Management responsibilities include:• Establishing strategic and financial goals;• Servicing and developing contracts and relationships with clients and partners;• Maintenance of staff pool by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees;• Oversight of the development and management of an ISO compliant integrated management system (IMS);• Development and implementation of marketing strategies;• Preparation and presentation of proposals, budgets and reports;• Maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in professional societies.

• Certified project manager for Phase I and II environmental site assessments for various public and private sector clients including government departments, various municipal councils, Port of Melbourne Corporation, EPA Victoria, petroleum and gas companies (Kleenheat, Caltex, Mobil and Shell), Metropolitan Fire Brigade and property developers including Places Victoria;• Auditor’s assistant on 53X and 53V environmental audits for various clients within Melbourne;• Project manager for fluvial and marine sediment investigations (including acid sulphate soils) at various sites within Victoria, including Webb Dock, Port Melbourne;• Site supervisor on a large variety of contaminated land sites including multi-million dollar environmental investigations for large petrochemical manufacturers and petroleum companies in Victoria;• Field staff for sediment contamination investigation as part of the multi-million dollar shipping channel deepening project, Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne;• Field staff for geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations for renewable energy and mining sector clients in Victoria and Western Australia.

• Site supervisor and project manager for the investigation and remediation of contaminated sites in the UK including a large scale site assessment and waste classification exercise on a ‘flagship’ redevelopment on a large former unlicensed landfill site in Nottingham, UK• Application of the Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment (CLEA) model to soil data sets in respect to Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and development control under the UK Town and Country Planning Acts

Reviewed third party phase I and II site investigation reports in relation to provision of NHBC Buildmark warranty.

International scientific observer on demersal trawlers and longliners. Activities included biological sampling and monitoring compliance with Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) and Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Conservation and Enforcement Measures.

• Managed DEFRA funded field trials.• Identified pathogens using ELISA and PCR techniques.• Extracted and initiated microbial pathogen cultures.