Experience

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  Zero Waste Scotland

  • Stirling

  • Brokerage Adviser

    • Mar 2015 - Present
    • Stirling

    Provision of technical advice on the establishment of the Scottish Materials Brokerage Service and to help inform the associated collaborative procurement exercise for the brokerage of public sector waste resources at a national level. The Brokerage aims to transform the currently fragmented nature of contracts for materials across Scottish local authorities by presenting an aggregated supply of priority materials to the market. By consolidating materials, the brokerage aims to promote market stability and deliver sustainable financial returns for the public sector. It will also help to realise more of the value of waste materials for the benefit of Scotland’s economy, by making it easier for reprocessing businesses to invest here, based on greater certainty of supply

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  West Lothian Council

  • United Kingdom
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Assistant Strategic Project Manager

    • Oct 2010 - Present

    The Assistant Strategic Project Manager is responsible for management of the day to day work of strategic projects, to ensure implementation in accordance with the project plan and to ensure successful delivery. The Waste Project was established to complement and enhance the current waste operations and strategy that West Lothian Council has developed. The Project complements the Council’s ongoing and planned activities with regard to waste minimisation and improving levels of recycling to deliver a sustainable long term waste management solution.

  • Senior Project Officer

    • Oct 2008 - Oct 2010

    • Responsible for the Technical “strand” of the Project including the development of integrated waste project strategy addressing combined objectives of recycling, carbon and energy. Management and development of the Project reference case technical / financial waste processing model reflecting combined objectives• Responsible for the sites and planning strategy for the Project including Management and development of integrated “master plan” for the Caputhall site incorporating the waste treatment Project. • Responsible for liaison with statutory and other external bodies with regard to proposed development including joint initiative with the Forestry Commission and Scottish Water, for the use of compost and anaerobic digestate in the production of wood biomass as a renewable heating fuel.• Member of Core team, responsible for the development of contract documentation for appointment of the preferred bidder and for the assessment and scoring of Project Submissions in conjunction with Legal Services • Responsible for the Production and maintenance of Project plan including the development of work stream plans and monitoring of work packages to officers and advisers. This includes co-ordination of officers and advisers input, to ensure the effective delivery of the Project in accordance with the Project Plan.• Provide progress reports at Project team meetings on work package activities, outstanding action points, progress against action plan, Budget, team time inputs, risk identification, communications, management of risks and development of contingency plans

  • Waste Management Project Officer

    • Dec 2004 - Oct 2008

    • Leading WLC representation on Lothian and Borders Waste Strategy Area Group.• Provision of strategic advice on sustainable development issues, including economic and environmental related matters, to the Head of Service, Director and Chief Executive. • Design, construction and interpretation of detailed technical / financial model of proposed waste management facility. Project management of Outline Business Case process including management of expert financial and technical consultants engaged in review of suitable technologies and Risk and Optimism bias report.• Identification of sustainable waste treatment solution for the Council’s MSW based on MBT/AD. • Identification of site, project management of site investigation and planning application. Secured planning consent for 200,000 tonne / annum waste treatment facility.• Development of innovative public / private partnership model, as an alternative to PPP in the waste sector, based on Council’s use of prudential borrowing and purchase and lease-back of capital assets

  • Economic Property Development Officer

    • Apr 1996 - Aug 2006

    • Project Management of Environmental Impact Assessment and procurement of private partner to deliver the rehabilitation and re-development of a 40 ha former colliery site for business / industrial purposes in a development with a gross income valued at £13M• Secured £1.25M of grant assistance from the ERDF for the development of a 60 ha "environmentally-friendly" business park, in a £9M project, in partnership with the private sector. • Secured £680,000 of ERDF funding for the development of a 2,000m2 “environmentally-friendly” business centre at the above business park.• Project management and provision of advice to WLC Waste Management service in the procurement of a 200,000 tpa waste processing facility. • The Provision of a system of “wetlands”, utilising £100k funding from the Scottish Government’s Contaminated Land budget, to remove contamination from the watercourses adjacent to a former Colliery site.• Established River Almond Pollution Control Group to secure co-ordination of efforts amongst stakeholders (Scottish Water, SNH & WLC) to deliver improvements in water quality within the catchment. • Previous projects include the provision of business / industrial premises in partnership with the private sector. This involved application for ERDF funding in support of a project to provide 1,500 sqm of business units targeted at SMEs requiring clean production space. The project involved the construction of the units to "shell standard" in the first instance with the final fit out being completed to a standard appropriate for the occupant.

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  Lothian and Borders Waste Management Project

  • Sites and Planning Manager

  • Sites and Planning Manager

    • Dec 2004 - Feb 2008
    • Sites and Planning Manager

    • Management of the sites work stream within the Lothian and Borders Waste Management Project (LBWMP) reporting to the Project Director and providing advice to elected members and Heads of Service. Managing work activity of secondees / external advisers within the Working Group. To provide regular progress reports to elected members, Directors and Lead Officers Group on work package activities, outstanding points, progress against Project Plan, Budget, Team time inputs, risk identification• Leading the assessment and provision of advice on the implications of the LBWMP for West Lothian Council (WLC) to provide a basis for strategic advice and future policy decisions for the Head of service Director, Chief Executive and elected members.

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  Lothian Region Development Authority

  • Economic Development Officer

    • Apr 1992 - Mar 1996

    • Strategic Management and Development of Industrial Property holding• Tenant Liaison and provision of business advice.• Promotion of industrial property portfolio• Management of advertising budget• Introduction of planned maintenance programme• Established revised letting procedures• Obtained significant improvement in condition of units • Enhanced performance of LRDA property reflected in occupancy rates from 73% to 84% over 3year period

  • Assistant Projevt Officer

    • May 1988 - Mar 1992

    • Participation in development / management of industrial estates.• Promotion of Lothian as a location for inward investment and industrial development.• Maintenance of register of available industrial property.• Disbursement of funds under the Small Business enterprise schemes.• Preparation of the first computerised Lothian Business Index and expanding its coverage to include service as well as manufacturing businesses. Increased coverage from 1,000 businesses to over 4,000.• Re-launched the Lothian Property Register as a computerised document including commercial as well as industrial property. Trebled the number of properties within the Register and doubled the circulation.

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  Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (western Isles Council)

  • Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

  • Development Assistant

    • Nov 1985 - Apr 1988
    • Stornoway, Isle of Lewis

    • Promotion and attraction of economic development• Provision of advisory service to small businesses• Administration of Council sites and premises• Research of areas of potential activity.• Compiled and prepared production of 1st Western Isles business directory• Evaluated the vital role of crofting in the islands economy / way of life and established the Councils recognition and support of that. Researched and produced Council’s Crofting Policy Document.