Nick Pickard

Experience

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  Redland Aggregates Limited

  Aug 1984 - Sept 1985

  Assistant Surveyor

  • Land surveying, mineral planning and estate management

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  Leeds City Council Department of Housing & Environmental Health

  May 1987 - Jan 1988

  Environmental Assistant

  • Land surveys and landscape design work for environmental improvements

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  South Leeds Groundwork Trust Limited

  Feb 1988 - Aug 1988

  Environmental Assistant

  • Land surveys and landscape design work for environmental improvements

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  Leeds City Council Highways Engineering & Technical Services (HETS)

  Aug 1988 - Jul 1990

  Engineering Assistant

  • Civil engineering maintenance and design projects for highways and bridges

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  Johnson Poole & Bloomer

  Jul 1990 - May 1995

  Mineral Surveyor

  • Contaminated land assessments,• Treatment of old mine workings,• Treatment of an underground fire,• Minerals and waste planning design,• Environmental assessments

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  Wilbourn Associates

  Jun 1995 - Dec 2012

  Chartered Environmental Surveyor

  • Phase 1 and Phase 2 contaminated land risk assessments,• Development and implementation of remedial strategies,• Fuel tank decommissioning,• Rooftop oil spill cleanup,• Site condition reports for environmental permits,• Coal mining risk assessments,• Geoenvironmental and mining investigatons,• Treatment of an underground fire,• Non-domestic energy performance certificates,• Expert witness work

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  AC Environment Solutions Ltd

  Jan 2013 - May 2017

  Associate

  • Environmental due diligence reports for property acquisitions,• Phase 1 and Phase 2 contaminated land risk assessments,• Remediation strategies and remediation verification,• Underground fuel tank decommissioning,• Construction environmental management plans,• Sustainability assessments,• Coal mining risk assessments,• Landfill monitoring and reporting,• Environmental permitting work,• Soil assessments for waste disposal,• Local Authority Contaminated Land Officer advice for determining planning applications,• Expert witness work Show less

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  Elliott Environmental Surveyors Ltd

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2018

  Associate

  • Phase 1 and 2 contaminated land risk assessments for development sites,• Environmental Risk Management Strategies for pre-development site clearance works,• Site Investigation Strategies for Phase 2 investigations,• Environmental audit inspection reports for due diligence,• Private water supply monitoring and reporting, dip well monitoring and assisting in condition inspections on windfarm sites,• Assisting in coal and non-coal mining risk assessments, asbestos survey, Japanese knotweed survey, tree survey, validation report on remedial works and soil condition survey on agricultural land impacted by construction works,• Consultation with Local Authority Contaminated Land Officers on contaminated land planning condition issues. Show less

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  Silkstone Environmental Ltd.

  Feb 2018 - now

  Chartered Environmental Surveyor