Patrick Arnold Email & Phone Number

Drummoyne, New South Wales, Au

Newcastle, Nsw, Au

City of Newcastle owns and operates a significant Waste and Resource Management Business that generates ~$80M revenue/annum. This includes collections services and the second largest landfill facility in NSW.-Development of key programmatic strategic documents to facilitate the business to move from a predominantly landfill operating model to a diversified regional resource recovery hub operating model-Budget management over $10M/annum capital works. Including the facilitation of planned budget change requests on a quarterly basis to the Economic Review Committee.-Develop and manage 3 new program delivery streams within Waste Services; Strategy, Business Improvement and Environmental Compliance. Including the hire and ongoing management of 10 new additional staff for newly created positions

Sydney, Nsw, Au

As a Principal Consultant, I work with the Directors to:- Implement company processes and systems (including project workflows and project management/billing systems).- Drive business development and develop project proposals.- Manage projects and staff and provide technical advice and support.I have directly contributed towards:- Mentoring of nine consultants, through; sharing of industry knowledge and contacts, informing best practice, provision of training on internal business tools and processes, waste audit training and provision of advice, direction and conflict resolution for projects.- Designed, developed and provide ongoing management of industry-leading and proprietary products:- Waste analytics and reporting platform.- Waste metering system.- Waste compositional and generation data model.- Management of a multi-disciplinary team of software and hardware developers across six countries.- Participation in industry working groups such as, Better Building Partnership, CitySwitch, Green Star and NABERS. - Developed CitySwitch Waste Assessment Tool a tenant self-audit tool.- Plan, deliver and participate in physical waste audits for the commercial and retail property sector.- Manage national programs in the commercial and retail property sector. - Managed nine national waste tenders and participated as subject matter expert on an additional five tenders.- Developed Waste Management Plans for DA and Green Star submissions for the commercial, retail, hospitality, residential, aged care, public space, education, and healthcare sectors. - Researched, collaborated and implemented new technologies and innovations e.g. Pulpmaster organics recovery, weight-based weighing in commercial and retail sector, bin sensor smart devices.

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Melbourne, Vic, Au

- Delivered a 10-year strategic waste management strategy for 2 municipals in remote Philippines (Ifugao).- Conducted Waste Analysis and Composition Study for 2 municipals.- Facilitated the concept of clustering solid waste management resources of 6 municipalities.- Sourced funding and technical support for a Feasibility Study and construction of a Sanitary Landfill & Materials Recovery Facility.

Main duties:- Strategic waste management planning for the commercial and retail sector at site and national levels for large retail and commercial property groups. - Theoretical waste profiling to determine site waste materials generation and optimal waste management systems for ongoing management. - Technical services provided to architects, engineers and operational managers.- Comprehensive waste management plans for Green Star submissions. Including; mixed-use, retail, commercial, residential and educational properties.- Waste data validation, analysis and interpretation for waste service providers, manufacturing, health, retail and commercial companies.- Development of high integrity waste reporting systems.- Waste tendering and tender evaluation.- Funding acquisition including sourcing and developing of business cases. Received the largest fund released by the Australian Packaging Covenant for a $1M project to improve ‘Away from Home’ recycling across Australia.- Coordinated and managed national projects e.g. AMP Retail Shopping Centres ‘Away from Home’ recycling program which introduced recycling in public spaces.

Sydney, Au

- Worked with a team to provide sustainable solutions and comprehensive environmental auditing for the event, film and music industries including Fuzzy and Bazmark Inq.- Provided onsite consultation with operational teams to improve efficiency of current site environmental systems.- Improved diversion of materials going to landfill through the implementation of plastics, metal, e-waste, fabric, timber and paper recycling and salvage systems. - Sourced and monitored recycling services to provide client confidence that materials were not being sent to landfill.- Investigation and collection of data to track environmental progress.

- Assisted in the development of Sustainable Event Management System ISO 20121.- Assisted in delivering Sustainable Event Management training.- Profiling of new sustainable supplier contacts and resources.- Assessed event site locations to identify waste, water, energy and sustainable practices in place throughout the event in order to determine the events environmental impact.

Parramatta, New South Wales, Au

• Undertook training and certification through the Association of Building Sustainable Assessors• Auditing of home sustainability by providing clients with detailed knowledge of their current spending habits/energy consumption levels• Educating home owners of alternative solutions to reduce consumption levels and outlining potential economic savings as well as carbon footprint reductions• Preparation of audit reports from data collected

North Sydney, Nsw, Au

o Waste auditing field work through the sampling and collection of waste datao Organisation of field work management and workflowo Supervision of OH&S by identifying any hazardous materials and substances that may be contaminated in waste samples

Master, Environmental Management

Bachelor, Business