Richard Church

Experience

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  Nolan-ITU Pty Ltd

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Senior Consultant

  Senior hydrogeological consultant.

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  Entec

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2009

  Principal Consultant

  Principal Consultant providing advice on the management of the water environment. My hydrological experience focussed on water resources, development impacts and environmental sustainability working with public and private sector clients, research institutions and regulators, throughout the UK and Ireland. I led the Scottish water management section of Entec UK Limited and in 2008/09 was responsible for winning and delivering over £400k of hydrological based work in Scotland and Ireland.Projects addressed issues of water resource assessment and development, engineering impacts and mitigation, monitoring, sustainability appraisal, water quality, dewatering, and drainage. I project managed and provided technical input for the preparation of EIAs for a diverse range of developments including wind farms, open cast coal, underground mining and hospitals acting as Expert Witness on four planning inquiries and have presented to the Transport and Environment Committee of the Scottish Parliament. Show less

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  RWE Innogy

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2014

  Led the the investment in marine technologies for RWE Innogy of over €10m. This included project management of the Siadar Wave Energy project, Voith Hydro 1MW turbine project in EMEC and the MCT Skerries tidal stream arrays. Responsible for the development of new run-of-river and hydropower sites, principally in Scotland. Process included site acquisition; feasibility assessment; negotiation of legal agreements with landowners; agreement of grid connections; project management of environmental impact assessments, planning consents and water licensing.

  • Marine Technology Manager

    Nov 2010 - Apr 2014

  • Hydropower Development Engineer

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2012
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  RWE Innogy UK Ltd

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

  Hydropower Development Manager

  Management of a team responsible for the delivery of consented hydropower projects. Portfolio of over 40MW with a development budget of over £1m/a. Additional responsibility for management of project sales for optimisation of development portfolio. Role required extensive reporting and rigorous justification of project spend to parent company including regular travel to Germany.

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  Nicholas O'Dwyer Ltd

  Apr 2014 - Apr 2019

  Environment Lead

  Environmental management with a focus on water and wastewater for a leading engineering consultancy delivering projects in Ireland and overseas.

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  Parkwind

  Apr 2019 - now

  Environmental Consents Manager

  Responsible for management of the preparation and delivery of all environmental consents required for the proposed Oriel offshore windfarm.