Hydrogeologist with 25 years experience specialising in mining hydrogeology in South America and Europe; and hydrogeology and environmental management projects in the UK within the renewables, minerals, water abstraction and transport industries.Specialist areas include: Mining Hydrogeology - development of large scale conceptual groundwater models, dewatering assessments, water resource investigations and EIAHydrogeology UK - assessment of water resources, shallow groundwater/surface water interactions for GWDTE, private water supply, wetland assessments, conceptual model development, dewatering assessments and EIAPeat - peat characterisation, development of peat management plans, assessment of impact on and restoration of peat

Technical management of water and environmental projects including hydrogeological/ hydrological impact assessments for wind farm, quarry and mine, mine hydrogeological studies, wetland assessments and environmental management for construction projects.

Responsible for the technical supervision, management and reporting of hydrogeological and hydrological investigations related to mining development and environmental projects in South America. Pit slope dewatering investigations, aquifer testing and analysis, groundwater resource evaluation, environmental baseline design and implementation, EIA and phase I/II environmental assessments.

Pit slope dewatering projects, pre-feasibility investigations and water resource evaluations for open pit and underground mines. These included supervision of pumping tests, piezometer and pumping well installation, water sampling, well testing, data collection and analysis, datalogger use, reporting and general management of field personnel.

Hydrogeological investigations for a variety of sites including public water supply, groundwater protection modelling and assessment, site monitoring and risk assessment, and contaminant migration and remediation studies.

Mudlogging geologist on offshore exploration platforms in the North Sea and South America.