Required Skills
Ecological Surveying
Ecological Mitigation Design
Bat Ecology
Bat Impact Assessments
Biodiversity Net Gain
Biodiversity
Defra Biodiversity Metric
Chartered Ecologist
Ecological Impact Assessment
Job Summary
Our Client, a leading design & engineering consultancy, is seeking an Associate Director - Ecology to join their Ecology practice and collaborate with associate directors and fellow ecologists.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working on large-scale, complex, and nationally significant multi-disciplinary projects.
Flexible working options are available, with the role offering a hybrid working model based from one of the company's ecology offices: Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Derby, Epsom, Exeter, Glasgow, Manchester, or Newcastle.
Experience
- The Candidate will be Chartered (either Chartered Ecologist (CEcol) or Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)).
- A background in Nature based solutions, or in complex bat impact assessments/licensing would be desirable but not essential.
- Strong working knowledge and experience of UK Habitat survey, habitat condition assessments, and the Defra Biodiversity Metric. Demonstrable experience of undertaking Biodiversity Net Gain assessments.
- Experience of undertaking quality assurance and technical lead roles for projects.
- Demonstrable project management experience including technical, financial and quality assurance aspects.
- Demonstrable experience of working on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and familiarity with the Development Consent Order (DCO) process, including expert witness, would be viewed favourably.
Job Responsibilities
- Client facing/client interaction – The candidate will demonstrate a deep understanding of clients requirements and be able to reach back into the business to get the support required to fulfil those requirements and develop relationships/work.
- Leading on nationally important infrastructure projects, managing project programmes and budgets.
- Planning and undertaking field surveys; analysing and interpreting survey results with a strong focus on bat ecology.
- Designing and co-ordinating ecological mitigation.
- Authoring and checking/reviewing a range of ecological reports and licence applications.
- Leadership – Candidate will have a leadership role managing projects, building client relationships and work bank.
- Interdisciplinary engagement – the candidate will actively seek to engage with other areas of the business, seeking opportunities to cross sell and leverage the client's capabilities
- Candidate will actively identify, raise, manage and mitigate risks, particularly within a Project/Framework environment.
- Candidate will proactively provide innovation on projects and within the ecology team
- Candidate will coach, mentor and support other staff members in their development.
Job Benefits
- This role will have tailored mentoring and support towards achieving career goals, such as Chartership.
- Appropriate training courses external and internal will be reviewed with your mentor and Practice Manager.
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