EHS SUPPORT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Environmental Advisor / Education
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- Principal Hydrogeologist / Education
Alex Schiavoni has over 20 years' experience in a broad range of earth science industries, including soil and groundwater characterisation, contamination and remediation, mineral exploration, and mining and geotechnical engineering. The majority of his work has been in groundwater projects involving development of conceptual site models, site strategies and cleanup plans, environmental site assessments, UST excavation assessments, remediation conceptual design and implementation, and LNAPL mobility and recoverability assessments. He also has significant experience in industrial site decommissioning and demolition including the development of decommissioning and demolition management plans, concrete and debris management plans, environmental management plans, waste classification, materials management and beneficial reuse assessments. Alex has also worked extensively on oil-and-gas projects in Australia, with a focus on hydrogeological conceptual site models, drilling mud and fluid risk assessments, drilling mud and fluid waste management, and beneficial reuse assessments and development of operating procedures. Over recent years, Alex has been working on numerous contaminated land and waste projects within Australia and USA.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
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- Engineer
- Engineer / Education
Amit Meskar is an analytical and detail-oriented engineer with knowledge of renewable energy systems and energy storage systems. He is a team player and able to work with various stakeholders, having on-site working experience along with experience in consulting and in quality control. Fluent in Hindi, Marathi, and German, he is also a strong believer in continuous self-development.
Job Titles:
- Principal Environmental Consultant / Education
Andrew Rumsby is an environmental chemist with over 20 years' experience investigating contaminated sites and water discharges. This has included the evaluation of the fate and toxicological impacts of metals and organic compounds in the environment and human health. His expertise includes assessing the ecological and human health impacts of chemical exposures, environmental fate and transport modelling and use of environmental forensic techniques to identify the source of contaminants. Andrew's experience coupled with depth of knowledge of NZ regulations and chemical process allows him offer innovative and site-specific solutions to your contaminated land issues.
Throughout his career Andrew has undertaken several different projects to assess the ecological and human health effects of sediment and soil quality investigations at various locations in the New Zealand's Auckland, Waikato, and Taranaki regions. These projects have included using advanced geochemical, eco-toxicological, and acid sulphate soils assessments; environmental fate and speciation modelling, and bioavailability assessments using a weight-of-evidence approach to determine the probable effects on the environment. He has also provided advice to various clients on the disposal of hazardous wastes and waste acceptance criteria.
Job Titles:
- Integrated Marketing and Business Development Manager / Education
Annette is a collaborative and creative professional with over 16 years' experience in all aspects of marketing and business development. Working within the consulting industry, she has led and supported an array of marketing projects throughout Australia.
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- Environmental Specialist / Education
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- Project Manager / Education
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- Principal Consultant and Planner / Education
- Principal Planner
Callum Little is an Adelaide based principal planner, with over 20 years' experience across private industry and the public sector. Callum's experience includes environmental impact assessment, environmental licensing, statutory planning, strategic planning, planning policy, master planning, and transaction advisory.
Throughout his career, Callum has led multidisciplinary teams to develop approval, licensing, and design documentation for complex energy, infrastructure, and urban development projects. This has included approvals strategies for oil and gas projects, export wharfs, marine structures, and major roads projects.
As an experienced Consultant that has worked for a variety of Government organizations and Consulting firms, Callum brings unique insights and capabilities developed through a career developing policy advice, business cases, due diligence reports, and engagement activities for large-scale energy, infrastructure, commercial, medical, and residential development projects
Job Titles:
- Principal
- Managing Director Asia Pacific
Chris Smitt is a principal hydrogeologist and Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) with over 20 years' experience in both the private and public sector. Over this time, he has amassed a wealth of industry knowledge and experience, all of which he uses to make sound, forward-thinking decisions for his clients and as part of EHS Support's management team.Throughout his career, Chris has partnered with peers and senior management within client organisations to deliver numerous large-scale, technically and logistically complex projects across Asia Pacific, North America, and the Middle East. He has extensive practical experience in the development, design, implementation, and operation of managed aquifer recharge projects as well as delivering key hydrogeological aspects for coal-seam and shale-gas resource development projects, sustainable groundwater development projects, and mine rehabilitation. Chris has also represented numerous private clients, councils, and state regulators with expert evidence/testimony and currently serves as a committee member for the International Association of Hydrogeologists.In addition to the numerous projects he has delivered, Chris has served as a senior technical advisor to the members of the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE), Geoscience Australia (GA), Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME), and CSIRO.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
As an Environmental Scientist, Clare Hogan provides capability to develop and deliver a diverse range of soil and groundwater projects within Australia and North America. Working closely with technical and project mentors both in Australia and overseas, Clare's responsibilities include assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, groundwater supply studies and investigations, data compilation and interpretation, proposal and report creation, ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and keeping up to date with technological and legislative developments.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
Job Titles:
- Environmental Consultant
- Environmental Consultant / Education
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- Senior Principal Hydrogeologist / Education
Job Titles:
- Environmental Advisor / Education
Dylan has been with AES since graduating from Curtin University with honours. In his role he has been responsible for leading secondary approvals (predominantly Environment Plans and Oil Spill Contingency Plans), client liaison and responding to DMIRS and NOPSEMA comments on these regulatory documents. In addition to this, he has been responsible for assisting in EPBC act and EP act (Part 4) self-assessment documents, developing regulatory approval plans and Annual Environmental Performance reports for several energy projects and consequently has a solid foundation of State and Commonwealth environmental legislation (specific to petroleum activities).
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist
- Environmental Scientist / Education
Elena Kruglyakova is an up-and-coming environmental scientist with knowledge of air quality monitoring and control, environmental management systems, waste management, project management, site remediation, renewable energy, industrial water treatment, and hydrology. With EHS Support, she helps provide capability to develop and deliver a diverse range of soil and groundwater projects within Australia, New Zealand and potentially other international locations.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Advisor / Education
Ella is a graduate from the University of Western Australia (Masters of Biological Science, Marine Biology). Through her university and previous field support roles, she has gained experience in environmental surveys, data analysis, and reporting.
Ella is an enthusiastic and determined person, and her customer service background has provided the basis for interpersonal and communication skills which allow her to communicate effectively with co-workers, managers, and clients.
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Operations Manager Asia Pacific / Education
Job Titles:
- Environmental Engineer
- Scientist
- Environmental Advisor / Education
Geoff is an environmental engineer and scientist with over 20 years' professional experience, holding positions across academia, the offshore petroleum industry, private consulting, as well as with the Commonwealth offshore energy regulator. Geoff is an experienced project manager and team leader, with a strong technical background in metocean and environmental engineering. He has a track record for delivery projects within budget and schedule, and identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement.
Job Titles:
- Senior Environmental Consultant / Education
Grant Sheridan has 16 years' work experience in practical and management aspects including a broad range of site investigations. His expertise includes contaminated sites, geotechnical and hydrogeological investigation often including multiple complicated investigation aspects (e.g., drilling geotechnical bores finished as landfill gas monitoring wells). Grant's extensive fieldwork experience throughout New Zealand enables him to accurately depict the conceptual geology of an investigation area and estimate expected geological aspects of the area, which aids in the accurate determination of feasible results and the ability to trouble-shoot information in the field.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Advisor / Education
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
As an Environmental Scientist, Jason O'Meara provides the capability to develop and deliver a diverse range of soil and groundwater projects within Australia and North America. Jason has recently completed a Master's Degree in Earth Sciences with experience gained while working at the Northern Territory Geological Survey, McArthur River Mine as a Geology/ Geotech Engineering Intern and more recently as a technical assistant for a Quarrying Consultancy. Working closely with technical and project mentors both in Australia and overseas, Jason's responsibilities include assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, groundwater supply studies and investigations, landfill monitoring, data compilation and interpretation, proposal and report creation, ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and keeping up to date with technological and legislative developments.
Job Titles:
- Principal Environmental Scientist / Education
Joseph (Joe) Hayes is a strategically-minded, lean-oriented and practical environmental professional who brings nearly two decades of experience in consulting, resources, and public sectors. Over the past several years, Joe has served in a lead environmental role for an upstream gas project, where he provided environmental management system and technical support for exploration, production and project development teams. In this role, he led various initiatives, which included the development and implementation of an environmental compliance management system. He was also a company representative for regulatory policy issues such as financial assurance, residual risk, and rehabilitation. Joe has received company awards as a result of his cost-savings initiatives, including financial assurance reduction, approvals streamlining and on-site drill waste management. At EHS Support, Joe continues to serve the petroleum and gas industry, with his recent work including project management and technical roles in the areas of produced water beneficial re-use, groundwater and hydraulic stimulation risk assessments and monitoring program optimization. He also recently co-authored an industry paper on residual risk. Prior to his work in oil and gas, Joe worked as a contaminated land professional in the United States and Australia and has served in both regulatory and consulting capacities.
Job Titles:
- Principal
- Principal Environmental Scientist / Education
Julian is a Principal Environmental Consultant with over 15 years of broad experience leading environmental businesses and delivering investigation and remediation projects for a range of complex contamination issues. Project experience has allowed Julian to develop complimentary skills in facilitating stakeholder and media engagement to communicate contamination issues and been requested to act as expert witness for the Crown Solicitor in environmental court proceedings. He has also developed a strong understanding of the requirements and triggers of the new South Australian Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act (2016) with regards to site contamination. Julian has expertise in the assessment, mitigation and communication of risks and liability posed by contaminants in soil and water environments, and the delivery of pragmatic, risk-based solutions focused on meeting the client's objectives.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
Keira Gopsill is an environmental professional with experience in both office and field-based activities. In her most recent role, Keira was responsible for advancing the environmental approvals of a large-scale development and was actively involved in engaging with regulatory bodies. This experience has honed her ability to effectively communicate scientific information to diverse audiences and has enhanced her proficiency in producing documentation that aligns with regulatory requirements.
In addition, Keira has acquired various ecological fieldwork skills throughout her studies and volunteer work, including fauna and flora identification and survey techniques and conducting monitoring activities in remote locations.
With environmental regulations becoming increasingly stringent, Keira is eager to leverage and further develop these skills to assist companies in striking a balance between maintaining profitability and progress whilst minimising adverse environmental impacts.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Auditor / Education
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- National Strategic Director Asia Pacific / Education
Kevin Simpson brings over 25 years' experience in oil-and-gas and contaminated land management and remediation to the EHS Support team, providing leadership and guidance to clients across Australia, the United States, and South Africa. A Mechanical Engineer by training, Kevin is skilled in design and implementation of soil and groundwater remediation and wastewater treatment systems. He has designed and implemented over twenty air sparge, soil vapour extraction, multi-phase extraction and pumping systems. Kevin is experienced in determining when and how systems should be downscaled and turned off to avoid unnecessary operations and cost. Kevin has developed and implemented various strategies for management of produced water, particularly for the coal seam gas industry. Projects include the preparation of water balance and options analysis workbooks to determine the optimum approach to managing produced water, sizing of evaporation ponds and tanks and beneficial re-use approaches such as irrigation and stock watering. Other projects in the oil and gas sector include operational studies such as optimisation of drilling mud management and evaluation of potential release of associated water to the environment. Kevin is a specialist in financial assurance and has worked on multiple projects for industry, industry bodies, and government. One of his key projects involved development of the Estimated Rehabilitation Cost calculators for Mining and Petroleum and Gas for the Queensland Government, which included stakeholder consultation and training.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Advisor / Education
Kym is an experienced Environmental Advisor with over 8 years' experience in both industry and private consulting roles. She has been responsible for the successful design and implementation of environmental impact and risk assessments, environmental management plans, and environmental referrals under State and Commonwealth environmental legislation. Having performed the role of Lead Auditor, she is well versed in the execution of audit programs, including development of audit and compliance reports. Kym has proven ability to develop and facilitate induction and education programs which drive the achievement of environmental compliance, and promote awareness of health, environment, and safety (HES) issues. Kym also has capabilities in spatial data presentation and analysis using GIS, having utilised this tool in both environmental impact assessment and environmental management projects. She is an effective communicator, with previous experience of working within multi-functional teams, and liaising with Australian State and Federal regulators, stakeholders, community groups, and technical expert panels.
Job Titles:
- Senior Environmental Scientist / Education
- Senior Environmental Scientist and Project Manager
Lemuel is a Senior Environmental Scientist and Project Manager with over 18 years' of professional experience across Australia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines. He has been involved in the successful management and delivery of a wide range of environmental projects for a variety of client sectors with recent focus in the assessment and management of contaminated land and closed landfills for local and regional councils in Queensland and Western Australia, as well as marine and sediment assessment for port authorities across Australia.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
Marc Sheridan is an Environmental Scientist with over 10 years' experience in both the public and private sector. He has held technical roles at the Bureau of Meteorology for the Flood Warning Service and Surface Observations Network. He also served as a panel member in the Tsunami Early Warning Detection Systems and National Flood Data Team.
Marc has experience within mining consultancies undertaking downhole geophysics on geotechnical and mineral exploration for Rio Tinto projects. He has also worked with the South Australian Government in downhole geophysics of new well installations and casing inspections, and groundwater monitoring of state baseline groundwater data. He has program management experience within the SARFIIP groundwater monitoring program and Southern Basins salt water intrusion investigations for SA Water.
Marc also has experience volunteering in Canada and Indonesia in natural resource management.
Job Titles:
- Senior Hydrogeologist
- Senior Hydrogeologist / Education
Michael Reynolds is a senior hydrogeologist with over a decade of diverse environmental consulting experience. Beginning his career as an ecologist, he provided support on several key Victorian road, rail, and land developments. Since then he has worked as an environ-mental scientist with a focus in hydrogeology. Michael's multidisciplinary experience includes contaminated site investigations (surface water, groundwater, soil, sediment and vapour); conceptual site model development; dewatering, aquifer reinjection and groundwater supply hydrogeological assessments. Michael has significant field experience and enjoys taking on diverse and complex projects.
Job Titles:
- Lead Hydrogeologist in QLD
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
Natalie is an Environmental Scientist with experience working with soil and sand samples, sample collection and preparation, soil physicochemical analysis, DNA extraction and analysis, on-site vegetation diversity surveys.
Job Titles:
- Principal Environmental Advisor / Education
Natasha is an experienced environmental professional demonstrating a record of accomplishment of leading and implementing environmental management and strategy across multiple teams.
Job Titles:
- Senior Environmental Consultant / Education
Rebecca Fraser, Ph.D., is a contaminant hydrogeologist with more than 20 years' experience in the private, public, and academic sectors within Australia and the UK. Not only can she provide technical assessment on a range of sub-surface contaminants, but thanks to her strong regulatory background, she is also able to deliver reasonable, cost-effective outcomes for our clients, all the while meeting the necessary statutory requirements. Rebecca began her career in the southeast of England, where she principally worked to ensure that client activities and developments met strict environmental regulations and policy guidelines. Her doctoral research involved the study of the behaviour of uranium in groundwater, removal of aqueous uranium using elemental iron, and the development of a non-invasive fluorescent measurement technique. For more than two decades she has worked as a hydrogeologist and has been involved in the risk assessment of a variety of groundwater contaminants within small and large-scale developments.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager
- Project Manager / Education
Robin is a Project Manager with over 16 years' experience in the contaminated land industry across private consulting and government. His experience is primarily within Australia, though does include international experience at the London 2012 Olympic Park construction project. He has experience supervising and managing projects in in relation to the investigation, management and remediation of contaminated sites and acid sulfate soils.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
Rocio is a motivated Environmental Scientist with over four years of contaminated land and environmental monitoring experience. Born and raised in Santiago, Chile, Rocio immigrated to Australia in 2017 looking to develop a career in the environmental industry. Her environmental experience in Australia was kicked off by completing a Diploma on Environmental Monitoring at Tafe, which provided hands-on experience in the industry.
Job Titles:
- Principal Environmental Scientist and Western Australian State Manager / Education
Sean M c Gunnigle is a principal environmental scientist with over 25 years' experience in environmental approvals and management covering a wide range of mining and oil and gas projects in both the private and public sectors.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, New Zealand Group / Education
Simon Hunt has over 30 years of practical, hands-on experience performing and managing environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) projects in New Zealand and around the globe. Working on highly complex projects involving multi-disciplinary teams, he strives to provide clients with the most practical and commercially focused solutions.Simon has worked as an international environmental consultant, EH&S manager, and environmental contractor. As a consultant, he has worked in a technical capacity, held business development and client management roles, started businesses and technical groups and has held line management responsibilities and board/director positions. His current role requires him to be highly business and commercially focused, while assisting and ensuring various operations remain complaint with regulatory and cor-porate requirements. His previous industry experience provided him with a sound working knowledge of large multi-national corporations and understanding of EH&S as an integral part of everyday business.
Job Titles:
- Principal Environmental Scientist
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist / Education
Tiffany Gourley, Ph.D., has well over a decade of consultancy experience in both Australia and Canada, giving her the experience necessary to provide our clients with long-term, cost-effective solutions. Predominantly focused in hydrogeological and contaminated site assessment and environmental audit support, Tiffany's experience includes the management, coordination, supervision, design and reporting of environmental investigations, including the assessment of groundwater source protection and supply, groundwater and soil contamination, landfill gas and leachate, ecological and health risk, groundwater impact assessment and contaminant fate and transport. Serving as a member of a number of multidisciplinary teams over the years working for various industry sectors including defence, government, construction, property, energy and transport, she has gained extensive experience in soil and groundwater investigation, project planning and management, health and safety, field and laboratory QA/QC procedures and database management. She has also been involved in the preparation of a number of conceptual site models for complex hydrogeological sites and has completed field work and reporting for numerous sites subject to statutory environmental audit.
Job Titles:
- Senior Environmental Advisor / Education / Master of Science ( Sustainable Aquaculture ), Curtin University, Bachelor of Science ( Marine Biology, Zoology ), University
Will Dillon brings nearly 10 years of experience within the contaminated land industry to EHS Support's Australia team. Will's primary focus has been within the waste/landfill area including the involvement of hydrogeological assessments, aftercare management plans, environmental monitoring plans, and regulatory compliance reporting for operational and closed landfills across Victoria. Involved in the design and construction of several landfills throughout Victoria, Will has worked in level 1 supervision roles such as the Geotechnical Inspection and Testing Authority (GITA) for landfill earthworks construction and as Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) officer for geosynthetic liner installation. He has experience with geosynthetic materials and has also been involved in landfill design, technical specification preparation, design reviews and auditor correspondence and assistance. Will's fieldwork experience includes subcontractor liaison, groundwater and environmental soil sampling, groundwater slug and recovery testing, pump testing, supervised installation of landfill gas and groundwater monitoring bores and test pitting for a range of contaminated sites (industrial, rail, petroleum, landfill etc.) Will has also worked on various large rail infrastructure projects within Victoria, completing tasks including soil classification, groundwater investigations and preliminary site investigations.
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- Project Accountant / Education
Zeeshan Zia has over 10 years' experience in accounting related roles. Zeeshan skill sets are unique (transactional accounting & Contract management) and he is proud of bringing those skill sets to EHS Support.
Zeeshan started his career in transactional accounting, moved into procurement and contract management, and delivering project accounting in last 2 years. He has good understanding of ledger, contract management, analysis and billing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and project reporting.
Zeeshan has managed project for Santos, Shell, Origin Energy, Tamboran Energy , Bechtel, Australian Border Force and CSIRO. Some of the big contracts he managed included building maintenance contract, security, cleaning, waste management.