David Hill
Summary
The intentions of applying for this position are to build on my recent government policy experience together with my extensive air quality professional experience to drive focused outcomes for positive change in policy and government action.
My objectives are to implement practical and effective recommendations that make economic and environmental sense.
I also wish to gain greater experience in leading people and influence change within the air quality policy and regulation streams of government, as I see there is an exciting future in the way environmental outcomes can be managed within an ever-developing society.
I require a role that is both challenging and exciting.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Air Quality Monitoring Officer
DCCEEW
05.2024 - Current
- Project Management of the Rural Air Quality Monitoring network
- Leading Team to conduct scheduled & non-scheduled maintenance
- Planning maintenance and upgrades
- Facilitate meetings with internal and external stakeholders
- Communicate Effectively with volunteers to assist in maintaining the Rural Air Quality Monitoring network
- Prepare Applications and operational needs for Aviation Security Identity Card (ASIC)
- Prepare and transport equipment to volunteers within a timely manner
- Think and Solve Problems relating to both instrumentation technical issues and data anomalies
- Work Collaboratively with interagency organisations and external stakeholders to build co-operative relationships
- Liaise with BOM for access and use of automatic weather stations
- Co-ordinate with airport Officers on regional Airports
- Work with landholders & Local land services to identify opportunities for improvement in managing regional air quality as well as topsoil loss.
Policy Officer
DCCEEW
02.2024 - 05.2024
- Communicate Effectively in providing advice for National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) in preparation for ministers briefing note
- Work Collaboratively to provide technical commentary in the re-development of the Local Government Air Quality Toolkit
- Think & Solve Problems to provide internal review of onboarding documentation and its practicalities
- Deliver Results - Update Internal operating procedures for sourcing data from TNSW portal for diesel emissions estimations for NEPM Implementation reporting.
Air Quality Monitoring Officer
DCCEEW
03.2019 - 05.2024
- Project Management & Planning and Prioritising support for the rural air quality monitoring network, showing initiative in understanding the rural AQMN interface and procedures
- Deliver Results in making comprehensive SOP revisions to include active & correct links to reference materials
- Deliver Results Check instrumentation data quality and undertake preventative routine maintenance as well as unscheduled maintenance for both gaseous & particle instruments in the day-day running of the NSW air quality monitoring network
- Project Management of the rural summertime ozone project 2020-2021
- Prepare instrumentation & calibrations, co-ordinate team, installation of equipment, evaluation of project, reporting of ozone concentrations to new 2021 NEPM goal
- Project Management of the Aeroqual AQM65 indicative monitoring station evaluation
- Prepare instrumentation, calibrate instrumentation, compare to reference equipment, evaluate data and interface
- Work Collaboratively with the Australian Mountain Research Facility (AMRF)
- Provide advice to ANU researchers on technical solutions
- Display Resilience & Courage to quickly respond to air quality incidents to deliver near real time air quality for impacted communities
- Bowral - underground fire
- Black Summer - Brushfire's
- Lismore – Resource recovery centre fire.
Senior Air Quality Monitoring Officer
DCCEEW
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Project Management in delivering a robust 3-tiered air quality monitoring programme in response to the Cadia Valley community dust concerns
- Working Collaboratively with multi discipline stakeholders including Senior executives Cadia Incident management team meetings
- Presenting updates and providing advice
- Communicating Effectively in presenting and providing advice to the Cadia expert panel
- Display Resilience and Courage managing landholder and community expectations for the delivery of air quality monitoring
- Plan and Prioritise work schedules for the air quality monitoring team
- Think and Solve Problems with instrumentation faults and data abnormalities
- Deliver Results, Undertake procurement for the supply of 3 Mobile Air Quality Monitoring trailers
- Project Manage - RFQ, awarding contract & co-ordinate delivery of project
- Display Resilience and Courage in response to changing scope of works and re-iterate expectations and work through challenges.
Client Manager (Environmental Consultant)
Ektimo Pty Ltd /EML Air Pty Ltd
01.2013 - 03.2019
- Communicate Effectively in providing expert advice on methodology and management of stationary source and ambient air pollutants
- Think & Solve Problems in understanding and interpreting legislation from both federal and state departments to be able to best assist industry clientele
- Project management & Work Collaboratively to deliver air emission consulting projects involving managing a small team (1-5 persons) across varying industries across Australia.
Project Coordinator (Environmental Officer)
BlueScope Steel
01.2009 - 04.2013
- Project Management of ambient hi-volume air sampling program, dust deposition gauges, online ambient gas and particulate analysers (H2S, TEOM-PM10, ANSTO ASP PM2.5 & weather station) ensuring sampling and calibrations comply to the relevant standards
- Project Management - Stationary source sampling projects and reporting for compliance to environmental licence, LBL, NPI and development approvals
- Conduct environmental audits and reviewing the environmental management system, as well as conducting safety audits and risk assessments
- Coordinating a large-scale plant survey- involving managing a team of 16 to undertake a holistic velocity survey under various scenarios, conducted under a tight timeframe
- Investigating a large-scale project on nuisance SO3 compounds forming from high sulfur gases leading to furnace deterioration spanning 12 months
- Engineering focused projects to determine optimum efficiency of pollution control systems, at different loads, temperatures, velocity and times.
Project Support Officer (Environmental Technician)
BlueScope Steel
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Sample preparation and assisting project coordinator conducting air quality projects
- Maintaining sampling equipment and instrumentation
- Glassware and laboratory preparation.
Skills
- Work Coordination
- Policy compliance understanding
- Report Preparation
- Program Management
- Report Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Budgeting and finance
- Attention to Detail
- Works Well Under Pressure
- Strategic Policy Analysis
- Documentation And Reporting
- Regulatory knowledge
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Short Courses
- 2024 Policy Development Fundamentals (IPAA)
- 2024 Writing with Clarity (IPAA)
- 2024 ISO17025 (MAS Management Systems)
- 2024 CM & CM10 for Beginners (Internal)
- 2024 Skills for Success: The Power of Listening (IPAA)
- 2022 First Aid Training (St John First Aid)
- 2022 Introduction to Meteorology for Air Quality (CASANZ)
- 2022 Understanding & Managing Air Quality (CASANZ)
- 2022 Aerosol Black Carbon – technical training AE33 (Magee)
- 2021 Measurement -Low-Cost Sensors SIG Technical Workshop (CASANZ)
- 2021 Vaisala CL51 Ceilometer Training (Vaisala)
- 2021 Magee AE33 Aethalometer repair training (Benchmark Monitoring)
- 2020 Aviation Security Identification Card (Red Clearance)-Renewed in 2023.
- 2019 Writing Reports (IPAA)
- 2019 Test & Tagging (Succeed Training)
- 2019 Leader as Coach Training (IPAA)
Hobbies and Interests
Mountain Biking, Bushwalking & Cross-country Skiing, Home Building/Carpentry
Timeline
Senior Air Quality Monitoring Officer
DCCEEW
05.2024 - Current
Policy Officer
DCCEEW
02.2024 - 05.2024
Senior Air Quality Monitoring Officer
DCCEEW
04.2023 - 01.2024
Air Quality Monitoring Officer
DCCEEW
03.2019 - 05.2024
Client Manager (Environmental Consultant)
Ektimo Pty Ltd /EML Air Pty Ltd
01.2013 - 03.2019
Project Coordinator (Environmental Officer)
BlueScope Steel
01.2009 - 04.2013
Project Support Officer (Environmental Technician)
BlueScope Steel
01.2007 - 01.2009
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