Thomas Gibson Email & Phone Number

Porthtowan, England, Gb

Baldhu, England, United Kingdom

Working as a Geoenvironmental Engineer as part of a small and agile team, delivering environmental, geotechnical, and mining investigations for sites across Cornwall and Devon.Responsibilities include:- Producing reports for all phases of the "Phased Approach to Land Contamination", including desk studies, interpretative analyses, remediation strategies, and verification.- Writing both interpretative and factual geotechnical reports.- Designing and supervising various site… Show more Working as a Geoenvironmental Engineer as part of a small and agile team, delivering environmental, geotechnical, and mining investigations for sites across Cornwall and Devon.Responsibilities include:- Producing reports for all phases of the "Phased Approach to Land Contamination", including desk studies, interpretative analyses, remediation strategies, and verification.- Writing both interpretative and factual geotechnical reports.- Designing and supervising various site works including windowless sampling, trial pitting, hand pitting, and monitoring borehole installation.- Conducting mining site investigations, including via drilling and trenching.- Conducting site investigations and logging soils to BS5930 standards.- Scheduling laboratory testing for both contaminated land and geotechnical purposes.- Performing in-situ geotechnical testing, including Soakaway & Percolation tests to inform drainage design, Standard Penetration Tests (SPTs), and Plate Bearing Test (PBTs).- Performing Stage 1 & 2 Mundic block laboratory analysis.- Liaising with clients to ensure testing and reporting meets the project's needs. Show less

Penryn

PhD Candidate with the Camborne School of Mines in Penryn, investigating Early Jurasic climate change events, and their associated source rocks - evaluating source rock potential, refining stratigraphy using chemostratigraphic and biostratigraphic methods, and reconstructing palaeoenvironment.Assisted in delivering practicals for several undergraduate modules including "Energy Resource Geology", and "Sedimentology and Stratigraphy".

Penryn, England, United Kingdom

Worked as a PTA delivering several undergraduate degree-level modules at the Camborne School of Mines, including "Sedimentology and Stratigraphy", "Sequence Stratigraphy", and "Energy Resources".Duties and Responsibilities:• Teach as a member of a team in a variety of settings (from small group tutorials to large lectures) within an established programme of study.• Facilitate learning and understanding, ensuring that the content, methods of delivery, and learning materials meet… Show more Worked as a PTA delivering several undergraduate degree-level modules at the Camborne School of Mines, including "Sedimentology and Stratigraphy", "Sequence Stratigraphy", and "Energy Resources".Duties and Responsibilities:• Teach as a member of a team in a variety of settings (from small group tutorials to large lectures) within an established programme of study.• Facilitate learning and understanding, ensuring that the content, methods of delivery, and learning materials meet the defined learning objectives for individual teaching sessions.• Applying appropriate approaches to teaching, reflecting on practice and the development of own teaching and learning skills and seeking ways of improving their performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback.• Supervise the work of students, provide advice on study skills, help them with learning problems and, where necessary, refer them to additional support services. Show less

Porthtowan, England, United Kingdom

Working as an independent Geoenvironmental Consultant on a subcontractor basis, alongside completing my PhD. This work primarily consists of researching and compiling “Ground Conditions and Contaminated Land (Phase 1)” reports for proposed developments. Key aspects of this work include:• Compiling information from sources including the British Geological Survey, DEFRA, and the Environment Agency to characterise site ground conditions including: Geology, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Radon, and… Show more Working as an independent Geoenvironmental Consultant on a subcontractor basis, alongside completing my PhD. This work primarily consists of researching and compiling “Ground Conditions and Contaminated Land (Phase 1)” reports for proposed developments. Key aspects of this work include:• Compiling information from sources including the British Geological Survey, DEFRA, and the Environment Agency to characterise site ground conditions including: Geology, Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Radon, and sensitive land uses.• Using historic mapping and information from archival sources to reconstruct site usage history and identify potential ground hazards, including nearby mining activity.• Creating contaminated land qualitative risk assessments based on past and present site uses, and potential contamination sources identified in site walkovers.• Understanding relevant policies and guidance concerning contaminated land assessment, including “Land contamination risk management (LCRM)”; and “Managing and reducing land contamination: guiding principles (GPLC).”• Producing site maps in QGIS, highlighting land uses, contamination sources, and changes associated with the clients’ proposed works.• Identifying where further investigations or remedial works may be required, such as a detailed mining report, Phase 2 site investigations, and radon protective measures. Show less

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

Seasonal Cash Office Assistant at Legoland Windsor.