Environmental Engineer Resume Sample

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John Lawson

Environmental Engineer

Engineering cleaner water, air and land

+44 113 555 0728
linkedin.com/in/john-lawson-environmental

Environmental engineer with ten years designing and delivering environmental and remediation solutions for projects across Leeds. Engineers the systems and solutions that protect the environment — water and wastewater treatment, contamination remediation, and environmental compliance on development and industrial projects. Led the design of a wastewater treatment upgrade that met discharge standards and cut a client's environmental risk. Performs environmental assessments and design calculations, designs treatment and remediation systems, manages permits and compliance, and supports construction. Strong on both the technical engineering and the regulatory and sustainability sides the role demands. Methodical, rigorous and genuinely motivated by the work. Looking for an environmental-engineer role with a consultancy, contractor or utility delivering serious environmental work.

Work Experience

Leeds Environmental Consulting - Leeds, UK

Environmental Engineer April 2014 to Present 12 years & 4 months

Design and deliver all the environmental and the remediation solutions across a range of projects.
Led the design of a wastewater treatment upgrade that met discharge standards and cut environmental risk.
Perform all the environmental assessments, all the design calculations and all the treatment-system design work.
Design all the remediation solutions for the contaminated land and all of the industrial sites.
Manage all the permits, the compliance and the sustainability across all of the development projects.
Support the construction and the commissioning and resolve all the environmental issues out on site.

Yorkshire Environmental Services - Leeds, UK

Graduate Environmental Engineer August 2011 to March 2014 2 years & 8 months

Supported the environmental assessments, the design and the reporting on projects.
Assisted with the treatment design and the compliance work on the projects.
Learned the treatment design, the remediation and the environmental codes there.
Gained the chartered status and then moved into an environmental-engineer role.

Yorkshire Environmental Services - Leeds, UK

Environmental Technician June 2009 to July 2011 2 years & 2 months

Worked as an environmental technician on the sampling, monitoring and the testing.
Learned the assessments, the data and environmental practice on the job.
Built up the technical grounding that good environmental engineering is built on.
Then earned the move into a graduate environmental-engineer role from there.
Education

University of Leeds

BEng (Hons) Environmental Engineering (September 2007 to June 2011)

Environmental engineering degree covering water, treatment, contamination, air and sustainability. The treatment focus led directly into a career in environmental engineering. Built the technical foundation the role requires.

IChemE / SocEnv

Chartered Environmentalist & Treatment Design Certification (January 2014 to June 2015)

Chartered environmentalist status plus treatment-design certification covering water, remediation and compliance. It is a benchmark credential for the role. Applied directly to treatment design and environmental projects.
Highlights

Treatment upgrade delivered

Led the design of a wastewater treatment upgrade that met discharge standards and cut a client's environmental risk. Cleaner discharge protects both the environment and the client.

Engineering for the environment

Designs treatment and remediation systems that genuinely protect water, air and land. Engineering that leaves the environment cleaner is what motivates the work.
Wastewater Treatment Upgrade

Industrial Effluent Plant Design

Environmental Engineer (January 2018 to June 2019)

Designed an effluent treatment plant for an industrial client, sizing the process and the controls to meet the discharge consents so the site cut its environmental risk and stayed compliant.

Contaminated Land Remediation

Environmental Engineer (January 2020 to October 2020)

Led the remediation design for a contaminated development site, characterising the ground and specifying the treatment so the land was made safe and signed off for the planned redevelopment.
Certifications

Chartered Environmentalist

IChemE / SocEnv (June 2015 to Present)

Chartered environmentalist status plus treatment-design certification covering water, remediation and compliance. It is a benchmark credential for the role. Applied directly to treatment design and environmental projects.

Water Treatment & Contaminated Land

CIWEM (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in water treatment and contaminated-land remediation covering process design, risk and compliance. It supports the treatment and the remediation design run across the environmental projects.
Technical Skills
  • Water & Wastewater Treatment
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Remediation Design
  • Treatment System Design
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Permits & Regulation
  • Design Calculations
  • Sustainability
  • Construction Support
  • Contamination Management
Langauges

English (UK)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

French

Limited Working Proficiency
Personal Info

Location

Leeds, UK

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Notice Period

2 months

Date of Birth

1989-09-19
Personal Skills

Analytical Thinking

Rigour

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Commitment

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