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Working in the Habitat Bank Team to deliver biodiversity net gain through habitat creation/ enhancement and management of leased land over 30+ year periods throughout northern England. Tasks include:- Project management of Habitat Banks.- Ecological survey work including initial site walkovers of candidate habitat bank sites, UK Habitat classification, habitat condition assessments, botanical survey (NVC), monitoring surveys, and protected species survey where required (e.g. badger, GCN, riparian mammal).- Desk studies relating to strategic ecological opportunities and potential planning constraints.- Mapping baseline and proposed habitats for Habitat Banks.- Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment including calculations using the Statutory Metric.- Liaising with landowners throughout the site onboarding process and management throughout the lease period. - Writing Habitat Management Plans and Monitoring Strategies for Habitat Banks, with a focus on traditional management techniques and conservation grazing regimes.- Working within the habitat Monitoring Technical Working Group on monitoring techniques.

Darlington, England, United Kingdom

Working in the North East and Yorkshire surveying protected and notable plants, animals and habitats. Tasks undertaken include:- Preliminary ecological appraisal - UKHabs, Phase 1, habitat condition assessment and habitat mapping using QGIS.- BNG calculation and reporting.- Preliminary bat roost assessment of buildings/structures and trees.- Bat emergence/re-entry, bat statics, bat activity transect survey.- Bat sound analysis using Kaleidoscope.- Ecological Clerk of Works.- Riparian mammal habitat suitability and field signs survey.- Invasive species survey.- Badger habitat suitability, field signs survey, and pre-commencement sett check.- Hedgerow survey and important hedgerow assessment.- GCN HSI, presence/absence, population size class assessment and post-development population monitoring. - Reptile survey with artificial refugia.

Darlington, England, United Kingdom

Wynyard, England, United Kingdom

Working as a product environmental H&S analyst within the global product stewardship and sustainability team of Venator's head office. Analysing and responding to customer enquiries from across the globe on a range of PEHS and regulatory topics including chemicals registration, classification, labelling and packaging, food contact regulations, product and corporate sustainability (e.g. product carbon & env. footprint), drinking water regulations, absence of banned/restricted substances. Assisting with sustainability tasks:- Venator 2020 Sustainability report.- Reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, waste, energy use.- Discussions with customers on product carbon and environmental footprint- Engaging with EcoVadis CSR assessment of Venator

Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

Conducting analyses on samples of wastewater, digestate, mixed liquor, process effluent, biosolids and organic waste collected from a range of wastewater, chemical/manufacturing, and agricultural installations. Samples undergo standard analyses and/or bespoke tests, with results interpreted to indicate plant health and highlight areas for process intervention.Experience conducting the following analyses:- pH, alkalinity & volatile fatty acids- FOS/TAC (the ratio of volatile organic acids to alkaline buffer capacity indicating risk of acidification)- Total phosphorous and orthophosphates- Dried, volatile and suspended solids- Ammonia, nitrites and nitrates- Chemical and biochemical oxygen demand- Biomethane potential- Total and soluble copper- Sulfide and sulfate- Jar Testing (bench-scale simulation of phosphorous removal by chemical flocculation at varying concentrations and type of flocculant)

Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

- Ecological survey scheduling.- Ecological data quality assurance and data management for HS2 Phase 2b.- Site and Office H&S compliance- Site surveying, experience in bat structure emergence/re-entry, bat tree emergence/re-entry, great crested newt presence/absence and eDNA, phase 1 habitat, scoping, NVC, ancient woodland, water vole & otter transect surveys. - Use of GIS to create site and habitat maps for reports. - Business development (potential client correspondence, tender opportunities)- Project administration (hire car/hotel booking, invoices, purchase orders)- Office Environment and Sustainability Working Group rep- Office Biosecurity Champion

Wakefield, United Kingdom

Leeds, United Kingdom

- 2-year paid environmental research internship alongside my degree.- My research reviewed and compared the bioaccumulatory impact of vehicular air pollution on urban-grown and rural-grown vegetables, and the resulting risk to human health. - Environmental laboratory experience to test my vegetable samples for trace metals that are associated with atmospheric pollution. Lab methods included air-drying and oven drying soil and plant matter for LOI and water content, acid digestion of plant matter and soil, use of ICP-OES machine for metal detection. - Tending to 4 growing sites (Leeds City Centre, Uni of Leeds Sustainable Garden, Woodhouse Moor Allotments and RHS Harlow Carr) over the summer months for two years. - Personal interest in urban agriculture, the topic I chose for my dissertation.

Leeds, United Kingdom

- Paid assistance in university research into the motivations behind and functions of social media use by campaigners in the Lancashire shale fracking debate.- Transcribing 100+ hours of in-depth interviews with campaigners.

Wynyard

- Full-time temporary position, employed through Wolviston Management Services Ltd and working within the Huntsman Pigments Registry department. - Company records archiving- Use of a bespoke database and online system. - Handling of confidential information e.g. legal documents. - Management of live pigment order documents- Archiving historic records from a defunct factory, involving a high number of EHS records. - Writing abstracts and key words for all documents added to the database.

Darlington, United Kingdom

- Part-time position - Conducting pre-examination eye tests on customers. - Use of optical equipment e.g. non-contact tonometer (NCT), autorefractor, Opthalmic digital imaging, Visual field perimeter - Greeting customers - Registering customers for eye examinations- Knowledge of NHS exemptions and the proof required- Professional but friendly and reassuring conduct with customers of all ages (young children to elderly). - Handling confidential medical records.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Sustainability And Environmental Management, First Class

Activities and Societies: EnviroSoc, People and Planet, Undergraduate Research and Leadership Scholarship, Sustainability In Action (SIA).

Advanced Levels, Advanced Subsidiary Levels

Activities and Societies: Student Environmental Officer on the Student Association Executive Committee A Level Geography (A*), Geology.

Gcse

11 A*s, 1 A including English, Maths and Triple Award Science.