Dayna Meredith, MBA, PAg

Experience

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  Government of Northwest Territories

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Forest Technician Intern

  Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR). Responsible for producing content for the North Slave Fire Management newsletter, collecting soil samples from the various regions of the NWT, collecting data while timber cruising, organizing and implementing the small mammal project, leading a vegetation regeneration study accross the regions of the NWT, and identifying fire sensitive fuel loading areas along the Ingraham Trail via helecopter.

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  Government of Northwest Territories

  Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Environmental Analyst

  Maintained government database for water license applications and reviews.

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  Rio Tinto

  Dec 2009 - Oct 2012

  Environment Technician

  In this role I had the opportunity to lead various wildlife and water quality monitoring projects for the mine while ensuring mine site compliance to our water licenses and land use permits through regular audits and mine site inspections. I was an active member of the Occupational Health and Safety Committee for 2 years and received my supervisor level 2 certification.

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  BHP

  Dec 2012 - Jul 2014

  Diamond Control Coordinator

  As coordinator, I managed the operations at the Diamond Sorting Facility and was responsible for reconciling, reporting, diamond logistics, sale parcel preparation, and coordinating government valuations and audits. The role required high-level security clearances and great attention to detail.

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  The De Beers Group of Companies

  Jun 2015 - Oct 2019

  Environment Officer

  Responsible for leading projects and initiatives that eliminate/mitigate mine site environmental impacts including water quality management, aquatic health, wildlife monitoring, air quality, risk assessment, investigations, and collaborating with our site based First Nation's representative. Co-chaired the Occupational Health and Safety Committee and actively participated in leading the HeForShe United Nations initiative for gender equality in the workplace. Lead interviews and hired support staff. Was also responsible for leading teams on multiple field projects. Show less

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  InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  Sustainability Manager

  Incredible opportunity to lead sustainable initiatives across the luxury InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort. Responsibilities included forecasting, budgeting, project planning, preparing training material for site wide delivery, leading the company Green Team, and collaborating with the engineering Director to advance sustainable projects. Participated in numerous public relation interviews promoting sustainability and was featured in the Robb Report Malaysia 2020. Reasons for leaving the opportunity were COVID-19 related. Show less

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  Teck Resources Limited

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2024

  Responsible for technical direction and integration of information from a range of scientific and engineering subject areas. Advising on mitigation activities to achieve aquatic ecosytem health and business planning for water management objectives in the Elk Valley. Responsible for leading watershed management objectives for 5 operating mine sites. Experience budgeting, forecasting, planning and project managing files up to $8M budget. Collaborating and communicating with Government agencies, First Nation Stakeholders and numerous subject matter experts to build trust and support ecological health and operational sustainable development.

  • Water Integrated Planning Senior Lead

    Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

  • Watershed Planning Senior Lead

    Jul 2022 - Jul 2024

  • Water Management Lead

    May 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Environment Operations Lead

    Jun 2020 - Jul 2022