Nick Simmons

Auditor VIC & Principal Technical Specialist - Landfills

Bachelor of Science (Geography) (Hons), CEnvP

Nick has over 22 years of experience in landfill, leachate management, waste management, and landfill related fields.

He is an Environmental Auditor (Industrial Facilitates – Landfills) in Victoria, a Certified Environmental Practitioner and a Principal Technical Specialist (Landfill) with extensive knowledge and experience encompassing all elements of landfill sites. His experience includes landfill siting, landfill operations, landfill gas management, leachate management, landfill rehabilitation including landfill design and construction, landfill aftercare management, landfill gas risk assessment and landfill hydrogeological risk assessment. He also has experience managing the restoration of landfill sites as well as general aftercare management of restored landfill sites. Nick is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP).

Coming from a regulatory background in the UK and Australia, Nick has provided high-level technical advice to peak industry bodies, federal and state government, environmental auditors and international partners. He authored, peer reviewed or substantially contributed to all of EPA Victoria’s landfill guidance documents from 2010 and has undertaken thousands of inspections and detailed assessment of landfills throughout Australia for EPA Victoria, on behalf of other authorities and jurisdictions in Australia and in the UK. Nick also lectures at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology university in landfill management, environmental assessment of landfills and integrated waste management.

Nick regularly appears across Australia as an expert witness and conference presenter to international audiences on landfill gas risk assessment, landfill gas management, landfill geochemistry and landfill hydrogeological assessment; and has authored scientific and conference papers on PFAS in landfill leachate, methane oxidation and using geophysics to investigate landfills.

Nick is an important asset to AEA’s National Landfill Team, providing technically advanced support to effectively deliver landfill related projects whilst ensuring AEA is up to date on landfill technical developments, environmental laws, and related regulatory standards and guidelines.

Nick’s landfill experience and in-depth knowledge of the landfill industry adds value to AEA’s clients and their projects as a highly technical expert.

Nick’s Key Technical Expertise

• Landfill Gas Management and Monitoring
• Landfill Operations
• Landfill Gas Risk Assessment
• Landfill Hot Spot Detection and Remediation
• Background Ground Gas (carbon dioxide and methane)
• Hydrogeological Assessment
• Landfill Rehabilitation and Aftercare
• Leachate Management and Monitoring
• Developments Surrounding Landfills (operating and closed)
• Developments on Closed Landfills
• Environmental Auditor’s Expert Support (Landfill, Landfill Gas, Hazardous Ground Gases and Vapours)
• Expert Witness
• Regulatory Guidance, Policy and Legislation