FOR COUNCIL Joseph (Pierre) Breau, P.Eng.
My name is Pierre Breau, and I am running to be your Councillor in 2016/17. I have been a registered Professional Engineer in five provinces over the past 30 years, most recently in Alberta since I moved here in 2011. I am currently the General Manager for Beaver Municipal Solutions, the operating name for the Beaver Regional Waste Management Services
first-prize award in environmental engineering from the Student Paper Competition of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. I continued my branch activity with both the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and in 1999–2001, I was a Councillor for the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (now Engineers Nova Scotia). Since my time on the APENS Council, I have remained active on national committees reviewing Canadian rules regarding engineering foreign licensure, and development of best practices for InfraGuide, Canada’s national municipal infrastructure best practice guide. I was most recently on the Board of Directors for the Recycling Council of Alberta. In my involvement with engineering organizations, my belief that Professional Engineering is foundational to a prosperous national economy has only been reinforced. We have a great privilege in Canada, and Alberta, to control the scope and quality of our profession, in order to ensure that we serve the public with the very best, and innovative, of engineering services. The opportunities facing our professions are many and diverse, ranging from mentoring our engineering students in our professional values, to facilitating the continuous learning of our senior practitioners, to welcoming immigrant engineers to practise in our society, to our demanding expectations of service. It would be a privilege to employ my many years of experience in senior management and governance roles for the benefit of APEGA’s Council and its stakeholders. I look forward to your vote of confidence.
Commission, a public services commission located an hour east of Edmonton which operates one of the largest waste processing and disposal systems in Western Canada. In my role, I am responsible for the system’s safe and profitable operation, reporting to a board of directors. Prior to this role, I worked for 30 years in municipal and public works engineering, real estate development, and construction management. I received my Civil Engineering degree from McGill University in Montreal. I am a graduate of the Executive Development Program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and also a graduate of the Not-for-Profit Directors Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors. I am currently pursuing the Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Director designations. Since graduation, I have been active in professional engineering and technical associations, beginning with a
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