reflects on her career evolution from a receptionist to overseeing a diverse team across the country. Read more.
Leslie Osborne has spent the last 19 years at the UGL Townsville workshop doing pretty much everything! From driving a forklift and shunting trains, to working in the store and as a trade assistant.
Kathleen Rhodes has pivoted from the mining industry to join the UGL Townsville rail workshop as an HSE Advisor. Read more.
Sixteen years ago, Sabrina departed Italy for Australia, and joined the UGL project engineering team. Read more.
During his 10 years at UGL, Robert Bryce has worked as a quality manager for Defence projects and acted as an employee wellbeing advocate. Read more.
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Our employees in the news
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25 April 2024
The culture within UGL shone through after a recent accident at home for Shaun Kay, UGL’s Signalling Construction Team Lead. Read more.
18 April 2024
The University of Newcastle recently hosted an event as part of the Science and Engineering Challenge (SEC), held at Olympic Park, Sydney. Read more.
14 April 2024
Khadiza Rashid Nira is a civil engineer in UGL’s Projects Division and a member of our 2023 CIMIC Group graduate program cohort. Read more.
10 April 2024
Robert McAdam is a Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) graduate in UGL’s Projects Division and a member of our 2023 CIMIC Group graduate program cohort. Read more.
02 April 2024
Benjamin Cannard is a finance graduate in UGL’s Services Division in Melbourne and a member of our 2023 CIMIC Group graduate program cohort. Read more.
24 March 2024
Dhruanshi Patel is an electrical engineer in UGL’s Projects Division and a member of our 2023 CIMIC Group graduate program cohort. Read more.
04 March 2024
Linda Hamilton has been dreaming since she was 12 years old of working in engineering and construction and has landed a job in the industry just over six months ago.
28 February 2024
UGL’s Defence Fuels contract is a vital operation that spans more than 100 sites across Australia. Read more.
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Read about our Very Best Awards winners
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21 February 2024
Brad Adams, Site Manager at Ballarat, has been awarded a Very Best Award following the rollout of the ‘Act on Site’ program at the UGL workshop.
14 February 2024
The team of Dallas Dunlop, Rhys Mettam, Carol Ward, Dean Russell, and Irek Grzechowiak has been awarded with a Very Best Award for safety after responding to an incident to prevent it from reoccurring.
06 February 2024
Joshua Burgess and Colin Hillhouse’s excellent work has not only been recognised by UGL, but also by our client.
30 January 2024
Vathsalan Mahadevan has received a Very Best Award for innovation after being nominated twice by his colleagues for developing two applications which are now being used across UGL.
18 January 2024
Aaron Hodge, a S08 Painter Tradesperson in Broadmeadow, has won a very best award for his part in helping to win the first stand-alone paint project for the Newcastle Operations site.
09 January 2024
Glenn Jones has won a VBA after developing and trialling a Hi-Pot Tester Module - an electrical breakout box used to test locomotive electrical circuits.
21 December 2023
Richard Iveson has been awarded a Very Best Award for safety after he saw potentially unsafe activities by a subcontractor on-site.
21 December 2023
Patrick Baird’s contribution is not only innovative, but environmentally friendly.
13 December 2023
Simon Ramsay and Brett Thompson have worked hard to build the logistic support analysis record for black hawk helicopters and earned themselves a Very Best Award for delivery. Read more.
06 December 2023
Lance James has gone above and beyond in his role as the Small Tools Store person identifying opportunities within the warehouse and maintenance teams at the site he’s working at, and has been awarded a Very Best Award for customer. Read more.
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