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Jacob Franklin Curriculum Vitae Senior Environmental Engineer and Manager January 2017

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CONTACT AND PERSONAL DETAILS

Australia

Address: 12 Wilpark Crescent, Currumbin Waters, QLD 4223

Telephone (H): -

Mobile: 0414 515 806

Email: [email protected]

Date and Place of Birth 6 November 1975, Coffs Harbour

Drivers Licence QLD

Interests Swimming and boardriding at the beach, coastal and bush walks

through National Parks and Reserves, gardening, landscaping,

herbology, good food, cricket, rugby league and union, tennis,

fishing, music, camping, travel, and summer BBQ’s.

Aspirations Job satisfaction and career progression;

Free up time and gain chartership;

Educate and influence change to preserve waterways; and

Surf and travel around Australia and the world.

Career Objectives Continue to play an active role in the Environmental Engineering,

Assessment, Management, and Planning industry, in particular

floodplain and stormwater management.

Continuously update my technical skills in response to

technological advancements.

Enhance the profile of the Engineer in relation to community

and client consultation.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Academic

The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, Honors (Class 2, Division 2), 2000 NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, Grafton, Australia Final Year Project – ‘Long-Term Secular Rainfall Variability in NSW North Coast Catchments and its Relationship with the Southern Oscillation Phenomena’, 1999 Coffs Harbour High School, NSW, Australia NSW Higher School Certificate, Tertiary Entrance Rank of 83.3, 1993

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Job Related Training

CRC Hydrology Toolkit MUSIC Stormwater Modelling, July 2009 Parsons Brinckerhoff Project Management, November 2008 Institute of Engineers Australia Time Management, November 2007 Project Management, November 2007 Stormwater Management – Source Control, August 2007 GHD Team Management Service Group Manager, July 2007 DHI Water and Environment Introduction to MIKE11Training, November 2005 United Kingdom Construction and Design Management Regulations Capita Symonds Ltd internal training course, January 2005 Halcrow Consulting Engineers, United Kingdom FloodRanger / Foresight seminar and training course, January 2005 WBM Oceanics Pty Ltd, QLD, Australia Introduction to TUFLOW 2D hydrodynamic modelling, Capita Symonds Ltd internal training course, December 2004 Newcastle University, United Kingdom Catchment Modelling and Flood Forecasting training course, March 2003 HR Wallingford Ltd, United Kingdom Introduction and Intermediate ISIS 1D Hydrodynamic Modelling, and Flood Routing training course, December 2002 JBA Consulting Engineers Introduction and Advanced HEC-RAS Steady and Unsteady Hydraulic Modelling training course, November 2001 TAFE NSW, Australia Technical Report Writing Course, September 2000 AWT / Sydney Water, NSW, Australia Confined Space Training, May 2000

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Environmental Engineering Work Sectors

Project Management River and Estuarine Modelling (1D/2D Hydraulics and Hydrological Estimation)


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Flood Risk Assessment and Management (also under England PPG25 and Wales TAN15, NSW Floodplain Development Manual, Local Council Policy) Flood Risk Mapping Catchment Flood Management Planning Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS - UK) and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WUSD - Australia) Flood Defence Design and Assessment (Strategic and Breach Modelling) Flood Warning and Flood Forecasting Hydrometric Data Collection and Data Management River Modelling Auditing and Updating Hydrographic Survey Stormwater Infrastructure Design and Documentation Stormwater Management Plans

Computer Literacy Microsoft Office (Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Project); Competent HEC-RAS; Advanced ISIS (similar to MIKE11); Advanced TUFLOW/ESTRY; Intermediate Project Management Systems; Intermediate FORTRAN Programming; Intermediate MIKE11; Basic XP-STORM/SWMM; Basic MUSIC; Intermediate VMODFLOW Groundwater modelling; Basic MapInfo VM; Intermediate ESRI Arc; Basic

MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Burchills Engineering Solutions, QLD, Australia

2014 to Present

Discipline and Business Group Manager

Responsible for the total management services of a team the produces near $2m in market place revenue pa operating within integrated specialist niches consisting civil and environmental engineers, environmental scientists and planners, and transportation engineers.

Cardno, QLD, Australia

2012 to 2013

Business Development Manager

Responsible for the business development and coordination of marketing activities to achieve specific business strategy and plan for a business group of in excess of 70 staff.


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SMEC, QLD, Australia

2008 to 2012

Senior Water Resources Engineer / Project Manager

Responsible for delivery of all flood and stormwater drainage designs and documentation issued from SMEC’s Gold Coast Office for both private and public sector clients.

Parsons Brinckerhoff, QLD, Australia

2008 to 2008

Gold Coast Water Team Coordinator and QLD State Surface Water Team Manager

Responsible for the management of 22 professional engineers across QLD relating to water engineering, specifically surface water (flood and stormwater / hydrology / hydraulics – investigations, assessment, design, management).

GHD Pty Ltd, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

2006 to 2008

Regional Office Manager

Responsible for the management of a multidisciplinary team of 12 professionals which includes all day to day operational facets including strategy, business development, recruitment, communications, marketing, and public and client relations. I established the office with an initial staffing of 3. The business had turned over more than $1m of fees in the first year.

GHD Pty Ltd, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia

2005 to 2006

Senior Environmental Engineer (Job Manager) – Coastal and Waterways Services

I was specifically employed by GHD to promote services relating to Floodplain and Stormwater Engineering and Management on the NSW North Coast between the Great Lakes and Byron Bay.


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Capita Symonds Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom

2001 to 2005

Graduate Engineer (Hydraulics) to Senior Engineer, Project Manager

Water Environment Team Leader

Joining Capita Symonds in 2001 I was part of the team involved in a number of projects for

the Environment Agency. These consist of the National Strategic Flood Risk Management

Framework Agreement, in the Midlands and North and South Wessex Areas.

I was responsible for Capita Symonds’ flood risk assessment, flood mapping, flood warning

and hydrometric network design and procurement, and catchment flood management plan

developments in Wales, the Midlands and the South West. I lead an integrated team of

hydrologists, hydraulic modellers, hydraulic and environmental engineers and GIS

specialists (16 staff). I was at the forefront of the company’s work in the use of

computational flood modelling, and directly responsible for the team’s business

development, marketing, and tender/proposal preparation.

NSW Department of Public Works and Services, Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, Sydney,

NSW, Australia

2000 to 2001

Graduate Engineer (Hydrometry)

Installation, ongoing maintenance, and data quality control project management of

environmental monitoring programs including flood water levels and warning systems, rainfall,

sewer gauging, water quality, flood flow, and water sampling (manual and automated).

Barry Brothers Specialised Services, Sydney, NSW, Australia

2000

Graduate Engineer (Drainage)

Stormwater and wastewater infrastructure structural / condition inspections and related

maintenance project management for Sydney Airport Corporation Ltd.

NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, Grafton, NSW, Australia

University Professional Experience

1998 to 1999

Resource Officer

Aerial Photograph Interpretation and field survey for the North Coast Acid Sulfate Soils

Drain Mapping Project.

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