Matthew Gill - Naval Architecture Engineering Manager Babcock Canada Inc
Matthew holds a BEng (Hons) in Marine Technology and over 15 years of experience in naval defence contracting, specialising in dry dock refit and mid-life upgrades to naval platforms. After completing a year in industry at Princess Yachts he graduated and took a Graduate Program role with Babcock at Devonport Royal Dock Yard, Plymouth, UK. He worked there for 12 years supporting and managing extensive structural repairs and stability considerations for docking, undocking and afloat work for vessels under Babcock’s care and custody. In 2023 Matthew took an opportunity to join Babcock Canada on the Victoria In Service Support Contract (VISSC) and is currently supporting HMCS Victoria’s refit where he is employed as the Naval Architecture Engineering Manager. Matt’s team of Naval Architects and Technologists are responsible for all major and minor structural scopes of work for submarine refits under VISSC, including initial survey, repair, stability, and generation of objective quality evidence to support platform licensing.