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An environmental consultancy specialising in environmental approvals for the resources industry and major projects.

ELA provide environmental services including but not limited to ecological, hydrogeological, hydrology, fire, heritage, environmental planning, approvals and strategy, restoration, spatial analysis and mapping.Currently coordinating environmental approvals for the BHP Oak Dam Project, assisting with approvals for the OZ Minerals Carrapateena Expansion Project, delivering a threatened species assessment for Iluka Atacama, assisting Iluka with an overarching Significant Environmental Benefit (SEB) offset strategy, and providing assistance to Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 referral projects across the country.

PROJECT | EPBC Offset, OZ Minerals, SARole: Subject Matter Expert EPBC OffsetsManaged establishment of federal EPBC Offset (and an advanced offset) for Plains Mouse/Rat for the Carrapateena Mine. Identified options, engaged pastoralists & stakeholders (DEM, DAWE, Pastoral Unit, NRM), identified legal pathway to establish, secured interim & final agreements with pastoralist, secured Ministerial approval, surveyed baseline ecology of offset, developed offset management plan. PROJECT | OZ Minerals Approvals, OZ Minerals, SARole: Senior Env. Scientist, Spatial AnalystIn the approvals team for Carrapateena and H2H Transmission Line Projects, delivering MLP and PEPR approvals, spatial analysis and support (data analysis, creation, integration), state native vegetation offset (old & new policy), clearance tracking, auditing, reporting, regulator liaison. PROJECT | Black Box Management Framework for MDBA, Commonwealth Env. Water OfficeRole: PM / EcologistDeveloped a MDB-wide Black Box Management Tool targeting ecological outcomes through active groundwater & salinity management. Coordinated technical working group, managed stakeholders across states / territories, implemented best practice technologies into plan to guide environmental watering projects. PROJECT | Northern Connector Tender Phase, SA DPTIRole: Env. Team Leader.Scheduled and facilitated inputs from technical disciplines (groundwater, contamination, surface water, noise, vibration, ecology), coordinated delivery of design reports, sourced data, advice via technical discipline meetings, at tender presentations. Our team was successful in award of the DnC phase. PROJECT | Targeted Surveys For Nationally Endangered Species, Senex Role: PM / EcologistTargeted surveys to ID presence / absence and quality of potential habitat to support multiple nationally endangered species in the Cooper Basin. Survey, GIS analysis, data analysis, mitigation measures, reporting, EPBC self-assessment inputs.

Environmental assessment (flora, fauna, condition, habitat, dust, groundwater, radiation, meteorological monitoring, analysis and documentation) for road and rail upgrades, mine exploration companies, environmental approvals, EIA / EIS / EPBC referral projects, project management (including work towards CPPM AIPM certification secured later at SKM). Worked on KBR major projects of note including SA Water Environmental Approvals Management (secondment), Noarlunga Downs (SA) Sludge Lagoons EPBC Assessment, Noarlunga to Seaford (SA) Rail Extension Planning Study, Sinosteel PepiNini Curnamona Management (SPCM) Crocker Well (SA regional) Uranium Baseline Studies, Mt Barker (SA Adelaide Hills) Council Emergency Risk Management Planning, Northern Expressway environmental survey and assessment, Point Boston (SA regional) Water Cycle Modelling (WaterCress) and Assessment, National Radiation Waste survey and assessment (NT).

Environmental graduate - field work, GIS mapping, reporting, research.