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Owen Mc Cabe

Perth,WA

Summary

Dynamic Environmental Manager at Kenviro with a proven track record in project management and quality assurance. Skilled in enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring environmental compliance. Adept at client communication and problem-solving, I successfully led projects that maintained high safety standards while minimizing environmental impact. Passionate about sustainable practices and team collaboration.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Environmental Manager

Kenviro
Perth, WA
05.2023 - Current
  • Overseeing the completion of environmental containment projects.
  • Working directly with the client to ensure each project is completed to the desired design and standard.
  • Managing the Quality Assurance testing and record-keeping throughout the job to ensure all material used is traceable, and the structural integrity of each project has been tested using the correct standards.
  • Ensuring all plant and equipment used is maintained and in good working order.
  • Finding more efficient ways of completing job steps to ensure projects meet their planned timeline.
  • Coordinating with the supervisor on-site and the director to deal with any issues, and ensure projects run smoothly.
  • Ensuring that health and safety standards are of a high level, and that a clean and safe workplace is maintained at all times.

Environmental Projects Technician

Natural Area
Perth, WA
02.2023 - 04.2023
  • Constructing boardwalks, staircases, footpaths, and bridges in public wildlife parks around the Perth City area.
  • Building structures out of wood, steel, concrete, and FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic).
  • Ensuring minimal damage is caused to the local environment, and a clean work site is kept at all times.
  • Designing these features so that they appear natural and blend in with the area around them.

Environmental Field Technician

Natural Area
Perth, WA
01.2023 - 02.2023
  • Assessing protected wildlife habitats and national parks around the outskirts of Perth City for biodiversity, fire risk, plant and/or animal diseases, and native and invasive species populations.
  • Coordinate and identify work that needs to be done in order to improve these areas, such as clearing dead grass and bushes below the canopy to minimize fire hazard, weeding, spraying any invasive plants present, and planting new native plant species.

Environmental Laboratory Technician

Manor Farm
Shercock, Cavan
08.2021 - 09.2022
  • Collecting grab samples of water from each stage of the water treatment plant.
  • Carrying out laboratory tests for the presence and strength of various elements, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, ammonium, aluminum, manganese, and COD (chemical oxygen demand). This involves using various laboratory equipment and machines, such as a COD reactor and a spectrophotometer.
  • Testing the water samples for the content of solids.
  • Inspecting the samples under the microscope for the presence of micro-life, generally looking out for rotifers and water bears.
  • Taking special samples now and again, and packaging them to be sent to the EPA for external tests.
  • Weekly tests on surface water run-offs and samples from nearby streams.
  • Recording the conductivity, temperature, and pH of various samples.
  • If results for any of the tests are out of spectrum, this must be reported, and we must then investigate why this has happened and how we can fix it. For example, if ammonia levels are high, there may be a large discharge of blood from the factory getting into the wastewater somewhere.

Tractor Operator

Indorama Agro
Qarshi, Samarkand
05.2022 - 07.2022
  • Operated John Deere tractors with 28-tonne chaser bin trailers to cart grain from the combine harvesters to be emptied into trucks at the side of the paddocks.
  • Worked as part of an internationally sourced crew of 25 from Ireland, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
  • Worked with Indian and Uzbek speaking employees through the harvest.
  • Harvested over 45,000 hectares of wheat and barley across various regions of East Uzbekistan.

Quality Control Technician

Manor Farm
Shercock, Cavan
01.2021 - 08.2021
  • Internal audits on-site. This involved reporting the condition of machines, health and safety standards, food hygiene standards, and overall cleanliness of the site.
  • Ensuring all product codes, labels, printing, and use-by dates are correct before being exported from the factory.
  • Animal welfare and hygiene checks are conducted on each load of chickens entering the factory.
    This involved checking chickens for bruising, and product traceability.
  • Regularly testing metal detectors and weighing scales along the packing lines.
  • Ensuring all workers use the correct PPE, and follow the safety and hygiene rules.

Factory Worker

Manor Farm
Shercock, Cavan
06.2016 - 12.2020
  • I worked in almost every area of production while working as a general operative, from the killing area to the main meat processing floor, to the packaging, and pelleting area.
  • I also worked on the Value-Added floor, where flavored powders and such are added to the chicken products.
  • I operated most machines on the floor, from the Reiser machines, which seal plastic trays, to the Delford label machines, along the conveyor belts.
  • I also worked for a few months on the box weigh, where you have to memorize product codes and be aware of use-by dates for each product.
  • These years of experience gave me a great firsthand overview of how a large-scale meat processing plant is operated.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Agri-Environmental Science

University College Dublin
Dublin
09-2022

High School Diploma -

St. Aidan's Comprehensive School
Cootehill
06-2018

Skills

  • Environmental compliance
  • Project management
  • Quality assurance
  • Data analysis
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Team collaboration
  • Client communication
  • Problem solving

Timeline

Environmental Manager

Kenviro
05.2023 - Current

Environmental Projects Technician

Natural Area
02.2023 - 04.2023

Environmental Field Technician

Natural Area
01.2023 - 02.2023

Tractor Operator

Indorama Agro
05.2022 - 07.2022

Environmental Laboratory Technician

Manor Farm
08.2021 - 09.2022

Quality Control Technician

Manor Farm
01.2021 - 08.2021

Factory Worker

Manor Farm
06.2016 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Science - Agri-Environmental Science

University College Dublin

High School Diploma -

St. Aidan's Comprehensive School

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