Patrick Shephard
MANAGING DIRECTOR
CPEng · MIEAust · NER · RPE(VIC) · RDP(NSW)
Chartered Professional Engineer and project leader with 15+ years' experience delivering complex, large-scale projects including hyperscale data centres and major commercial developments.
Extensive end-to-end delivery across concept design through construction-phase coordination, leading multidisciplinary teams and driving practical outcomes for speed, safety, reliability and cost.
Deep technical capability across reinforced and precast concrete, long-span steelwork, and technically demanding structural systems, with a strong focus on structural optimisation and constructability.
CAPABILITIES
STRUCTURAL SME CAPABILITIES
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Structural concept leadership, optioneering, and constructability-driven design decisions
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Technical peer review / assurance mindset and design governance (quality + deliverables)
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Modular / precast / DfMA strategies supporting accelerated delivery
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Multidisciplinary integration and construction-phase coordination
Beyond delivery
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION
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Technical peer reviewer and design-assurance lead across major data centre, healthcare and commercial projects — assessing the quality and competency of engineering deliverables against professional standards.
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Led and developed multidisciplinary teams of 50+ structural and civil engineers across Australia and the Middle East, supporting engineers' technical growth.
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Engineers Australia Chartered Assessment Panel Member, 2026–present.
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Casual Academic, University of Sydney (School of Architecture, Design and Planning) — teaching and assessing structural engineering students, 2025–present.
Career
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2026 — Current
Shephard Group — Managing Director
Founded Shephard Group, Sydney.
2015 — 2026
enstruct / WSP — Director
Senior Engineer, progressing through Associate, Senior Associate and Associate Director to Director.
2011 — 2015
Aurecon, Sydney — Engineer
Graduate Engineer, progressing to Engineer.
2011
UNSW BE Civil w. Arch. (Hons I)
Thesis supervised by Prof. Stephen Foster
Let's talk about your next project.
Get in touch
patrick.shephard@shephardgroup.com.au
02 8019 7063
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