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Deeside, Wales, United Kingdom

Lead on GIS initiatives across utility, environmental, nuclear, and renewable sectors, leveraging automation and effective data management for efficiency and accuracy.Manage a GIS team, providing training for staff development, managing resources, and ensuring high-quality deliverables.Collaborate with clients and internal staff to define geospatial needs, establish data management protocols, and optimise processing methods.Focus on streamlining internal GIS processes to enhance team productivity.Awarded for Ecological Innovation for implementing mobile GIS data capture and webmaps, improving data collection accuracy and detail of reporting.My experience managing budgets, contractors, health & safety, and regulations in energy generation estates translates to strong project management skills applicable to GIS initiatives.

Deeside, Wales, United Kingdom

Gaining further GIS experience, I supported diverse teams and clients by translating spatial data into actionable insights for infrastructure projects, environmental management, and renewable energy development. I championed data management best practices, implementing standardised schemas and reporting to enhance collaboration and data utilisation across the entire project lifecycle. Skilled in data capture, analysis, and legal document production including planning documents and easements for projects up to DCO, while ensuring regulatory compliance. Notably, I helped establish the Freedom Drone team for LiDAR/Multispectral analysis of our environmental sites and led renewable energy development projects, utilising diverse datasets, automation and visualisation techniques to optimise site selection and inform decision-making.

Ormskirk, England, United Kingdom

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I supported students in GIS and environmental management courses. I played a key role in launching a new undergraduate GIS module, securing necessary approvals and putting together new lecture material. My research contributions included habitat surveys and utilising aerial photogrammetry data for land management decisions. I further honed my communication skills by presenting research findings at conferences across the UK, engaging both public and academic audiences.

Ormskirk, England, United Kingdom

Led a team of around 30 staff, ensuring smooth operations through efficient inventory control and seamless shift transitions. Championed a positive team environment that delivered exceptional customer service, consistently exceeding store targets.

Ormskirk, England, United Kingdom

Conducted laboratory analyses using soil and image analysis techniques (including automation) to date fire history in a Liverpool woodland.Authored the methods section for a research paper intended for journal submission.

Oakmere, England, United Kingdom

Oversaw kitchen operations, driving a 200%+ increase in kitchen turnover while prioritising quality, efficiency, customer satisfaction and safety.

Postgraduate Certificate In Teaching In Higher Education, Education, Up To Associate Fellowship Of The Higher Education Academy

Bsc (Hons), Environmental Science

Master Of Research, Geography

Activities and Societies: The role of topography on pollution deposition in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Snowdonia National Park.

A Levels And Level 3 Extended Project Qualification, Geography, Maths, Psychology, General Studies And Sociology

12 Gcses (A - C), Including Maths, Sciences And English