ATMA ENVIRONMENTAL - Key Persons
As Principal Environmental Geologist, Director and founder of Atma Environmental, Glenn has continuous contaminated land consulting and hydrogeological experience going back to 1985.
He is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP), a member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ), a member of the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) and an active member on the Australian Contaminated Land Consultants Association (ACLCA) M&E focus area. Glenn earned his Bachelor of Science (Specialisation in Geology) from the University of Alberta (Canada) in 1984.
His career has spanned positions in both the consulting and regulatory sectors with past positions including: well site geologist (oil & gas), hydrogeologist, Alberta Dept of Environment special projects (underground storage tank and industrial waste landfills), manager of environmental contamination consulting services. His past work experience included work in Canada, the USA, and (of course) Australia.
Glenn eventually migrated to Australia for good in 1996, then opening Atma Environmental - specialised in ESAs for 53X contaminated land audits, property transfer assessments, and remedial work for land developers, industry, town planners and government bodies. Since inception of the company Glenn has overseen the operations and management of thousands of contaminated land and groundwater assessment, remediation and other projects.
Qualifications:
University of Alberta
Since graduating from the University of Melbourne (Bachelor of Science, Honours in Earth Sciences) in 2005, Jared has continuously worked as an environmental scientist, gaining wide-ranging experience in many projects throughout Victoria, interstate and overseas.
Jared's initial role was to research and develop the environmental consulting services of a geotechnical consulting company, where he implemented a diverse range of environmental services, becoming Environmental Team Leader overseeing the firm's environmental department, liaising with regulatory authorities, training new staff and growing that aspect of the business. Between 2006 and 2009, Jared was seconded to a multi-national consultancy to manage the day to day fieldwork operations of a large contaminated land project. Jared subsequently joined Atma Environmental in 2015, contributing his years of experience to the team by managing the full gamut of contaminated land and groundwater projects.
Qualifications:
University of Melbourne
Louise has worked in a variety of office support roles over the past decade in the environmental and geotechnical engineering consultancy sector. She provided administrative support on a number of large scale projects. Louise brings to the team excellent time management and organisational skills to maintain efficient office standards.
Outside of work, Louise enjoys baking and cake decorating, and travel.
Since graduating from the RMIT in 2014 (BEnvEng, Hons in Groundwater Engineering), Mick has worked continuously as an environmental engineer gaining wide-ranging experience on many projects throughout Victoria, interstate and overseas.
Mick has experience in property development, oil and gas and due diligence environmental assessments and compliance. He has spent time on an onshore gas exploration project in south-west Victoria in 2017 with the Victorian Government. Between 2019 and 2020, Mick was a team leader at Cardno (now Stantec), before launching a contracting environmental business, working alongside Atma Environmental and other clients.
Rory is a Certified Environmental Practitioner - Site Contamination Specialist (CEnvP-SC), a member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ), a member of the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) and Chairperson of an Australian Contaminated Land Consultants Association (ACLCA) focus area. Rory holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science (with first class honours) from Lancaster University (UK) and has environmental assessment and consulting experience in Australia, UK and Ireland, dating back to 2006.
Rory has developed expertise in all aspects of contaminated land assessment, remediation and management, including preliminary and detailed site investigations, soil, groundwater, vapour and landfill gas assessments, waste hazard categorisations and risk assessments, with a particular focus on completing detailed site assessments for 53X Environmental Audits and clean up to the extent practicable (CUTEP) submissions. He is also skilled in community consultation, third-party peer reviews and in providing expert witness testimony.
Rory has experience in assessing a broad range of sites, including former defence sites, schools, gun clubs, industrial sites (various including service stations, dry cleaners, chemical manufacturers, printers, electroplaters, textile manufacturers etc.), as well as greenfield/agricultural sites.
Rory is known for his thorough yet pragmatic approach to environmental site assessments and he is capable of managing all aspects of the most complex projects. His broad understanding of relevant legislative requirements and industry guidance, enables him to achieve the best outcome for the client.
Qualifications:
Lancaster University