BRIAN ABBOTT

Oxigen Environmental - Environmental Officer

Regional Environmental Compliance Officer with responsibilities and experience including;
•Ensuring full compliance of waste licenses, permits, planning requirements and waste collection permits.
•Carrying out all required technical paperwork, ranging from monthly/quarterly reports, correspondence with EPA, Councils and commercial customers.
•Ensuring the attainment, auditing and maintenance of ISO 14001certification.
•Landfill gas management: monitoring and balancing landfill gas systems
•Preparing Annual Environmental Reports for collection permits and waste licences.
•Environmental monitoring of landfill gas, leachate control systems and surface water drainage systems.
•Carrying out audits to ISO14001 standard, and participating in EPA and Council audits.
•Coordinating the environmental monitoring programme at the North East, Cavan and Midland facilities.
•Ensuring compliance of Health & Safety regulations through site training and inspections, risk assessments and method statements.

Masters/PostGrad - Environmental Engineering

Trinity College Dublin

A one-year postgraduate course designed to provide civil engineers and environmental scientists with a sound knowledge of present day practice in environmental engineering. Topics covered in the course include air quality, noise, hydrological processes, water and wastewater treatment, solid and toxic waste management, fire safety engineering and environmental monitoring and control.

Bachelor/Degree - Environmental Science

Trinity College Dublin

Part of the Trinity College Science undergraduate degree programme, the environmental science degree gave extensive background knowledge and teaching in all aspects of the environment.

Memberships

Full Member of Chartered Institute of Waste Management

Awards

2005 White Young Green Award for best environmental thesis.