The Winner of the Young Professional of the Year 2021 is…

Oscar Bentham from Optimal Stormwater

The judges said: “Oscar Bentham is a young engineer working at Optimal Stormwater, delivering stormwater treatment projects to protect some of Sydney’s most iconic beaches with Randwick Council, including Coogee, Clovelly and Maroubra.  Over the past two years he has helped to rectify 21 failing GPTs and has completed detailed design of 11 treatment structures. He is well lauded by his peers and his clients, with contractors regularly requesting him as their project manager. He has improved internal processes at Optimal through recommendation an adoption of cloud based inspection software.”