BREVITY PEOPLE: SIAMAK MOSAFERI

However, Sia’s true calling is engineering. It’s a job he’s dreamed of doing for as long as he can remember, and one he’s very good at. In order to get his English up to standard, and to fully understand the New Zealand engineering environment, he embarked on a Masters Degree at the University of Auckland, completing it in Civil and Structural Engineering with Second Class Honours First Division.

Spending the last nine years working as a structural engineer, Sia has been involved in a large range of projects across Aotearoa. Living in Hamilton, many of these projects were based around primary industries in the Waikato, particularly dairy.

During his time as a structural engineer, a racking job arrived on Sia’s desk. No one in the company had experience with racking and so Sia got to work finding out as much as possible, reviewing published papers and understanding the practical aspects of racking. Soon, Sia was the expert everyone in the office came to when a racking question arose. It’s a great example of how Sia works, any challenge is handled with absolute commitment and attention to detail, qualities that are reflected in his day to day work.

When the engineering role at Brevity arrived in Sia’s inbox, the work sounded like a good fit. However, it was when he looked at the website and spoke with the CEO, that his interest was truly piqued.

“I loved the technical detail that was on the website. When I spoke to the team and learnt how Brevity approach their work, I was hooked!”

Sia explains that he has a natural affinity for numbers. “I’m not one to sit down and write a report – words don’t come easily for me. However, give me a spreadsheet or something to model and I will love every minute of it!’.

Brevity seemed like a great fit for Sia. He says “I saw it was a young talented team and the company culture looked fantastic”. He hadn’t been looking for a new job, but the opportunity at Brevity was too good to turn down.

Sia is looking forward to meeting Brevity’s clients as of this week. He’s excited to put his racking knowledge to good use, and to use his structural experience in the interiors space. While a lot of the work will be new and challenging, he also sees plenty of crossover. When designing large boilers for the dairy industry and integrating secondary structures such as pipe supports and cable trays, the concepts are similar – although the materials will be different.

In addition to meeting clients, getting out on site is key for Sia. In his early days, Sia was mostly involved in the design stage, but as soon as he began getting on site his learning took off. Sia credits many of his best designs to the advice of the contractors and subcontractors he worked with. If I don’t know a solution, I ask the people who work on it everyday. Often they have a great idea that makes the construction much more practical. I run the numbers and say ‘yes, that works’.

Alongside the engineering, Sia is also excited to start coding. An excel expert, Sia has started learning Python already and can see the huge potential it has for his work. We know he’s going to love Prenguin – and so many of the exciting projects we have underway at Brevity.

The Brevity team warmly welcomes Sia, his wife Mohy, son Arta and baby daughter Eileen to our team. We know our clients are going to enjoy working with you Sia – and vice versa.