James Smith Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2 - 14 Fisher Street, Petersham

Implementing the Inner West Council's NSW EPA Organics grant funded food organics recycling service. The role includes the development and implementation of education material, monitoring contamination and participation rates and developing strong working relationships with internal Council departments, local residents, building managers, and waste service contractors.

Drummoyne, Sydney

Drummoyne, Sydney

Roles and Responsibilities:• Oversee the execution of waste audits including establishing and maintaining client relationships, monitoring workplace health and safety standards, sampling methodologies, data collection and quality. • Completed kerbside collection audits, public place bin audits and waste infrastructure audits for local councils.• Developing a consistent waste audit team that performs effectively and provides high quality data. • Developing reports and data manipulation to identify opportunities for improved waste management. Milestones and Achievements:• Developed expert level of waste characterisation. • Developed an excellent understanding of waste generation and waste management processes. • Galvanised a consistent and effective waste audit team. • Opportunity to develop leadership and team management skills. • Opportunity to develop data analysis and presentation skills.

Sydney, Australia

Lead Assessor for MRA Consulting Group participating in the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and the Environment (NSW DPIE, nee NSW EPA) Bin Trim Program. The Bin Trim program funds waste assessors to assist Australian businesses (<400 employees) divert solid waste from landfill and increase recycling rates across NSW. Roles and Responsibilities:• Recruit, assess and manage small-medium (SME's) businesses. • Develop sustainable waste management solutions for standard, non-standard and hazardous waste materials.• Recommend waste reduction measures based on varying site specifications, product supply chains, operational processes, OH&S and business engagement.• Identify opportunities for business to submit rebate applications to secure funding for waste avoidance/reduction/recycling equipment. Milestone and achievements: • Recruited and managed over 250 small-medium businesses.• Developed over 250 action plans to optimize waste management • Reduced 17, 000 tonnes of general waste, increased 9,000 tonnes of waste recycling and avoided 7,000 tonnes of general waste.• Secured $80,000+ of government funding for balers, shredders, a granulator, a glass crusher, a plastic extruder and waste sorting equipment.• Successfully self-manage performance to achieve weekly KPI’s and long-term recruitment targets. • Ability to identify and engage clients with capacity for business development opportunities. • Ability to define and solve problems with site-based constraints and dynamic environments.

Brisbane, Australia

As a high performing team member, I was responsible for upholding Bunnings Warehouse's reputation as a valued hardware retailer by providing excellent customer service, expert advice on outdoor living products and ensuring the lowest prices, guaranteed. Roles and responsibilities: • Excellent presentation, communication and customer service skills.• Champion company values to provide widest range, best service and lowest prices. • Manage department to ensure daily and weekly tasks were achieved prior to weekend trading.• Member of the Green Team – work collaboratively with other team members to drive sustainability initiatives in-store. Milestones and Achievements: • Achieved Lifestyles, Power Garden and Garden Care expert. • Developed excellent cross-cultural communication and team building skills. • Implemented improve waste management system for store, greater focus on physical and mental well-being of Team Members, facilitated worm farm and composting workshops. • Opportunity to manage small to large teams across stores. • Developed deep product knowledge and ability to define and solve problems. • All prices beaten by 10%.

Brisbane, Australia

As an Assistant Sustainability Consultant at Losee Consulting my primary role was to assist the Queensland Government’s Department of Environment Science develop their Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan (PPRP) - Australia’s first state-wide plan to reducing plastic pollution. Roles and Responsibilities: • Improving sustainability ratings on large scale road and rail infrastructure projects through the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) sustainability rating tool. Experience with Version 1.2). • Preparing briefing papers to assist with a successful project proposal for the Inland Rail. • Preparing background briefing, discussion papers and workshop material for the Department of Environment Science (Queensland government) Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan. • Experience working collaboratively with representatives from NGO’s, educational institutes, private industry and state government. Milestones and achievements: • Successfully employed in sustainability consulting firm. • Developed background papers, discussion papers and policy prioritisation matrix to assist policy development and decision-making processes. • Developed a data base including local, state, federal and international approaches to mitigating plastic pollution to inform state wide targets for mitigating plastic pollution. • Facilitated workshop to integrate stakeholders from NGO’s, educational institutes, private industry, local and state government to identify problems and develop solutions for plastic pollution in Queensland.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: GUEES - Griffith University Environmental Engineering Society

Highschool Diploma