Simon Padley

Experience

• 

  Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

  Sept 1985 - Sept 1988

  Assistant Scientific Officer

  Provision of analytical support for the analysis of fish and water samples for biocides generated from toxicological investigatiosn and field studies.

• 

  Environment Agency/ National Rivers Authority - National Laboratory Service

  Jul 1991 - Jun 1997

  Senior Assistant Scientist

  Carry out a wide range of specified routine and non-routine analytical tasks within the Organics analytical section of the National Laboratory Service's Exeter Laboratory. Provision of a high quality, efficient and cost effective analytical service to the Agency/ NRA and external customers.

• 

  Environment Agency - National Laboratory Service

  Jul 1997 - Apr 2013

  Lead, direct and motivate the work and activities of a laboratory site within the National Laboratory Service to provide analytical services to agreed standards and cost.The analytical service provision for chemical and microbiological analysis. Manage the day to day operations and performance of a team of staff located at EA's NLS Starcross laboratory, ensuring the team delivered a high quality, efficient and cost-effective service to the Environment Agency and external customers. Supervise the activities of a team of specialised technical staff within the Organics Analytical Section of the National Laboratory Service's Reading and Starcross Laboratories and carry out analytical and investigational work as necessary providing a high quality, efficient and cost effective analytical service to internal and external customers of the Agency

  • Laboratory Site Manager

    Jan 2009 - Apr 2013

  • Team Leader - Organics

    Jan 2002 - Dec 2008

  • Scientist - Organics analysis

    Jul 1997 - Dec 2001
• 

  Environment Agency

  Apr 2013 - now

  Leading the delivery of consistent and resilient monitoring and assessment to enable good environmental decisions. National Monitoring deliver all national monitoring activities for chemistry, biology, survey and telemetry across England. Working with local environment agency area monitoring teams we co-deliver all the monitoring requirements of the Environment Agency.A team of 500+ skilled scientists and professionals, involving field work, coastal and aerial surveys, laboratory analysis, logistics, hydrometry and telemetry, planning delivery of the EA's monitoring programmes and a wide range of surveying and ecological assessment of fish movements, health and populations. Show less Managing the Environment Agency's field technical teams, delivering chemistry and ecology monitoring programmes as well as bathing waters. The function also undertakes fish surveys, monitors groundwater levels and responds to incidents such as fish kills, chemical spills and agriculture impacts on water quality.The department is spread across England collecting samples from rivers, lakes and groundwater's ensuring our monitoring programmes deliver the evidence needed to ensure good environmental decisions can be made; creating a better place for people and wildlife. Show less

  • Deputy Director National Monitoring

    May 2021 - now

  • Field Monitoring Team Manager

    Mar 2019 - now

  • National Laboratory Service General Manager

    Jun 2014 - Mar 2019

  • Instrumentation and Analytical Services Manager

    Apr 2013 - Jun 2014