Mark Bailey Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

The Head of Environment Technical Services acts as the technical environmental authority for HS2 Ltd to set and assure the environmental technical requirements and standards for the project. It determines policies in conjunction with National Authorities and operates to a Ministerial level.The role manages and oversees a collective of Environmental discipline teams covering the technical areas of:Heritage; Noise & Vibration; Air Quality; Water Resources; WFD; Flood Risk; Groundwater; Waste & Materials; Carbon; and Climate Change.The role:▪ Owns the management of the Environment discipline teams, associated budgets and contracts. ▪ Ensures environmental specialists maintain Technical Standards that support the development, design, construction and operational delivery of the new railway. ▪ Ensures Technical Standards remain compliant with HS2 Act(s), other Legislation, Environmental Minimum Requirements and continue to remain relevant.▪ Manages the provision of technical functional advice and support across the business to ensure HS2 discharges its Nominated Undertaker responsibilities within budget and maintains programme and schedule. ▪ Manages the provision of internal and external advice, to executive/senior management, on environmental and sustainability strategies/policies being formulated either internal or external to HS2. ▪ Oversees and manages the provision of risk-based Line Of Defence (LOD 2) functional assurance activity in support of Delivery and Development teams. ▪ Oversees and manages topic related reporting into the annual Environment Sustainability Progress Report and supports external requests for information.▪ Leads development, design and articulation of approaches that promote and embed agreed corporate strategies that seek to establish HS2 as a leader in areas such as Decarbonisation.

Birmingham, Snow Hill

HS2's Technical Directorate is the project's Technical Design Authority, its assurer and guardian of design quality and the system level integrator of the railway. The Head of Natural Environment provides the HS2 natural environmental programme management support necessary to coordinate and embed environmental requirements into project specifications, assurances and policies. The Natural Environment Team sets the project requirements, is the guardian of environmental quality (through the development and delivery process) and ensures that the environment designed through the supply chain is compliant with Parliament's requirements and is delivered to meet the Act's provisions and Environmental Minimum Requirements - ensuring that HS2 Ltd meets its commitment to deliver a sustainable outcome. The team directs and overlooks the specialist aspects of natural environment topics of: Agriculture, Soils, Forestry, Ecology, Biodiversity, Water Resources, Flood Risk, Landscape Assessment, Visual Impact, and Green Infrastructure Planning.

Canary Wharf, London

Victoria, London

Provide the HS2 Environmental Programme Management support necessary to coordinate and embed environmental aspects into project specifications, assurances and the development of policies

London, United Kingdom

Route-wide development and integration.Environmental advisory role for London and West Midlands route section (Phase 1).

Team Leader - Natural Environment and Strategic Initiatives TeamManagement of the council's Environmental Team with responsibilities for the council's agricultural estate, natural environment, heritage assets and strategic rights of way.Led on council's green infrastructure planning for growth and development around Aylesbury. Led on the development of the Bernwood Forest Project Initiative, the creation of the Bernwood Jubilee Way, the full restoration of Brill Windmill (second oldest post mill in UK), and the restoration of Coombe Hill Monument.

Bedfordshire And Luton

Manager for the protection, enhancement and development of Green Infrastructure (GI) opportunities through Luton and South Bedfordshire, creating a multi-finctional network of innovative and stimulating greenspaces and places. Project delivery using DCLG Growth Area Funds to deliver projects over a 100 square mile area and covering 300,000 residents.Established, developed and managed the following deliverables:Creation of 94.9 ha of new accessible GICreation of 9 km of new multi-user routesCreation of 375m of cycle track - Dunstable Downs Gateway CentreCreation of 1.6km of new surfaced paths for public accessRedesign and enhancement of 3 existing green spaces covering 17haUndertook the Luton and South Bedfordshire Biodiversity Characterisation SurveyUndertook the Luton and South Bedfordshire Arable Weed StudyVice Chairman of the Green Space Strategy Steering GroupCommissioning of artist David Appleyard to provide a public art structure 'New Roots' as part of the restoration of historic Houghton Hall Park, Dunstable

Dunstable

Linked to Planning Office -responsible for environmental management plans, green space development and management, manager of wildlife sites and access and public amenity and review of development and planning proposals. Responsible for the management of all council public access, recreational and conservation sites. Green space officer lead for assessing planning applications and seeking agreement on obligations and s106. Responsible for £1.3m annual green space budget

Buckinghamshire, Uk

Develop and implement strategic projects that contributed to conservation, enhancement and quality of life in Bucks. Projects delivered: Bucks Millennium Trees (increasing woodland cover across the county by securing funds for woodland creation and planting over 36,000 trees. Responsible for management of over 40 public access sites, including parks, SSSIs, local nature reserves in accordance with statutory obligations, management plans and countryside stewardship schemes.

North Pennines Reserve, Near Bowes, County Durham

Manager of the Otter Trust North Pennines Reserve in all aspects.Captive breed and release of European otter as part of UK Otter Breed and Release Programme..Otter habitat conservation Conservation site management through grazing.Farm management of 280 acre upland farm (Red deer, fallow deer, white-faced woodland sheep, exmoor ponies).Reserve management as part of the North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Programme.Management of staff team and contractors

Durham, United Kingdom

1. Ecological support to a University Research Programme collecting and analysing data, conservation plans considering otter populations in the Upper Tyne Catchment, Northumberland. My research focus was on understanding of habitat, prey population availability and otter diet in relation to season.2. Arran Basking Shark Project - research project using electronic tagging to understand the ecology of Basking Sharks along the coast of the Isle of Arran (Scotland).

Bsc Environmental Management, First Class Honours, Bsc. First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: Summer food of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra L.) in the upper Tyne catchment, Northumberland.

Msc Spatial Planning, Rtpi Accredited, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: Verging on Growth - The Greenspace DilemmaMSc Spatial Planning

Maters, Town Planning