Brian Koks - Email
Brian has more than 20 years industry experience, having worked in capacities ranging from trade apprentice to Quality Assurance Manager, Corporate Services Manager and more recently, Operations Manager for an environmental air quality consultancy in Brisbane. Whilst in industry, Brian developed and implemented many process, quality, safety and environment performance improvement projects including a significant odour reduction program for a leading Brisbane foundry.
Brian commenced his career as an environmental consultant in his own practice in 1997. Since then he has undertaken and managed numerous consulting projects including chemical and flammable goods storage design, risk assessments, QA, Safety and Environmental Management Systems, odour and dust investigations, emissions estimation and Greenhouse Challenge and NPI inventories and reports. For a number of years, Brian has specialised in the area of odour impact assessment and is recognised for his pragmatic process oriented approach to the resolution of odour issues.
Brian has extensive project and industrial management experience and is able to understand the practical application of environmental policy issues. His pragmatic approach and practical experience has enabled him to develop and implement environmental management systems, improvement plans and procedures in a diverse range of industry sectors. He has provided input into industry submissions on issues such as environmental legislation, industry training programs, odour policies, the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) and various greenhouse gas abatement programs.