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Shannon McKeirnan

Mobile:  0417 223378

shannon@assureconsulting.com.au

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Shannon is considered one of Environmental Health’s outstanding leaders. He continues to develop his leadership skills through the management of his own consultancy business “Assure Consulting”, senior advisory positions with Aspen Medical Australia and Aspen Medical USA and as a Flight Lieutenant with Royal Australian Air Force.

He has worked in the professional fields of Planning, Environmental Science, Environmental Health and Occupational Hygiene as both a manager and a specialist.
He has won Planning Institute of Australia awards in the areas of health and social planning for work carried out for Queensland Health. He currently consults’ to numerous government agencies including the NSW Food Authority and ACT Health on best practice food safety regulation reforms and public health initiatives.


Most recently, Shannon has been working in West Africa as part of the global response to the Ebola outbreak where he provided expert advise to various government and non-government agencies. These agencies included the World Health Organisation, USAID, MSF, UKAID and Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.



EDUCATION:

QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY -
1997-1998  Bachelor of  Health Science - Environmental Health
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY -
1996  Graduate Diploma in Environmental Quality
GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY -
1993 -1995 Bachelor of Science in Australian Environmental Studies majoring in the fields of Pollution and Health and Land and Water Processes.
Dakabin State High School, Queensland 1998 - 1992 Completed senior certificate 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
Gosford City Council - 
Coordinator Environmental Health
and protection June 2006-present

Gosford City Council -  Manager Education and Compliance
(Acting
) October 07 - July 08

Environmental Health Australia - NSW/ ACT Branch
President

Royal Australian Air Force - Specialist Reserve Environmental  Health

Coakes Consulting -  Environment and behaviour specialists         
 
University of Queensland - School of Social Sciences     
Senior Lecturer
                
Statewide Health Services Planning - Queensla
nd Health  - Secondment from Brisbane City Council         

Licensing and Compliance – 
Development and Regulatory
Services  Bris
bane City Council

Pollution Prevention Health and Safety -
Community and Economic Division  Brisbane City Council

Development and Regulatory Services
– Commun
ity Services Division  Brisbane City Council   

Environmental  Health Services – Hea
lth and Regulatory Services Branch         

Environmental Health Services - Health and Regulatory Services Branch  Gold Coast City Council       


Licensing and Approvals Section – Health and Regulatory Services Branch  Gold Coast City Council
             
Health Services - 
Health and Regulatory Services Branch
Gold Coast City Council

Environmental Health Services Brisbane  Northside Central Zone Public Health Unit Network                                     
 
            
Environmental Health Services Brisbane Northside
Central Zone Public Health Unit Network                     
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
  ·     
NSW/ ACT Branch President of Environmental
Health Australia (formerly Australian Institute of Environmental Health) since 2008
 ·     
Full Member  - Environmental Health Australia (Formerly
Australian Institute of Environmental Health) since 1998
 ·     
Chaired numerous sessions at 2008 International Federation of Environmental Health Congress,  Brisbane,  Queensland.
 ·     
Assisted with the coordination and development of 2002 AIEH State Conference Gold Coast.
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