This webinar series, "A day in the life", shares stories and perspectives from environmental professionals working across specialisms and sectors. The series highlights the breadth of environmental careers and the diversity of routes into the sector. This webinar is part of a subset of the series focused on land condition professionals. 

In this webinar, Rae Watney, a Local Authority Officer at Sheffield City Council, will provide an overview of her educational and professional background and will talk about her work in the land condition sector, including her favourite aspects of the job! 

If you are interested in presenting a webinar as part of our "A day in the life" series and sharing your career journey and passion for the sector with the next generation of environmental scientists, please get in contact with Ethny Childs (ethny@the-ies.org). 

About Rae

Rae has been a Local Authority Officer specialising in Contaminated Land for the last 5 years, and prior to that worked in Contaminated Land consultancy. She is active in local and national officer groups for NCLOG and YALPAG, and was a member of the working group for the new NCLOG guidance on simple cover systems. In 2021, she won Best Young Brownfield Professional at the Brownfield Briefing awards.