Committees

Though the SUT is a global society the branches are run and operated locally. The SUT Perth Branch Committee is made up of volunteers from industry along with our small but dedicated team of staff members. On top of the main Committee we have several sub-committees* and Special Interest Groups (SIG) which have a separate group of volunteers looking after the interests of each sub-committee/SIG. Volunteers are selected by nomination/ballot process, for details on each please select the committee group:

• SUT Perth Branch Committee
• SIG – Offshore Site Investigation & Geotechnics Perth (OSIG Perth)
• SIG – Young Engineers& Scientists Perth (YES!)

*SUT Perth Branch Sub-committees – you don’t have to be a Committee member to be involved in a SUT sub-committee. With such an active branch, the sub-committees come together to discuss and action the details of particular initiatives and events before reporting back to the SUT Perth Branch Committee. These include but aren’t limited to: Advertising; Annual Dinner; AUT Conference; Branch Support; AOG; Engagement; Evening Technical Meetings (and AGM); Golf Day; Membership; Mentoring;  Scholarship; Subsea Controls Down Under; Subsea Engineering Competency Framework Project. To note your interest in a sub-committee, contact Fiona Allan.

SUT Constitution

Committee Nominations

Elections for the SUT Committee are held annually, with the next election dates as follows:

August 2026 – Call out for nominations
Mid-September 2026 – Ballots if required
October 2026 – New Committee Announced at AGM
November 2026 – New committee meetings begin

Committee Nomination 2027-28 Digital Form to be available in due course

2027 Sub-Committee Descriptions to be available soon. 

Offshore Site Investigation & Geotechnics in Perth

OSIGp is a Special Interest Group of the SUT Perth which promotes technical advancement and knowledge sharing amongst academics and practitioners in the fields of geology, geophysics, geomatics and geotechnical engineering.

Click Here to see a copy of the OSIGp Constitution.

Committee Nominations

Elections for the OSIG Committee are held biannually, with the next election dates as follows:

September 2026 – Call out for nominations
October 2026 – Ballots if required
November 2026 – New OSIGp Committee announced
January 2027 – New OSIGp committee begins

Note: OSIGp Office Bearers are voted on by OSIGp Committee Members in the alternative years for continuity (next Office Bearers vote end of 2026).

Young Engineers & Scientists

YES! (Young Engineers & Scientists)  is a Special Interest Group of the SUT.

With the support of the SUT Perth Branch, the purpose of YES! (Young Engineers & Scientists) initiatives and events are to:

• Create awareness of the subsea/underwater industry amongst young engineers and scientists
• Develop young engineers and scientists within the subsea/underwater industry
• Provide networking opportunities to build relationships amongst young engineers and scientists within the subsea/underwater industry.
• Introduce education groups to SUT (high school and/or universities), encouraging them to join the subsea/underwater industry

Elections for the YES! Committee are held biannually,  next election dates as follows:
September 2027 – Call out for nominations
October 2027 – Ballots if required
November 2027 – Announced

The nomination form will be available here in September 2027.

Click Here for YES! Committee Rules & Operating Structure

Many thanks to our YES! 2025 Annual Sponsors:

Thank you to Woodside Energy and Santos for being our YES! Annual Sponsors in 2025.

Further YES! Sponsorship packages available please contact the SUT Office Staff on [email protected].