Our strength lies in the breadth and depth of expertise we can bring to your project. We match the right resource and capability to your needs, drawing on our in-house team alongside decades of relationships with trusted specialist contractors across the environment, health, safety and quality sectors, giving you access to senior, field-proven expertise without the cost or delay of building it in-house.
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John Smale
Director and Principal Consultant
Risk and management system specialist, across environment, health, safety and quality.
John is a consultant and solutions architect who helps organisations keep their people safe, protect the environment, protect their brand and perform better. With over 20 years’ experience spanning government, international and private consulting roles, he founded SCG in 2013 after several years as a State Government Senior Environmental Health Officer and working internationally, and now brings a systems-thinking approach — backed by multiple postgraduate qualifications — to designing practical, usable management systems and compliance solutions for clients across Tier 1 contractors, government and defence environments in Australia and internationally.
John also has a strong audit and regulatory background, including as a former certification auditor, with extensive experience auditing, implementing and assuring ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems, and regularly delivering Lead Auditor and ISO Management System training on behalf of Risk Training Professionals. He established, implemented and maintains SCG’s accredited inspection and conformance assessment system, and is the Authorised Representative for the company’s NATA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17020 as an inspection body, covering conformity assessment (Accreditation No. 20913).
Qualifications
- Master of Environment
- Master of Public Health
- Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health & Safety (with Distinction)
- Bachelor of Health Science (Environmental Health)
Certifications & memberships
- Lead Auditor – Integrated Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
- NATA Authorised Representative (Accreditation No. 20913, Facility No. 020913C)
- QLD Health Registered Food Safety Auditor
- Lead Investigator – Incident Cause Analysis Methodology (ICAM)
- NEBOSH International Technical Certificate, Oil & Gas Operational Safety (Distinction)
Darryl Bell
Principal Consultant
Health and safety strategy, risk governance and cultural transformation, at executive and board level.
Darryl is an authentic, values-based and collaborative senior WHS executive with 22 years in strategic and operational health and safety leadership roles, including 10 years in senior executive positions within the utilities sector. As General Manager Health & Safety at Energex, he led a human-centred cultural transformation that reduced reportable injuries by 40 percent and embedded a culture centred on care, ownership, trust and learning.
Darryl currently provides specialist advisory support to organisations including Origin Energy, News Corporation Australia and Singtel Optus through PwC, alongside running his own consultancy, DRB Consulting.
Qualifications
- Master of Business Administration (Queensland University of Technology)
- Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health & Safety (Central Queensland University)
- Graduate Certificate in Safety Science (Central Queensland University)
- Associate Diploma of Business Management
Certifications & memberships
- Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
- Exemplar Global Lead Auditor – Integrated Management Systems
- Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Member, Australian Institute of Health & Safety
Darryl’s consulting services are delivered in partnership with DRB Consulting Pty Ltd.
Ian Bridge
Principal Environmental Consultant
Environmental approvals, compliance and technical peer review, across major infrastructure and resources projects.
Ian is an experienced environmental professional with over thirty years’ experience in environmental management, spanning policy development, peer review, compliance management, environmental impact assessment and approvals, construction and commissioning, operational plant, sampling and laboratory analysis, emission estimation, and hazard and risk assessment.
He has worked across pre-feasibility and feasibility studies (including Environmental Impact Assessment), detailed engineering and post-approvals work, construction supervision and commissioning, and operations and final disposal, in both the public and private sectors. A core skill Ian has developed over many years is the ability to peer review technical environmental and engineering studies and submitted materials.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies (Griffith University)
- Graduate Certificate in Applied Law (University of Queensland)
- Master of Applied Law (in progress, University of Queensland)
Ian’s consulting services are delivered in partnership with Tideline.
John Padgham
Principal Occupational Hygienist
Occupational hygiene risk identification and control, across mining, energy, defence and government.
John is a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH) with significant experience identifying hygiene risks and their associated regulatory obligations, quantifying risk levels, and developing and managing processes that reduce risks to workers’ health as low as reasonably practicable.
He has provided occupational hygiene consulting services to a wide range of organisations including Rio Tinto, Raytheon, Airbus, BHP Billiton, Lendlease and CIMIC Group, as well as state government.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety Science (Honours)
Certifications & memberships
- Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH)®
- Full Member, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists
- International Member, British Occupational Hygiene Society
- International Member, American Industrial Hygiene Association
Pat Horigan
Principal Consultant
Management systems auditing and training, across construction, engineering, government and logistics.
Pat is a fitter and turner by trade who went on to hold senior management positions with one of Australia’s largest labour hire companies. He has significant expertise developing, implementing and continually improving modern, effective, process-based management systems, and undertakes certification audits for organisations ranging from the world’s largest companies to small and medium enterprises, across engineering, construction, government, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, and major events.
Pat also delivers Lead Auditor and ISO Management System training on behalf of Risk Training Professionals, where he’s known as a confident, approachable trainer committed to ensuring every participant gains a thorough understanding of the material.
Qualifications
- Master of Education
- Bachelor of Training & Development
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Diploma of Quality Auditing
- Diploma of Occupational Health & Safety
- Diploma of Environmental Management
Certifications & memberships
- Exemplar Global Lead Auditor and Team Leader – Quality, Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety, Information Security and Business Continuity Management Systems
- Integrated Management Systems Auditor
Pat’s consulting services are delivered to SCG in partnership with PAJE Business Solutions Pty Ltd.
Craig Partridge
Principal Consultant
HSE leadership for high-risk energy operations, from drilling and construction to major shutdowns.
Craig is a dynamic HSE professional with over 17 years’ experience driving safety performance in high-risk industries, across onshore and offshore oil and gas upstream and downstream operations. He has held senior HSE leadership roles including HSET Director at Savanna Energy and HSE Management roles with Drillsearch and ADZ Energy.
Most recently he served as HSE Offshore Drilling Coordinator supporting the Victoria Otway drilling project for ConocoPhillips, navigating the NOPSEMA safety case process and coordinating HSE bridging documents across rig, marine and aviation activities. Craig is known for his outcomes-focused approach, translating complex regulatory requirements into simple, practical systems that work on the frontline.
Qualifications
- Master of Occupational Health & Safety (Edith Cowan University)
- Bachelor of Business, International Business and Management (Edith Cowan University)
Certifications & memberships
- Lead Auditor – Safety Management Systems
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- ICAM and SCAT Incident Investigation
- ModuSpec Rig Inspection
- NEBOSH Oil and Gas Certification
Craig’s consulting services are delivered in partnership with ROC Advice.
Justin Simpkin
Principal Consultant
WHS auditing, investigations and compliance, informed by direct regulatory investigation experience.
Justin is a senior WHS professional with over 20 years’ experience across operational, regional and executive roles in both industry and regulator environments. He spent several years with the Queensland WHS Regulator, including as Principal Inspector and Regional Investigations Manager, leading and overseeing complex investigations into breaches of WHS legislation and representing the regulator in the Industrial Magistrates Court and at Coronial Inquests.
He then spent a decade in WHS Manager roles for Watpac Construction before becoming Group WHS Manager at BESIX Watpac, directing national WHS strategy, systems and performance across construction and infrastructure operations in Australia and New Zealand, and chairing the company’s National Safety Steering Committee. Since 2023 Justin has led Safety and Risk Consulting, delivering independent audits, investigations and advisory services focused on practical, evidence-based outcomes that go beyond baseline compliance.
Qualifications
- Graduate Diploma OHS (Queensland University of Technology)
- Graduate Certificate in Social Psychology of Risk
- Advanced Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety
- Diploma of Government (Workplace Inspections)
- Certificate IV in Government (Statutory Investigation and Enforcement)
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Certificate III in Investigative Services
Certifications & memberships
- Federal Safety Officer (FSO) – OFSC Accredited Auditor
- Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor (ISO 45001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001)
- Queensland Government WHS Auditor (Self-Insurance)
- Certified Generalist OHS Professional (COHSProf), Australian Institute of Health and Safety
- Adjunct Professor, College of People, Technology and Systems (CoPTaS)
Justin’s consulting services are delivered in partnership with Safety & Risk Consulting Pty Ltd.
Prashani Jayasooriya
Principal Consultant
Food safety, quality and integrated management systems auditing and training, internationally.
Prashani is an IRCA-registered Lead Auditor with extensive international experience across quality, environmental, health and safety and food safety management systems. Since 2018 she has worked as an independent Lead Auditor, trainer and consultant, having previously spent 17 years with SGS, including as Lead Auditor, Technical Reviewer and Trainer for SGS Australia.
She has conducted more than 1,000 person-days of third-party audits across industries including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, logistics and construction, and delivers Lead Auditor training as well as internal auditor training in FSSC 22000, HACCP, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Biotechnology
- Master of Philosophy, Food Science and Technology
- Bachelor of Science, Biology (First Class)
Certifications & memberships
- IRCA Registered Lead Auditor (ISO 9001, ISO 14001)
- Registered Food Safety Management System Lead Auditor, Exemplar Global
- Certified Auditor, ISO 45001 (previously AS 4801 / OHSAS 18001)
- APSCA Registered Social Compliance Auditor (ASCA)
- Member, Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors
Prashani operates as an independent consultant.
Daniel Butler
Principal Consultant
Management systems development, implementation and compliance auditing, across building and civil construction.
Dan is a HSEQ professional with almost two decades of experience in the building and civil construction industry, progressing from OH&S Coordinator and Project Safety Advisor roles with O’Brien and Laing O’Rourke to Project Safety Coordinator at Watpac Construction, then HSEQ Systems Manager and National WHS Manager at BESIX Watpac.
In 2021 he founded Sinnesro Management Systems, a Brisbane-based HSEQ consultancy, after noticing management systems tend to drift from their original intent and become overly complicated. Dan helps businesses build practical, simple systems that meet ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and OFSC requirements, along with internal and external compliance auditing, business improvement and WHS training.
Qualifications
- Diploma of Occupational Health & Safety
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Certifications & memberships
- Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
- Exemplar Global Integrated Management Systems Auditor
- Incident Management – Investigating Incidents
Dan’s consulting services are delivered in partnership with Sinnesro Consulting.