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Reporting to the Managing Consultant of the Energy Pod.Key responsibilities:- Analysing and interpreting diverse datasets efficiently and effectively to derive meaningful customer outcomes.- Ensuring unwavering data integrity.- Generating compelling and easily palatable reports to motivate customer action.- Leading on maintaining and improving in-house data management systems, with the objective of continuous improvement.- Contributing to service design to maximise effectiveness of our outputs to customers, as well as maximise business profitability as a consultancy.- Acting as a catalyst for change and striving towards the companies short term goal of guiding 1% of the UK to achieve Net Zero by 2025.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Continued tenure at Iona Management Services (Caledonia) following the sale of Biogas Power (Operations).Played a critical role in ensuring a seamless transition of company ownership following acquisition in January 2022.

Appointed as Board Secretary alongside normal Associate Director role.Key responsibilities:- Record keeping. Maintaining accurate records of all board meetings including minutes and actions.- Meeting management. Responsible for planning and organising board meetings, including developing agendas, coordinating presentations, and ensuring that all relevant materials are available to board executives.- Communication. Acting as a liaison between the board of directors and senior management, shareholders, and other stakeholders.- Compliance. Supporting the Board of Directors and ensuring that it operated effectively and in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Promoted internally to Associate Director, focussing on the strategic and long term prosperity of the company.Key responsibilities:- Led the analysis of performance data in collaboration with the client's Finance and Investment teams, aligning outcomes with defined budgets and targets across the Operations portfolio.- Responsible for timely and accurate quarterly RHI and FiT submissions for three biomethane generating Anaerobic Digestion plants to the value of ~£15M p/a.- Facilitated the preparation of impactful and concise Board Reports, incorporating input from site teams and Senior Management.- Instrumental in procuring specialist long lead time and optimising plant efficiency and continuous operation across the Operations portfolio.- Provided invaluable support to the Managing Director in various day-to-day duties, ensuring the consistent achievement of KPIs.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Dynamic role demanding versatility and quick thinking. Intrinsic involvement in both day to day operations as well as strategic and financial planning.Key responsibilities:- Steering site teams to ensure consistent and profitable 24/7 operation of 3 Gas to Grid Anaerobic Digestion plants.- Liaising with client's to ensure they remained up to date on project developments.- Working with the Managing Director to compile and collate all Ofgem RHI sustainability data for quarterly Heat RHI and Biomethane RHI claims across three Biomethane generating plants to the value of £12M+ p/a and accounting for 90% of plant income.- Responsibility for preparing, presenting and then managing fee generating project improvement plans. Notable projects include:- Addition of supplementary pasteuriser vessels to increase plant throughput and profitability. - Addition of secondary feeding system to increase plant processing capacity. - Addition of mid-process cavitation/maceration equipment to increase plant efficiency (including extensive trialling and analysis to inform client's CAPEX spend) - Installation of uprated boiler system to increase plant heating capacity.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Taken on as a Graduate Trainee following a 3 month internship. The interim year between internship and full-time employment was spent working and travelling in Australia on a Working Holiday Visa.Multi-faceted role ranged from hands on maintenance work on site through to collecting and collating sustainability data and reporting on plant progress to project shareholders.

Coupar Angus, Scotland

3 month internship programme based at Scotland's first Gas-to-Grid/Biomethane Anaerobic Digestion site.Positioned alongside Site Engineer responsible for the operation of the 5MW plant and formed a key part of the team that oversaw the production of Biomethane from the reception of Feedstock, through to the injection of Biomethane into the National Gas Grid.Key responsibilities:- Carrying out periodic site safety and maintenance checks- Adhering to and implementing site safety procedures- Involvement in day to day operational activities to ensure maximum plant uptime and efficiency- Conducting routine chemical and biological testing- Collecting and collating plant performance data- Remote plant monitoring via SCADA- Minimising Environmental Impact of the AD process

Dundee, United Kingdom

Part of the Ede & Ravenscroft's Winter Graduation sales team at Dundee University.

Undergraduate Degree, Ma Geography (Hons)

Activities and Societies: DUSA, Canoeing, Life Science Society

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Activities and Societies: First XI Hockey, Senior Prefect, Student Council Representative, Student Mentor Cambridge International.

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Activities and Societies: Rugby, Debating Society, Duke of Edinburgh, CCF Scottish Intermediate 2. 8 subjects including English and Maths.

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Activities and Societies: Drama Society, Swimming Squad, Football Team, Hockey Team