Linda Kirchner

Linda Kirchner is the Technical Practice Leader - Environmental Approvals and Planning and a Principal Environmental Scientist. She has been involved in the mining and envi­ron­men­tal consulting industry for over 28 years. Linda's expertise is providing practical solutions for complex projects and she enjoys working closely with clients on their initial approvals strategies.

Her experience in Envi­ron­men­tal Impact Assessment and Management includes a strong focus on mining and infra­struc­ture projects and renewable energy and Defence projects.  As a result, she has managed envi­ron­men­tal approval projects for large and medium-sized iron ore projects in the Pilbara, gold mines in the south-west and minerals sands projects, as well as dredging in Darwin Harbour and numerous integrated approvals for Main Roads Projects under the Envi­ron­men­tal Protection Act 1986 Part V and Part IV (EP Act), Mining Act 1978 (Mining Act) and Environment Protection Biodi­ver­sity Conser­va­tion Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

Linda’s varied experience in envi­ron­men­tal impact assessment includes the preparation of referrals and associated docu­men­ta­tion, managing sub-consultant technical studies and options studies, liaising with government regulators, attending and managing community consul­ta­tion sessions, preparing offsets strategies and responding to public and regulatory submissions. Linda has also worked on large project alliances and managed major project envi­ron­men­tal compliance.