Carol Maina

Managed environmental compliance and systems for the Kemerton lithium refinery including leading ISO 14001 documentation and audits, coordinating stack emissions testing and achieving certification, and overseeing water, fauna, dust and noise monitoring programs.

Provided environmental advisory during EPCM construction for the Kemerton lithium processing plant, delivering water monitoring and dewatering management, dust and noise monitoring systems, and contractor environmental audits to maintain compliance.

Authored site environmental management plans and assessed ecological and heritage impacts for vegetation management to ensure infrastructure clearances and bushfire risk reduction across the Sydney Trains network.

Supported community conservation campaigns and monitoring of high-value regrowth areas using satellite and spatial analysis, engaged stakeholders and contributed to advocacy for vegetation management reform.

Managed environmental controls during construction of large steel tanks, implementing erosion and sediment controls, hydrotest water reuse (saving 120M+ litres), air/noise monitoring and hazardous waste management to meet compliance.

Delivered environmental management for pipeline construction including clearing monitoring, acid sulphate soil remediation, water quality monitoring and right-of-way rehabilitation to meet CEMP requirements.

Managed environmental and marine controls during LNG site construction on Barrow Island, including spill response planning, biosecurity/quarantine measures, inspections and environmental awareness training.

Oversaw environmental management for marine piling, earthworks and RO plant construction on Barrow Island, leading HAZID workshops, contractor clearing management and environmental compliance reporting.

Coordinated mine dewatering programs and updated site water network models, conducted environmental approvals and energy efficiency assessments to support operational water management and sustainability planning.

Prepared national environmental reporting including NPI and greenhouse returns for terminals, standardised data collection across sites and liaised with EPA representatives to ensure compliant submissions.

Implemented environment management standard upgrades by gap analysis and coordinated capital projects for bund and tank liner improvements, plus conducted risk analysis across multiple sites.

Conducted a portfolio review of ~20,000 contracts, developed a profiling framework and documented recommendations to link contract metadata to documents for improved portfolio management.

Graduate Certificate of Geospatial Intelligence (progress: unit 2 of 4 completed).

Completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering with a thesis in water quality modelling.