Bidara Pathirage

Principal Engineer

BE Civil (Hons), CPEng, CMEngNZ 

Bidara is a Chartered Professional Engineer with more than 10 years’ experience in stormwater engineering, infrastructure design, and land development.

She began her career in Western Australia’s mining industry, working as a engineer in Perth for three years before returning to New Zealand in 2015. Since then, Bidara has worked extensively on major infrastructure projects across New Zealand, including both greenfield and brownfield land developments.

Bidara has strong technical experience in stormwater management planning, flood assessment, flood modelling, reticulation design, option analysis, and infrastructure planning. She regularly uses modelling software to support robust design decisions and practical project outcomes.

With a clear understanding of the technical, environmental, and delivery drivers that shape complex projects, Bidara works closely with clients, consulting engineers, project teams, and key stakeholders from concept design through to completion.