Experience

Lorax Environmental Services Ltd.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hydrologist

  • Oct 2014 - Present



Ministry of Environment

• Regional Hydrologist

  • Apr 2011 - Sep 2014

  • Undertake reviews of major projects under the Environmental Management Act and Environmental Assessment Act, with a focus on hydrology and mine water balance modeling.• Participate in multiple technical review committees reviewing permit applications under the Environmental Management Act.• Prepare technical reports in support of the above, and in support of Environmental Appeal Board hearings, where I acted as an expert witness for the Crown.• Contribute to the development of several guideline documents for proponents entering the EA process (section author and steering committee member).• Conduct regional analyses of streamflow, precipitation and water balance modeling and publish reports for use by industry and government.• Interact with other government agencies (provincial and federal), First Nations, proponents and consultants to ensure the quality and completeness of the submitted information.• Contract management for qualified professionals retained in support of the reviews.• Conduct fieldwork in support of the above reviews, often in remote mountainous terrain.



BC River Forecast Centre

• Hydrological Modeling Scientist

  • Apr 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Flood event modelling and response, data compilation, analysis and reporting in support of the provincial flood forecast program, including media briefings and interviews during flood events.• Development of volume runoff forecast models for basins with water supply issues (Nicola, Okanagan, etc.) using principle components regression method.• Development of routines and methods for the analysis of hydro-climatic data, including bias correction, time-series and trend analysis, multiple-regression modelling, etc.• Design and implementation of real-time data acquisition and analysis processes, including coding in VBA, Python, UNIX shell scripts and SQL.• Liaise with researchers, technicians, emergency management and response agencies (PEP, EMBC) consultants and suppliers from many government and private sector groups.

• River Forecast Technician

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2010

  • Plan, develop and maintain databases, software, processes and provide support for the download, transfer, QA/QC and storage of real-time data from the snow pillow and other provincial and federal climate networks, weather forecast models, etc.• Analysis and preparation of monthly snow survey bulletins.• Solely responsible for the maintenance of the provincial automatic snow pillow network (37 high elevation stations) – including instrumentation testing, field deployment, troubleshooting and repair,and planning of network upgrades and standardization.• Planned and executed an extensive field work program in remote areas under adverse conditions.



Environment Canada, Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre

• Physical Scientist - Hydrologist

  • Nov 2009 - Sep 2010

  • Developed models to determine upstream contributions to freshet discharge at Mackenzie River Delta and various hydrograph mass balance and timing measures• Contributed to a larger hydro-climatic study of climate forcing mechanisms on variation in freshet timing and magnitude in the Mackenzie River Basin, and climatic redistribution of water.• Trend analysis of major Arctic rivers freshwater contributions to the Arctic Ocean during the freshet • Developed models to determine upstream contributions to freshet discharge at Mackenzie River Delta and various hydrograph mass balance and timing measures• Contributed to a larger hydro-climatic study of climate forcing mechanisms on variation in freshet timing and magnitude in the Mackenzie River Basin, and climatic redistribution of water.• Trend analysis of major Arctic rivers freshwater contributions to the Arctic Ocean during the freshet