Chan Lok Man, Norman
BSc (Hons) in Environment and Sustainable Development, 2017
After graduation in 2017, I worked as an in-house environmental management trainee under the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) for one year. I was responsible for providing carbon audits and ISO 14001 management service to external vendors, as well as organizing external site visits, workshops, exhibitions and seminars to raise the environmental awareness of employees in UBS. I found the project cooperating with GreenPrice most meaningful, of which food waste minimization is achieved by re-selling the nearly-expired packaged food and beverages at a much lower price.
After obtaining the MSc in Environmental Engineering and Management from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, I joined the Environmental Protection Department of the HKSAR Government as an Environmental Engineer Graduate under the Scheme A training of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE). I have job rotation every six months and am currently working on the second post. My main duties in the first post were to manage the routine operations and troubleshoot the operational problems in Organic Resources Recovery Centre, Phase 1 (O · Park1). Specifically, I conducted technical reviews to investigate the discrepancy between the designated and actual outcomes and performance along the different modules such as exhaust air treatment system, as well as to evaluate the efficiency in the whole pipeline in O · Park1.
In my second post, I worked under the division of wastewater treatment plant design in Organic Resources Recovery Centre, Phase 2 (O · Park2), which is in the stage of design and construction. I have to revise designs submitted by consultants and make mass balance calculations to see if the designated configurations of pipeline, technology adopted, and designated treatment efficiency are reasonable or not. I am also required to conduct continuous on- and off-site environmental monitoring and auditing (EM&A) works in the construction sites.
I am thankful for the fruitful experience CEE has given me during my study, which has laid a strong foundation for me in environmental engineering and allowed me to make breakthroughs in the industry.
