Senior Resource Officer

• Jul 2019 - Present

Resource Officer, Coasts and Inland Waters

• Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

Perform a range of functions under the Resource Management Act 1991, the Waikato Regional Plan and Coastal Plan including resource consent processing, compliance auditing, monitoring and enforcement.

Specialist Applied Scientist – Freshwater

• 2012 - Dec 2016

Project manager and team member of EPA’s River Monitoring and Assessment Program (RiverMAP). Duties include project management, stakeholder engagement, field based water quality and fauna assessment (fish and invertebrates), technical report writing, auditing internal and external staff for proficiency in Rapid Bioassessment (RBA) methods, including identification of aquatic macroinvertebrates.

Freshwater Scientist – Biological monitoring

• Nov 2007 - 2012

As a member of the freshwater sciences team I was responsible for collecting and analysing environmental data used to assess the health of Victoria’s inland waterways and coastal embayment’s. Duties included biological and water sampling, calibration and maintenance of equipment, data and process auditing, data analysis and reporting.

Research Assistant

• Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

Biological data collection for Broken-Boosey Flow restoration project (GBCMA and Monash University). Fish and habitat surveys. Biological data collection for Broken-Boosey Flow restoration project (GBCMA and Monash University). Fish and habitat surveys.