Wes has been a specialist traffic engineer since 1989 with experience in local authorities and independent consulting companies.
He is a Chartered Professional Engineer, an International Professional Engineer (APEC Engineer), has a Bachelor of Engineering, and a New Zealand Certificate of Engineering.
He is a Fellow and Chartered Member of Engineering New Zealand, and a Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
Wes has completed the Ministry for the Environment Making Good Decisions programme for Resource Consent Commissioners, is a certified KiwiRail Level Crossing Safety Impact Assessor, and a certified New Zealand Transport Agency Site Traffic Management Supervisor (L2/3 STMS NP )
Wes was also appointed by Engineering New Zealand to the Australian Standards committee reviewing AS/NZS 2890: Parking facilities, including Part 1 - Off-street carparking, which is the only Acceptable Solution for the vehicle-related aspects of the New Zealand Building Code.