Engineering & design management
Senior leadership of multidisciplinary teams, designer coordination and client interfaces, keeping engineering delivery aligned with technical, programme and commercial priorities.
Independent engineering consultancy · Perth, Australia
Engineering control. Delivery confidence.
Altin provides senior engineering and design management, technical assurance and structural engineering advice, helping clients balance technical quality, constructability and delivery priorities.
Ports · Marine · Resources · Industrial
Built around engineering judgement.Technical leadershipDesign governanceProject delivery
Nearly 30 yearsTechnical depth · Delivery leadership
Across the project lifecycleConcept → FEED → Design → Delivery → Operations
Complex delivery, controlledClient · Consultant · Contractor interfaces
Capabilities
Focused support where engineering decisions affect delivery.
From leading engineering teams to assessing existing structures, Altin brings practical technical input to design, construction and asset decisions.
Structural assessment & design
Structural assessment, design, asset integrity and remediation advice for new and existing structures, informed by practical construction and operating conditions.
Technical assurance & governance
Design-basis alignment, technical review and engineering risk assessment, with clear responsibilities for review, approval and resolution of technical issues.
Constructability & delivery support
Practical input to tenders, construction methodology, fabrication and site interfaces, connecting design decisions with delivery needs and temporary-works requirements.
Project recovery
Restoring the design basis, resolving technical and approval issues, and clearing engineering obstacles to procurement, fabrication and construction.
AI-assisted workflows
Development and evaluation of workflows for requirements checking, technical review and evidence traceability, with defined human review and approval.
Ports & marine
Mining & Resources
Oil & gas
Industrial infrastructure
Major buildings
Experience behind Altin
Delivery experience, not just advisory theory.
Reza Lotfi’s career spans consultancy, EPC, PMC and contractor-side environments. The selected examples below are career experience delivered in previous senior roles and demonstrate the judgement brought to Altin engagements.
Project recoveryMarine works
Mardie Salt & Potash
Engineering Manager · McConnell Dowell
Joined during a critical phase of construction and re-established engineering control on an approximately A$250 million marine package. Restored the design basis and a workable approval pathway, coordinated designers and cleared a substantial RFI backlog to progress issued-for-construction documentation. Directly managed the Commissioning Manager across planning, readiness and execution.
FMG AP5 export facility
Design Manager · Clough
Led design management from tender through delivery, using concurrent engineering and 3D modelling to accelerate the path to fabrication. Coordinated client review and supported fabrication in China and site installation.
Tibar Bay Port
Engineering Manager · Worley
Led engineering management and technical assurance within project management consultancy services for a major port public-private partnership, supporting technical compliance and alignment with client and government requirements.
Gorgon marine facilities
Marine asset integrity leadership · Worley
Directed condition assessment, criticality analysis and integrity planning for operating marine assets at Barrow Island, informing remediation priorities and operational asset decisions.
Engineering governance + AI
Use AI where it strengthens the engineering process.
Altin is developing AI-assisted engineering workflows to support requirements checking, design-basis alignment, technical review and evidence traceability, with defined human review and approval.
The focus is on practical uses: identifying gaps, tracking review comments and making supporting evidence easier to inspect. Workflows are evaluated against engineering needs, with clear boundaries for AI assistance and professional decisions.
01Identify
Select useful, bounded workflows.
02Control
Define evidence, review and approval.
03Validate
Test outputs against engineering need.
Founder & Technical Director
Reza Lotfi
FIEAust · CPEng · NER · APEC Engineer · IntPE(Aus)
A Chartered Structural Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Australia with nearly 30 years of experience across consulting, EPC, PMC and contractor delivery environments.
Reza's strongest experience is in ports and marine infrastructure, with wider work across resources, oil and gas, industrial facilities and major buildings. Through previous roles, he has delivered for clients including Fortescue, BHP, Rio Tinto, Chevron, BCI Minerals and Water Corporation.
He has led consulting and multidisciplinary project teams, coordinated international delivery centres, and managed client interfaces and engineering budgets. His senior roles include GHD, McConnell Dowell, Worley, Northrop, Clough, AECOM and KBR. Structural engineering depth and practical construction experience underpin his approach to design management, technical assurance and delivery.
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