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Chartered Environmentalist and senior construction environmental professional with more than 20 years' experience, including over five years leading environmental management on major infrastructure, civil engineering, rail and energy projects. Strong record of implementing and assuring Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMPs), environmental risk plans, permits, licences and statutory commitments; conducting inspections, audits and incident investigations; and closing corrective actions. Provides practical support to site managers, engineers, contractors and workforces, chairs environmental meetings, reports performance and liaises with clients, regulators and stakeholders.

Director / Environmental Lead - Riverside Environmental Professional Services Ltd

(2025-01)

Provide construction-focused environmental leadership and assurance across nationally significant infrastructure projects from design through delivery. Act as technical environmental authority for statutory compliance, environmental risk, carbon and multi-contractor performance.

Environmental Lead - Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) - Riverside Environmental Professional Services Ltd

(2025-01)

Lead environmental management and assurance across Lineside Civils, Electrification & Plant, and Power & Distribution packages within a live operational railway environment.

• Assure CEMPs, project environmental requirements and statutory compliance, translating commitments into practical controls for engineering and delivery teams.
• Prepare and review environmental methodologies, risk controls, assurance records and project documentation, with issues and actions tracked through to close-out.
• Advise project managers, designers, contractors and site-facing teams; coordinate assurance reviews, audit activity, environmental meetings and performance reporting.

BREEAM Infrastructure Assessor - Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) - Riverside Environmental Professional Services Ltd

(2025-01)

Lead accreditation strategy and technical assurance on a nationally significant HVDC infrastructure project supporting energy transmission and the transition to net zero.

• Define compliance methodologies across civil, electrical and environmental design packages and assess evidence against BREEAM Infrastructure criteria.
• Lead credit-tracking and environmental-risk mitigation workshops, reporting progress, gaps and corrective actions to project stakeholders.

Environmental & Sustainability Consultancy - A46 Newark Bypass - National Highways

Preparation and review of key environmental management plans required to discharge Development Consent Order responsibilities.

• Maintained alignment between project documentation, the CEMP, statutory commitments and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Provided environmental advice on compliance evidence, risk controls, governance and action close-out across a nationally significant highways programme.

Senior Environmental Manager - Net Zero Teesside Project - Costain plc

(2024-06 - 2025-12)

Led environmental management input during Front End Engineering Design for a major carbon-capture and energy-infrastructure project.

• Embedded Environmental Statement and DCO commitments into concept and detailed design, maintaining a clear line of sight from consent requirements to delivery controls.
• Reviewed engineering outputs for permitting, licences, pollution prevention and statutory-compliance requirements, escalating risks and defining assurance actions.
• Advised engineering and project-management teams and integrated PAS 2080 carbon and climate-resilience principles into design governance.

Group Environmental Manager - International Schools Partnership

(2023-07 - 2024-04)

Directed group-wide environmental, carbon and compliance strategy across an international estate and infrastructure-upgrade portfolio.

• Led GHG assurance and integrated environmental governance into corporate reporting frameworks, including EU Taxonomy, GRI and TCFD.

Environmental & Sustainability Capability Lead - Jacobs

(2022-01 - 2023-06)

Subject Matter Expert for environmental compliance across Sellafield Programme and Project Partners projects in a highly regulated heavy-construction environment.

• Oversaw environmental risk management, permits, licences and assurance activities, providing practical advice to project and delivery teams.
• Led stakeholder and regulatory engagement with the Environment Agency, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and other statutory bodies.
• Supported environmental governance, audit readiness, compliance reporting and continual improvement across project teams.

Senior Environmental Manager - HS2 Phase One - Balfour Beatty VINCI

(2020-01 - 2022-12)

Delivered environmental leadership and assurance across the Birmingham section of HS2, including approximately 9 km of TBM-driven twin-bore tunnels, major civils, compounds and supporting infrastructure.

• Ensured compliance with the HS2 Act, Environmental Minimum Requirements and project environmental obligations across multiple contractors and work packages.
• Supported construction management, engineering and supply-chain teams with environmental governance, inspections, contractor audits, reporting and non-conformance close-out.

Environmental Manager - Client Side - Network Rail

(2017-06 - 2018-07)

Directed route-level environmental governance and client-side assurance within a live operational railway environment.

• Led environmental management system strategy, contractor compliance, audits and performance assurance against corporate and statutory requirements.
• Advised delivery teams on environmental risk, compliance expectations and corrective-action close-out, promoting consistent good practice.

Lead Environmental Advisor - ScottishPower

Senior HSEQ Advisor - Amey Consulting & Rail

UK Environmental Manager - Amey Local Government

Senior Environmental Business Advisor - West Midlands

Environmental Business Advisor - Groundwork Cumbria

Lecturer - Human Geography & Environmental Management - Edge Hill University & St Martin's University

Communication & Research Officer - West Lancashire Environmental Network

MA - Applied Research Consultancy - Lancaster University

BSc (Hons) - Environmental Management - Lancaster University