Carter Rippon
Senior Marine Ecology Consultant at APEM Ltd- Claim this Profile
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APEM Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Environmental Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Marine Ecology Consultant
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Nov 2022 - Present
Project manager and lead author for ecological desk-based studies, on behalf of proposed development areas for several offshore wind farms. The studies identified potential constraints associated with marine ecology receptors during the construction and operation phases of each development. Project manager and lead author for several marine ecology EIA chapters, including berth development, and offshore wind development. Project manager for marine licence application projects, overseeing submission, lead author for relevant supporting documents. Lead author and project manager for several HRA and WFD assessments, including drought permits, quay repairs, outfall repairs, pipe replacement, offshore wind farms, and tidal flood defence schemes. GIS lead for the Marine Consultancy team, providing advice on modelling approaches, cartography, and automation. Developed guidance to improve resilience and understanding throughout the company. Responsible for the development and submission of tender applications for a range of marine projects, including EIA reports. Marine Consultancy team lead for tech enablement, improvement, and development integration across APEM, managing projects focussing on data visualisation products. Show less
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Natural England
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Environmental Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Marine Evidence Specialist
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Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
Service delivery manager for Marine Evidence, overseeing and co-ordinating the development and integration of Natural England’s (NE) marine evidence based digital systems. Lead for ensuring that all of NE’s marine evidence data is quality, findable, accessible, interoperable, and re-usable. Ensuring high quality data standards and guidance for marine staff, particularly in Area Teams Project manager for a range of marine evidence commissions including data mobilisation and management within mNCEA, producing reproducible analytical pipelines for marine evidence, and improving data capture within marine conservation projects. Lead for improvement and development integration across NE’s Data Science Services. Co-ordinating improvement and development projects, ensuring they are integrated within Marine Evidence, and delivered collaboratively. Show less
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Marine Management Organisation
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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200 - 300 Employee
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Data and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Officer
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Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
Respond to a variety of data and GIS associated requests from both internal and external stakeholders. These include providing data expertise and access assistance as well as technical GIS skills to produce map outputs and spatial analysis for official publications.Work with all MMO functions and stakeholders to identify critical gaps and acquire data to maintain the evidence base needed for MMO decision making.Work on the development and continuous improvement of internal processes to ensure existing data in the MMO and other government organisations can contribute to the evidence base.Deliver efficiency savings and improvements to data processes using automated python scripts and geoprocessing models.Carry out GIS data management tasks required to support the MMO’s GIS solutions.Produce high quality cartographic maps in support of MMO functions, considering MMO’s corporate image, data licence obligations and cartographic best practice.Build working relationships throughout MMO operational delivery functions particularly with the Marine Planning, Marine Licensing, Fisheries Management and Statistics functionsDemonstrating the capability of web based and desktop GIS to other teams within the MMO through training courses and workshops.Support and develop relationships with external data providers to discuss and steer requirements of both open and commercial sources of data.Undertake data management and quality assurance checks to adhere to data standardsMaintain the MMO’s internal datasets and associated metadata catalogue. Quality assurance checks are also undertaken to ensure the MMO’s data standards are met to drive informed decision making. Show less
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Marine Spatial Planner
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Nov 2019 - Feb 2021
Acted as marine planning lead for underwater noise, amending and developing underwater noise policies accordingly.Contributed to marine planning document production, specifically external and internal marine plan implementation analysis and a worked example of the application of marine plans.Contributed to the development of implementing and monitoring marine plans. Assessed monitoring surveys and developed and held verification interviews to build case studies of the south marine plan's effectiveness.Supported the development of digital marine plans through tutorials to stakeholders and reporting feedback and issues I have recognised, to digital marine plan developers.Advised and commented on statutory consultations on the plans of external organisations that have marine planning relevance. Show less
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Norfolk County Council
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United Kingdom
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Environmental Data and Information Assistant
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Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Worked with Project Officers across teams to understand the needs and interests of users and stakeholders, collate information in engaging ways and produce this through a digital platform. Produced, collated, analysed, synthesised and present data using GIS. Worked with Project Officers across teams to understand the needs and interests of users and stakeholders, collate information in engaging ways and produce this through a digital platform. Produced, collated, analysed, synthesised and present data using GIS.
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PK Education
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Teacher of Science and Maths
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Mar 2019 - Sep 2019
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Kingsmeadow School
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Teacher of Science
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Sep 2016 - Aug 2018
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Next Contracting
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Construction
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400 - 500 Employee
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Administrative Assistant
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Jul 2014 - Aug 2015
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Sales Associate
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Sep 2012 - Jul 2014
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Clarks
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Sales Associate
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Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
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Education
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Newcastle University
International Marine Environmental Consultancy, Marine Spatial Planning and GIS -
Newcastle University
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary Science (with Qualified Teacher Status QTS), Secondary Education and Teaching -
Anglia Ruskin University
Marine Biology and Animal Behaviour, Environmental Science