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Melissa Porter ruled out a career as an accountant or a commercial airline pilot by 20 years old, after which she was set on her path to clean up NSW one site at a time. As a NSW EPA CLM accredited auditor since 2008, Melissa has had the pleasure of auditing the redevelopment of port facilities, legacy landfills, gasworks, steelworks, metro, light rail, former defence sites and the more standard inner city redevelopments.

At Senversa, Melissa works with a highly skilled audit team including numerous risk assessors, hydrogeologists, landfill gas experts and our three other NSW EPA accredited auditors. Melissa works closely with our teams in Newcastle, Melbourne, Adelaide, Queensland and Perth. After having held office management and committee responsibilities and serving as a director, Melissa is the current Chair of the Senversa board of directors.

Daniel James is the founder of DXJ Recruitment and has been providing recruitment services to the Environmental, Ground Engineering and Hazmat industries since 2004. He holds a Bachelor of Geomatic Engineering from UNSW, a field encompassing surveying and GIS, although he did not pursue a career in that profession. With 20 years of experience as a specialised environmental recruiter focusing on contaminated lands, mainly in Sydney but also across Australia, Daniel has developed a unique insight into the inner workings of the contaminated lands industry. He has successfully recruited for some of the largest companies as well as smaller firms, placing candidates from graduates to principals and managers.

Daniel possesses a solid understanding of what employers seek in candidates and what candidates desire from potential employers. He is always eager to assist job seekers with CV advice, company approaches, interview tips, and more.

Outside of work, Daniel enjoys tending to his backyard bee hives, training for and racing in triathlons, and serving as the President of Sydney Triathlon Group.

With over 20 years of experience as a Project Manager, Environmental Engineer, and Planner, Nicola currently leads the NSW Colliers Engineering & Design land development team. She has played pivotal role in delivering large-scale land development projects across Australia, becoming a leader in contamination management within the company.

Nicola is passionate about promoting STEM in education, having actively mentored students and become a part of the Superstars of STEM program, run by Science and Technology Australia.