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Hosted by Rick Merten · business · EN
Every entrepreneur starts their business full of dreams. Whether it’s 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 isn’t 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 you’re an engineering consultancy, an industrial service provider, or a manufacturer, you’ll hear actionable insights from your peers on how they established strong company cultures, systemised operatio
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Engineering Success is hosted by Rick Merten. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Trojan Horse Inside Your Client’s Team: Jonathan Bannister, The Design Technology Company" (15 October 2026, 48 minutes), "Why Delegation Is the Key to Growth: Jo Garretty, SALT3" (23 September 2026, 32 minutes), and "Standing in the Wreckage: Doron Levy on Fire Engineering, Failure, and Quality" (7 September 2026, 39 minutes).
Engineering Success publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 32 episodes.
Booking probability for Engineering Success is 26%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Engineering Success requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Engineering Success's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Engineering Success are Architecture & Engineering. Engineering Success has a business audience.
Rick Merten hosts Engineering Success, a business podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #42
Most engineers start a business by selling their own technical skills, then slowly build a team around themselves. Jonathan Bannister took the opposite approach from day one. His rule was simple: he doesn’t touch the...
Naming a business after your core values means every client, employee and decision gets measured against those words. For Jo Garretty, that was the point. Jo is the managing director of SALT3, a traffic, transport...
Most engineers never see their own designs fail. Doron Levy has built a career on standing in the wreckage to work out why. Doron founded Fahrenheit Global, a fire engineering consultancy based in Sydney with offices in...
Solving odour problems for major infrastructure projects isn't glamorous, but getting it wrong makes life miserable for nearby communities. Gary Finke has spent 35 years making sure that doesn't happen. Gary is managing...
Most superintendents administer contracts. Edmund Tsang believes the role should do far more than that. Edmund Tsang is the founder and principal of Tsang Civil Consultants (TCC), a civil engineering consultancy...
<p>Most superintendents administer contracts. Edmund Tsang believes the role should do far more than that. </p> <p>Edmund Tsang is the founder and principal of Tsang Civil Consultants (TCC), a civil engineering...
Most superintendents administer contracts. Edmund Tsang believes the role should do far more than that. Edmund Tsang is the founder and principal of Tsang Civil Consultants (TCC), a civil engineering consultancy...
Episode #37
<p>When Michael Jones launched Jones Structural Engineering, he had no client base and no safety net — just a clear sense of how he wanted to build: on genuine relationships, quality work, and a value-first mindset he...
<p>Starting a business at 26 with no formal business training is daunting. Doing it during a global pandemic, as a female immigrant in a male dominated industry, takes a special kind of courage. </p> <p>Jocelyn Do is...
Episode #35
<p>Most civil engineers solve the technical problem. Few also think about who has to pay for it, deliver it, and make money from it. </p> <p>Kym Wilkinson is the principal engineer at Wilkinson Shaw and Associates, a...
<p>What does it really take to grow an engineering business without losing control of quality, culture, and accountability? </p> <p>Shannon Neyland has built his career at the intersection of engineering delivery and...
Episode #33
<p>What does it take to keep a mine operating safely when the ground is unpredictable, and getting it wrong can shut down the entire operation? </p> <p>Tim Cartledge is the founder of Cartledge Mining and Geotechnics, a...
<p>What happens when an engineer gets fed up watching projects fail because no one coordinates properly? Moussa Youssef started BMY Engineering in 2018 after years of witnessing costly mistakes that could have been...
Episode #31
<p>What does it take to start a business at 20, in the middle of a pandemic, and turn it into one of Australia’s leading fire compliance companies?</p> <p>Aleks Culic is the founder of Projects Fire, a passive fire...
<p>Andrew Gall walked away from a secure engineering career to challenge the industry’s biggest perception problem: that engineers are box-ticking cost centres rather than creative partners in design.</p> <p>Andrew is...
Episode #29
<p>Ray Keefe discovered that being a brilliant engineer wasn't enough when his business coach challenged him: "Are you any good? I don't believe your answer - prove it." This brutal honesty launched a transformation...
<p>What if the secret to growing an engineering business isn't just about technical excellence, but about completely redefining how designers and contractors work together? </p> <p>Adam Hull, Managing Director of...
Episode #27
<p>Josh Robinson, founder of JR Hammer, is a story that turns everything you thought you knew about recycling upside down.<br> When China slammed its doors shut to the world's recyclables in 2018, Australia's scrap...
<p>What does it take to move to a new city with zero connections, build a thriving engineering consultancy, and eventually become a company director? In this compelling episode, Derya Horasan shares how he transformed...
<p>What happens when a former diesel mechanic decides to solve one of the construction industry's biggest hidden problems?</p> <p>After an injury ended his original career path, and his adventures took him from...
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