Candidate for Councillor: Geoffrey Kneller, P.Eng.
Candidate Overview
- Pipeline industry leader with over 30 years of professional engineering experience and appointments as a Responsible Member for permit holders in oil and gas, high technology, real estate development and public sectors.
- 30 years of leadership experience as a Reserve Force Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces leading cadet training programs throughout Southern Alberta.
- Experience on APEGA Council from 2021-26 with an appointment as Audit Committee Chair in 2025, plus experience on a regulatory committee as chair of the Enforcement Review Committee from 2012-21.
Personal Statement
I’m an engineering leader with over 30 years of experience in the Canadian pipeline, real estate, and public sectors. My experience includes leadership roles in pipeline integrity, public safety assessment, and professional practice management at TC Energy, where I guide a world-class engineering and geoscience practice to deliver safe, reliable, cost-competitive, and sustainable natural gas transmission assets. I hold a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering and a master's degree in business administration, both achieved at the University of Calgary, and I maintain engineering licences in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. Through five years of experience as a member of APEGA Council, I have been focused on our association’s financial performance to keep our budgets balanced and member dues sensible. As we prepare for the implementation of new legislation for our professions, I’m asking for the support of our members for a new term on council. My goals in a new term will be to ensure our members and permit holders see minimal disruptions to their engineering and geoscience practice resulting from implementation of the Professional Governance Act, while we continue to keep our budgets sustainable and provide great service to our members.
Candidate Resume
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Get to Know the Candidate in Four Questions
What does self-regulation mean to you as a member of APEGA?
Self-regulation is our privilege to guide how our profession serves the public in Alberta. By volunteering to serve our profession, APEGA members demonstrate to government that self-regulation is the right model for regulating engineering and geoscience services. We continue to demonstrate that self-regulation improves public safety while keeping our regulatory system adaptable and economic.
What would you bring to Council?
I bring five years of experience as a member of APEGA Council, along with experience as the chair of one of our regulatory committees. My experience with the work that our regulatory committee volunteers do is critical to ensuring that council is effective in implementing the new Professional Governance Act.
As the regulator of engineering and geoscience, what challenges does APEGA face?
APEGA’s biggest challenge will be to deliver the change that the Professional Governance Act demands in a way that minimizes the impact on our members and permit holders. We’ll be successful at the end of the process if you don’t notice any change at all.
What is the value of a professional licence with APEGA?
Your professional licence demonstrates your commitment to providing safe and cost-effective engineering and geoscience services to Albertans. In return, you have access to exciting career opportunities at the interface between technology and business value. And volunteering to support APEGA’s regulatory functions is a multiplier for the value of your membership!