Mariana Basilio Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

Waikato, New Zealand

New Zealand

Responsible for managing client's GIS licenses, generate maps, set up mapping applications (Collector and Survey 123), import and export CAD files relative to the proposed works.Responsible for stream assessments using Stream Ecological Valuation (SEV) Methodology, Ecological Compensation Ratio (ECR) Methodology. Applying Unitary Plan rules related to stream works. Write assessments to support resource consent applications. Communicate with different stakeholders (Iwi, Council, Leaseholders, Watercare, etc) and seek sites for offsite mitigation

Auckland, New Zealand

Responsible to provide technical assistance to engineers on the use of the different stormwater treatment devices. Responsible to provide presentations to schools, consultancies and councils. Responsible for research and development of products.

Auckland, New Zealand

Assisted in providing technical guidance on most appropriate treatment devices to engineers. Communication with contractors to ensure the devices would fit into the site levels. Responsible for sales of stormwater treatment devices on the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki Regional Councils.

Auckland, New Zealand

Responsible for stream assessment projects ranging from small to large subdivisions (300 million).Main tasks were as follows: Client communication; Budgeting and managing project’s finances; Applying Stream Ecological Valuation (SEV) Methodology; Applying Ecological Compensation Ratio (ECR) Methodology; Applying the Unitary Plan rules related to stream works; Writing assessments to support resource consent applications; Communicating with different stakeholders (Iwi, Council, Leaseholders, Watercare, etc); Seeking the best outcome for clients and the environment. Responsible for the company’s GIS projects ranging from small to large infrastructure works. Main tasks were as follows: Managing the team’s maps for arboriculture projects (over 80 different projects delivered); Seeking to understand the different requirements for each project; Seeking optimal mapping outcome to display the required goals; Summarizing the client’s needs; Explaining limitations of the system and trying to find solutions to the different limitations; Setting up Collector and Survey 123 for different tree data collection projects; Importing and exporting CAD files relative to the proposed works; Creating buffers, spatial queries, and improving the map display to portray the desired outcome; Generating maps on PDF to be appended to resource consent applications; Generating map viewer to be sent to different clients during the design stages.

South America & Oceania

Responsible for providing a feasibility study on the use of Floating Wetlands in treating wastewater next to the Olympic Venue in Rio. This work was requested by the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil. Waterclean partnered with a Brazilian engineering company to develop the restoration project and achieve the contaminant removal rates within the given budget, undertook the following tasks:  Researched the product’s efficiency; Presenting the studies to politicians, engineers and the public; Writing reports in Portuguese; Communicating with the Rio de Janeiro’s City Council; Liaising with NZ Trade & Enterprise in the two countries (New Zealand and Brazil); Meeting and understanding the needs of the Rio Secretary for the Environment; Calculating and designing floating wetlands to increase efficiency removal rates of pollutants in rivers; Organizing suppliers to deliver the material made in the United States to Brazil; and Preparing maintenance programs.

Responsible for data collection using Collector for ArcGIS for over 70km of streams on three different catchments in the Auckland region; undertook the following tasks:  Data Collection on tablets, or phones paring with GPS devices to improve data collection accuracy; and Data QA of data collected on the field using ArcMap; Assisted with Contaminated Land Assessments for private developers, under the following tasks:  Undertook soil samples to be sent to laboratory analysis;  Interpretation of soil samples; and  Report writing to assess soil contamination levels against the proposed activity. Assisted with the compilation of Erosion and Sediment Control Plans as part of pre-construction Resource Consent Applications:  Water catchment calculation;  Selection of erosion and sediment control devices;  Report writing and design of erosion and sediment control systems. Responsible for Trade Waste Monitoring: Monthly collection of trade waste for VOC’s and Hydrocarbons;  Analysis and monthly reporting for a private entity for tradewaste in Auckland & Hamilton. Assisted Auckland Council with a Maintenance Prioritization Scheme for stormwater treatment devices: Responsible for collating, analyzing and processing data for a 20-year Maintenance Program of 66 Stormwater Treatment Devices (mostly wetlands & sedimentation ponds) in West Auckland;  File review of all stormwater treatment devices built in West Auckland;  Compilation and summary of data into excel; and  Creation of a prioritization scheme to inform which stormwater ponds to maintain first.

Postgraduate (Cop Programme) In Environmental Engineering (Pgcen), Urban Stormwater Management

Design and application of stormwater runoff quantity and quality control systems for urban development including: bioretention, living.

Postgraduate Diploma (Pgdipsctch), Science And Technology- Aquatic Ecology, First Class

Topics covered included stream ecosystem structure and function, aquatic macrophytes, plankton, freshwater fish, disturbance and land use.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Physical Geography And Environmental Science

Focus on hydrology, stormwater, environmental management, physical geography (streams/rivers), coastal processes and GIS.

Te Reo Māori – Tahi (Beginner)