Senior Ecologist and Restoration Manager

• May 2020 - Present

I joined the Rural Design team early 2018 as an Ecologist, and since been promoted to a Senior Ecologist and Restoration Manager position. I am highly skilled with the organisation and management of large scale native re-vegetation projects across a variety of public and private and projects. I am an all-round naturalist and skilled botanist and an experienced field surveyor in a range of rural and urban settings. I am experienced in pest plant and animal management, arboriculture and have a wealth of knowledge regarding our native fauna. Within my role at Rural Design I work closely with our nursery team to ensure seed is collected from a range of ecological locations to provide eco-sourced plants for our restoration and landscape projects. My primary role is to work on ecological reporting for a range of developments in Northland and Auckland Regions. This ensures our clients are in line with ecological requirements stipulated by local government in New Zealand.

Ecologist

• Jan 2018 - May 2020

Planning Arborist

• Apr 2016 - Dec 2017

My role consisted of consultation with multiple stakeholders in regard todevelopment of existing sites for the purposes of private and corporatebuilds, council related asset renewal, upgrades and installations. It alsoinvolved assessing the environmental impact of such jobs, with a particularemphasis on protected trees and ecology. I generated aboricultural reports,GIS tree data, impact assessments and resource consent applications.The role also involved tree data collection, site visits and undertakingevaluations as a third party assessor. My role also crossed over with theenvironmental and ecological division of the company. I provided core inputinto site specific native and exotic flora lists as well as the evaluation of pestplant species.

Monitoring Arborist

• Feb 2015 - Apr 2016

This role entailed developing my aboricultural skill set and undertakingclimbing work for tree pruning and pest management. I routinely liaisedwith various contractors, property owners and Auckland Council in relationto physical works and tree assets. The core duty for this role was monitoringthe works within a tree's drip line. In a given week I would be responsible formonitoring, on average 5-10 sites as well as reactive jobs. This role alsorequired rostered 24hour call outs as a contractor for Watercare.