Experience

Department for Environment and Water

• Australia
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Floodplain Officer, Pike and Katarapko floodplains, Riverland SA.

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  I currently work with the Environmental Water team within the Water and River Murray Division of the South Australian Department for Environment and Water. This diverse role involves: > Preparation of annual environmental watering proposals, using multiple probability-based water resource availability scenarios and the ecological condition monitoring data for Pike and Katarapko floodplains. > Contribution to planning and prioritisation for South Australian River Murray multi-site environmental watering. > Active participation in the SA Floodplain Operations Advisory Group and SA Channel and Floodplain Scientific Advisory Group. > Community and Traditional Owner engagement to develop objectives for environmental watering. > Coordination of a diverse ecological, surface water and groundwater monitoring programme, including planning and application of programme logic, extensive procurement, contract and budget management. > Preparation of watering event summaries and real-time communications describing the ecological response to environmental watering. > Data collation and coordination of site-based water use accounting at the conclusion of watering events. > Assessment of data and provision of scientific advice, and procurement and collation of independent scientific advice, to guide environmental watering. > Participation in various on-ground ecological surveys.



Science and Information Group, Department for Environment and Water

• Adelaide / Berri

• Senior Ecologist

  • Nov 2014 - Oct 2020

  Senior Ecologist for the SA Riverland Floodplain Integrated Infrastructure Programme. Key projects: > Pike Floodplain Ecological Response to Groundwater Project, and associated infrastructure options assessments > Katarapko Floodplain Ecological Risk Assessment > Katarapko Floodplain Maximum Inundation Height Option Assessment > Baseline Hydro-ecological Assessments for Pike and Katarapko Floodplains > Katarapko Floodplain Understorey Condition Surveys > Katarapko Operations Strategy Working Group > Katarapko Island Vegetation Mapping > Support for other team projects, and review, comments and support for Investment Proposals, tender assessments, project scopes, briefings and working group papers



Australian Water Environments Pty Ltd

• Adelaide

• Senior Environmental Scientist and Business Administrator

  • Sep 2006 - Nov 2014

  Project delivery incorporating proposal submissions, project planning and financial management, team management, technical investigations and reporting with a focus on native vegetation as part of multidisciplinary teams and/or independently. Project examples: >Buckland Park Lake Environmental Flows Feasibility Study, AMLR NRM Board >Waterfall Creek Rehabilitation Plan, City of Marion >South East Wetland Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, DEWNR SMK for Natural Resources, SE >Ecological Vulnerability of South East Wetlands to Coal Seam Gas & Large Coal Mining Development, DEWNR SMK for Natural Resources, SE >Stockyard Plain Vegetation Assessment, SA Water >National Partnership Agreement (NPA) Water Asset Geodatabases, DEWNR SMK for the SA Arid Lands, Eyre Peninsula and Northern &Yorke NRM Boards >NPA Water Asset Geodatabase: Verification of Water Asset Information, Natural Resources SAMDB & South East. >Baroota PWRA Water Allocation Plan support, Northern & Yorke NRM Board >Tilley Swamp Risk Assessment, DWLBC >GAB Springs Reporting Support, SA Arid Lands NRM Board >Yartawarli Aboriginal Corporation Mapping Assistance >Eagle Mountain Bike Park Fire Management Plan, Office for Rec & Sport >Land & Fire Management Plans for 14 Reservoir/Basin Reserves, SA Water >South East Wetland Condition Assessment, DENR/DfW/SE NRM Board/NCSSA >Disher Creek Environmental Assessment, SA Water >MLR Wetland Inventory, DWLBC >Wetland Drought Monitoring, SAMDB NRM Board >Sir Richard Peninsula Management Options, DWLBC >Highbury Aqueduct Veg Maintenance Plan, SA Water >Bushland Condition Monitoring Adelaide Metro Coast, NCSSA >Bushland Condition Monitoring, SAMDB NRM Board >Grey Box Grassy Woodland Regeneration Trials, AMLR NRM Board Business management including: >Team Leader NRM, 2008-2009 >Team Leader Business Management, 2009-2011 >WHS Coordinator, 2006–2014 & Rehabilitation & Return to Work Coordinator, 2009–2014 >QMS Management Representative, 2014 >IT Administrator, 2011–2012



Earth Tech Engineering

• Adelaide, Australia

• Environmental Scientist

  • Nov 2001 - Sep 2006