Sam Mutters

Experience

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  National Rivers Authority / Environment Agency

  Sept 1992 - Mar 1997

  Fisheries Inspector

  • Enforcement of SAFFA 1975, Salmon Act and other legislation.• Survey work, netting, electric-fishing, liaising with landowners, councils, external and internal customers and provision of fishery advice.• Assisted in Salmon Spawning Duties in Upper Severn in November including counting Salmon Redds and Elver patrols in the Severn Estuary from February – May each year.• Various Fisheries Projects including creating a fishery for disabled anglers.

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  Environment Agency

  Mar 1997 - Oct 2012

  • Project Manager for the North Wales Metal Mines Project managing External Consultants, Suppliers and Stakeholders along with a budget of £140K p.a.in 2011/2012. Project work was completed on time and within the budget. Elements of PRINCE2 were used along with internal structured processes.• Water Framework Directive (WFD) project lead for North Wales, managing consultants, improvement works and Health & Safety issues including risk assessments.• Collaborative work with teams in the organisation and with a large diverse number of stakeholders, consultants and contractors. Worked with Partners and Aberystwyth University.• Use of various IT packages including GIS, water systems, WIMS, NIRS (National Incident Response System) and other databases.• Undertook waste site inspections, issued licences, audited various waste sites and enforced environmental legislation.• Led on major incidents, including multi-agency incidents, acting as Area Base Controller, opening the incident room and co-ordinating staff. Provided pollution prevention advice to customers, industry and other Stakeholders.• Coached, trained & mentored staff in various aspects of Environment Protection.• Briefed Senior Managers on issues, risks and solutions.• Successful prosecutions on water and waste issues including flytipping, waste offences and pollution to controlled waters. Show less • Implemented the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 including a new charging scheme. Responsible for training (& budget) 10,000 staff across the business to issue permits, give pre-application advice and also regulate this Legislation. • Established and led a Business Reference Group to produce new permitting documents. These gained the 'crystal mark'(plain English) accreditation.• Environmental Permitting Regulations Implementation Project delivered on time (1st April 2008) and within budget and good quality, using PRINCE2. Show less • Responsible for managing, leading, mentoring and coaching a team of 6 staff along with the team's budget.• Undertook projects and delivered outcomes in partnership with many organisations i.e. organised events, open days, flood fairs, bridge and Lydney Harbour opening days along with liaising with MP’s and complex sites. Work was promoted both externally and internally on all aspects including flooding, agriculture and other environmental issues. Our team ran projects, often with other partners which were very successful with great environmental outcomes.• Lower Severn Lead for Freedom of Information as well as Plain English Champion, training all 200 area staff.• Media trained and undertook various media interviews regarding incidents including waste flytipping cases. Show less FOREST OF DEAN, GLOUCESTER & PERSHORE AREAS 01/1999 – 03/2004• Led on issues at large and complex sites such as Hempsted Landfill, Hill and Moor Landfill, Western Waterfront development, Gloucester Cattle Market, RAF Quedgeley, A417 tunnel proposals and Brockworth housing development involving Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS). Provided advice to the Western Waterfront Steering group regarding Environment protection issues including contaminated land and remediation of land; the importance of the Gloucester Sharpness Canal as a potable supply and pollution risks in the Gloucester Quays area. • Influenced developers to incorporate SUDS in a large development in Brockworth, which will improve the water quality of the Wotton Brook.RUGBY AREA and EVESHAM AREA 03/1997 – 12/1998 • Responsibilities as above.• Attended pollutions/incidents, fish kills, taking samples from discharge points, including formal samples, farm visits/inspections, giving talks at schools, undertaking pollution prevention visits and setting up discharge consents.• Identified cross connections in Rugby, work on Sow Brook, Identified and rectified Chlorine levels from Swimming pool causing General Quality Assessment (GQA) failures• Involved in Railtrack diesel clean up, costing £0.5 million.• Attended Agenda 21 meetings and other public meetings. Show less

  • Senior Environment Officer

    Jul 2008 - Oct 2012

  • Business Change Manager

    Jul 2007 - Jul 2008

  • Waste Technical Specialist

    Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

  • External Relations Team Leader

    Sept 2004 - Jul 2006

  • Lead Trainer

    Mar 2004 - Sept 2004

  • Environment Officer

    Mar 1997 - Mar 2004
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  Scottish Environment Protection Agency

  Nov 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Senior Environment Protection Officer (SEPO) in the Falkirk, Alloa & Stirling Operations Team, supervising Waste Officers’ workload, monitoring progress and ensuring work is completed on time and of good quality.• Peer review of Procurator Fiscal reports, Managers' briefings, permits, audits reports, letters and other correspondence / communications. • Liaise with a wide range of SEPA teams, Customers and Stakeholders including Local Authorities.• Regulate and enforce significant waste sites. • Coach, mentor and provide support to Environment Protection Officers (EPO's) / Regulatory Officers.• Use of CAS, CLAS, ELMS, NEMS, PCS and other SEPA systems on a daily basis, as well as complex spread sheets. Show less • Scientific Systems Project Manager managing 5 work streams: RBMP Web Tools, WISKI 7 Upgrade, INSPIRE, SDRN & Bathing Waters.• Preparation of key project documentation i.e. Project Organisation Document, PID, High level Product Descriptions, detailed Stage Product Descriptions and Project Plans (in both MS Project and also new innovative project diagrams using Visio) in collaboration with the Business. PMO templates are used and I feed into best practice i.e. Quality Register, Tracking dependencies and the Security Policy Framework Compliance (SPFC) checklist.• Risks, issues and actions monitored closely and action taken to bring work streams back on track.• Resource and budget planning undertaken with regular reports to the project board. Ensured budget remained within the 2% tolerance.• Presentations and highlight reports provided monthly to the Executive Project Board & PMO Manager. The Executive is briefed on a regular basis and direction is taken.• Equality Impact Assessments have been undertaken and the recently revised are published on SEPA's website.• The principles of PRINCE2 and other best practices are followed throughout the project lifecycle. Show less

  • Senior Environment Protection Officer

    Jul 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Project Manager

    Nov 2012 - Jul 2015
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  Jacobs

  Apr 2019 - Apr 2023

  Principal Regulatory Professional
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  JBA Consulting

  Apr 2023 - now

  Principal Environmental Analyst