Lewis Robertson

Experience

• 

  University Officer Training Corp

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  Army Officer Cadet

  •Executed physically demanding tasks in adverse weather conditions.•Maintained professionalism in a variety of contexts.•Remained continuously punctuality and adhered to protocol.•Took orders from seniors, accepting personal responsibility and respecting the chain of command.

• 

  National Union of Students (UK)

  Apr 2018 - Apr 2018

  Environmental Auditor

  • Conducted IEMA approved sustainable environment audits.• Participated in site inspections and ensured compliance with environmental goals.

• 

  HELP International

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  Environmental Technician

  • Worked extensively unsupervised making environmental assessments and aided in facility operations at this Environmental NGO which produces shelterbelt trees.• Completed deliveries and planted thousands of trees for customers, which involved travel planning, budget monitoring, and working in remote locations.• Continuously took responsibility for new tasks whilst ensuring pre-existing deadlines were met.• Given managerial responsibilities including the supervision of volunteers.• Communicated on the phone, via email and in-person with clients, field crews, and contractors answering questions, taking orders and remediating complaints.• Used the companies 4x4 trucks with trailer, ATV's, tractors, and construction equipment.• Offered environmental and technical advice to improve tree growth and harvesting potential. Weniger anzeigen

• 

  Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

  Sept 2018 - Jul 2019

  Masters Student

  Master's research title: 'Assessing the ability of hyperthermophilic microorganisms to biodegrade plastics.’• Designed, organised and conducted experiments to test for potential biological qualities of hyperthermophiles to biodegrade plastics and produce economic gaseous by-products.• Performed laboratory support duties, including checking chemical inventory and ordering supplies, preparing samples, glassware cleaning, and solution/growth media preparation.• Generated progress reports for superiors and patrons.• Operated, calibrated and maintained advanced analytical instruments, troubleshooting instrument failures, finding root causes and repairing them in collaboration with the lab manager and engineers.• Studied available literature and discussed with supervisors to ensure SOPs were followed.• Participated in the laboratory QA/QC and safety programming.• Made detailed observations and graphics using experimental findings and then presented them as an extensive scientific report and conference-style presentation. Weniger anzeigen

• 

  Elbow River Watershed Partnership

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2022

  Water Quality Analyst and Writer

  •Assess large water quality data-sets following the governmental protocol. •Write a technical report for the public and political decision-makers. •Produce visually-stimulating, informative graphics.•Detail potential sources of contamination.

• 

  University of Calgary

  Jun 2019 - Feb 2022

  Activity facilitator

  • Responsible for maintaining scheduling of >170 students during socio-cultural activities that range from one hour to multiple day excursions in length.• Working extensively in a team setting, developing positive working relationships.• Troubleshooting of unforeseen logistical problems and group/cultural conflicts.• Ensuring student safety and maintaining professionalism in a wide variety of settings.• Extensive cross-cultural communication with varying levels of English proficiency.• Conducted office admin including the professional handling of sensitive information. Weniger anzeigen

• 

  Chief Medical Supplies Ltd

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

  Laboratory Supervisor

  •Conduct chemical, microbiological, and physical tests of raw material, finished product, and packaging material.•Supervise and train scientists across a broad range of laboratory tasks.•Meet tight deadlines of product release whilst juggling multiple tasks.•Ensure WHIMS is followed.•Keep up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments.•Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot issues for anion and cation IC’s, FTIR’s, endotoxin reader’s, TOC’s, spectrophotometers, and incubators.•In charge of facility equipment calibration and operation.•Communicate and organising vendor visits.•Review documentation including SOP’s and other analysis’s work.•Plan, set up and undertake controlled experiments and trials. Weniger anzeigen

• 

  Anew Climate

  Nov 2021 - now

  • Agri-Carbon Associate

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Regenerative Agriculture Senior Analyst

    Jan 2023 - Feb 2025

  • Regenerative Agriculture Junior Analyst

    Nov 2021 - Feb 2023