hope watson

assessment officer

About

I have more than 13 years experience in the environmental consulting and planning industry, with a broad range of experience in urban and infrastructure planning, environmental impact assessment and environmental planning projects across Australia. I enjoy thinking strategically about planning and development matters, and providing sustainable solutions to planning and environmental challenges for my clients. I am a great team player and thrive on developing great collaborative relationships with my project team to deliver projects on time and on budget. My experience has included the management of multi-disciplinary environmental impact assessment and planning projects. I have provided services to clients from a range of industry sectors including transport, power, mining, property development and waste and for both the government and private sector. I have a strong understanding of environmental disciplines and the planning and management requirements for many different activities and industries.

Country

australia

City

canberra

Industry

architecture & planning

Skill

environmental impact assessment, environmental awareness, environmental management systems, environmental planning, project management, proposal writing, written communication, construction environmental management, environmental compliance, management, water, environmental engineering, mining, project planning, environmental consulting, statutory planning, strategic planning, regulatory approvals

Experience

household manager and carer and ultimate frisbee player and mountain bike rider

full time carer and household manager

2009-5 - 2015-1 · 5 yrs 9 mos

senior environmental scientist

aecom

2005-1 - 2009-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

In this role I was primarily involved in environmental impact assessment and planning work in the Hunter region. I prepared, or assisted in the preparation of various environmental impact assessments under the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 and under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999. I managed projects including the development of project scopes and budgets, proposal writing, engaging and managing sub-consultants, as well as managing and undertaking project tasks to ensure projects were delivered on time and budget. My clients included the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (now Roads and Maritime Services), Weston Aluminium, Eraring Energy (now Origin Energy) and the University of Newcastle.

assessment officer

australian government department of environment and energy

2019-6 - Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

Assessments and Strategic Assessments under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

town planner

canberra town planning

2015-7 - 2019-5 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Statutory Planning and land use planning across a range of developments and industries within the ACT.

environmental scientist

hla envirosciences

2000-1 - 2005-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

* In this role I was involved in a broad range of projects from construction environmental management and monitoring to strategic planning and the preparation of environmental impact assessments. Projects included: * water, dust and noise monitoring and sampling for projects such as the M5 East Motorway Construction and M4 Motorway water quality monitoring. * Environmental and due diligence audits for both commercial and industrial premises. * Development of environmental management plans, work method statements and sustainability plans for construction sites, property development sites and for the operation of facilities. * Development of environmental management systems for a number of Defence Bases in NSW and Victoria.