David Conway

Experience

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  Ciba

  Jun 2002 - Jul 2003

  Placement Student

  Industrial Placement year undertaking stack emissions monitoring and testing at Ciba (now BASF) site's at Low Moor (Bradford) and Grimsby as part of the occupational health and hygiene team.

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  Tyco

  Jun 2004 - Mar 2006

  Graduate Planner

  Formerly Stappard Howes

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  Sanderson Weatherall

  Apr 2006 - Nov 2006

  Graduate Planning Consultant
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  RPS

  Jan 2007 - Jul 2011

  Planning Consultant
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  Atkins

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2015

  Member of Atkins northern planning team within the Water & Environment division, planning lead for a wide range of projects including:- two 49MW EfW facilities in the Tees Valley- Phase 1 of Morecambe Promenade and Sea Wall- Crag End landslip- various major flood alleviation schemes for the Environment Agency- commercial development in Warrington’s Stadium Quarter- 76,000sqm business park for the Welsh Government- various PCF Stage 0 and 1 projects for Highways EnglandPart of a team coordinating a series of learning seminars promoting technical excellence across the W&E Division and member of the W&E staff forum. Show less

  • Senior Environmental Planner (G13)

    Nov 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Senior Environmental Planner (G12)

    Jul 2011 - Nov 2014
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  SLR Consulting

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2018

  Associate Environmental Planner and Leeds Office Manager

  Member of the ESIA team and the sole northern contact within the built environment planning team. Worked predominantly as a Part A team co-ordinator on NWCC, National Grid’s largest ever DCO project.Other notable projects include working with PGL on a 550 bed outdoor education centre and review and update of site selection and alternatives for Orsted’s Hornsea 3 Project.As manager of the Leeds office, I represented local management and provided support for technical staff with direct line management responsibility.Other duties included BD, H&S, office environment, administration, finance, HR and office initiatives. Also a member of SLR’s BD team considering strategy for the built environment and wind energy sectors. Show less

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  ADAS

  Jul 2018 - Apr 2020

  Principal Planning Consultant at ADAS, part of the RSK Group

  Senior team member with a focus on project delivery and business development. Key contact for a range of internal and external clients across the energy, agriculture and public sectors.Projects include:- a 20MW battery storage facility in North Ayrshire- a 106,000 tpa AD facility expansion in Norfolk- S73 and reserved matters for a strategic mixed use regeneration scheme in the Forest of Dean- various agricultural developments including a 600 cow dairy unit in the green belt, biomass boilers and commercial storage- small scale residential extensions Show less

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  RSK Environment

  May 2020 - now

  • Associate Director

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Principal Environmental Planner

    May 2020 - Oct 2021
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  National Grid

  Jan 2021 - now

  Consultant Consents Officer