One of the things I want this community to support is learning through experience, not just content. We have a mix of: - early-career engineers looking to build knowledge - more experienced practitioners and leaders who’ve seen projects succeed (and fail) I’ve created a Mentoring Discussion space for this. If you’re: - happy to offer occasional guidance or perspective → comment “mentor” - looking for guidance or career direction → comment “mentee” - open to either → comment “both” There’s no formal commitment here — this is about practical conversations, not long-term programmes. I’ll help connect people where it makes sense. If you’re unsure whether you’re “experienced enough” to mentor — you probably are.

Hi All, Firstly, thanks to Richard for this initiative. I have been following him on LinkedIn since last year, and it is a pleasure to interact with him and everyone in this group. I am based in New Zealand and work with a consultancy firm. I do a lot of process safety and functional safety work across the oil and gas, chemicals, dairy, wood, and mining industries in Australia and New Zealand. Alongside this, I run a small business and serve as the director of Pacific ICS Engineering Limited. We provide services in functional safety, alarm management, and OT cybersecurity. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.