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Engineering SuccessAuthor: Rick Merten
Every entrepreneur starts their business full of dreams. Whether its innovating a better product or service, creating wealth, building a life to be proud of, or changing the world in some way, engineers are no different. Engineering Success is a podcast about keeping your dreams alive when things get tough. Because even the strongest technical skills can get overwhelmed by the endless demands of building a business, and one day, you realise that even the best product or service isnt enough to guarantee success. Engineering Success features engineering and industrial leaders chatting candidly about their journey to long-term success: the challenges they encountered, the lessons they learned and the solutions they put in place. Whether youre an engineering consultancy, an industrial service provider, or a manufacturer, youll hear actionable insights from your peers on how they established strong company cultures, systemised operations, leveraged sales and marketing to generate customers consistently, overcame financial challenges, faced increasing competition, adapted to change and managed growth. The host, Rick Merten, has been running his own business for over two decades, partnering with hundreds of SMES to help them achieve sustainable success. Ricks ambition with this podcast is to let entrepreneurial engineers know you are not alone, and to share real-world insights that will help you engineer your success and build a better business. Language: en Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Balancing Engineering Rigour With Commercial Reality: Kym Wilkinson, Wilkinson Shaw and Associates
Episode 35
Monday, 23 March, 2026
Most civil engineers solve the technical problem. Few also think about who has to pay for it, deliver it, and make money from it. Kym Wilkinson is the principal engineer at Wilkinson Shaw and Associates, a Brisbane-based civil engineering consultancy specialising in residential subdivision projects. With more than two decades of experience, she's built a reputation for balancing engineering rigour with commercial reality — because in her world, time, cost certainty, and practical decision-making matter just as much as technical compliance. In this episode, Kym shares how thinking like a developer changes every engineering decision on a project, and why the most successful engineers understand not just the technical requirements, but the commercial pressures their clients are actually facing.
