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WEDNESDAY July 31, 2013
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Shire’s new engineering director
Cooma-Monaro Shire council has appointed a new Director of Engineering Services and, breaking with tradition, Mrs Linda Nicholson has accepted the role. Mrs Nicholson is a graduate of Wollongong University, where she graduated as a Bachelor of (Civil) Engineering. Her husband, Ben, is a mechanical engineer. She said she and her husband first came to the area about 10 years ago and lived at Jindabyne, when Ben worked for CoomaMonaro Shire Council and Linda worked at Perisher. During that time they came to really appreciate the Monaro and the climate. The area remained on their jobs radar and when a position arose with Snowy Hydro Ltd, Ben applied and was successful. The couple have spent about two and half years in the area now, although about a year of that was spent at Cabramurra. In that time, Linda undertook contract work in Canberra and commuted from
Cooma. Now with an 18-month-old son, Linda is very excited to be back in the workforce and very excited about being the first female executive on council. She said she is looking forward to working with the engineering team and putting her expertise in water and wastewater management into practise in a local government context. She has more than 10 years’ experience in this area, including sewerage treatment. Asked about the issue of beautifying Cooma, Mrs Nicholson said “what they have started is great. “The town does need a bit of a facelift”. She is looking forward to some site trips around the shire to look at existing and possible future projects. As to the region, she said “it’s just perfect. It’s only an hour to the snow or the beach. We like bushwalking and camping and have been enjoying doing that here. Mrs Nicholson is still to meet all the councillors and will experience her first full council meeting on August 12.
Cooma-Monaro Shire’s General manager John Vucic welcomed new Director of Engineering services, Linda Nicholson, to her position last Monday.
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