Engineer and owner of Lambert’s, John Brogden had known and admired the Lambert family for years, utilising their skills and tapping into their engineering knowledge while working at several businesses around town. One day singing their praises and admiring the workshop full of machines, Robert Lambert quipped “do you want to buy the place?” Along with cousin, Richard, he wanted to retire. Mulling over the chance to own his own business, John returned to say “yes.”
It was perfect timing. John had been hopping between Western Australia and Masterton working as an engineer while wife, Kathy, kept their Masterton lifestyle property in shape. Based in Kalgoorlie, his engineering skills took him all over western Australia and the mining community.
He and Kathy have three grown children and once they began to have children, home and grandchildren became harder for John to leave. He became the official owner of Lambert’s Engineering in August 2018. With the assistance of Business Manager, Karen Venni, he is moving Lambert’s into its second century of service. He has inherited long serving and loyal staff. “I could not do without ace engineers, Pete Knowles and Tom Scott,” says John, who is awe of the expertise both these men have.