Our Ecology business comprises a highly skilled team focused on providing services to a wide range of clients, particularly developers, utility companies and the renewable energy and rural industries.
We support our employees' development and give them the tools they need to steer their own careers, that’s why when you join ADAS, a mentor works with you to create and achieve your goals. Working on your own projects will provide you the opportunity to manage your workload and since most projects are local, extended travel is not frequent.
We also want to guarantee that you have a good work-life balance with many opportunities for flexible working hours, locality flexibility, social activities and community involvement projects to achieve this. If you are looking to work as part of a friendly, flexible, and committed team and can bring us your talent as well as a proactive, can-do attitude, now is an excellent time to join ADAS!
Key Responsibilities:
1. Good knowledge of and confidence undertaking baseline habitat survey, assessment and reporting
2. Working alone and with our existing ecologists in the wider region to ensure quality projects are delivered on time to our clients
3. Talking to our clients to ensure quality delivery of projects to deadlines
4. Writing of technical reports ready for review by your colleagues, such as ecological constraints reports, Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Ecological Impact Assessments, and protected species reports
Person Specification:
5. Graduate level education in a relevant subject
6. Previous ecology related experience
7. Good working knowledge of ecology, legislation, and survey techniques, including protected species surveys and mitigation
8. Excellent written communication skills and be able to produce accurate technical reports to a professional standard
9. A full driving licence, access to your own vehicle
Desirable skills required:
10. CIEEM membership
11. Experience of Biodiversity Net Gain assessment and UKHAB
12. Strong botanical skills (e.g NVC, Condition Assessments)
13. One protected species licence (e.g. Great Crested Newt or Bats)
Salary and Benefits:
14. Competitive salary
15. Life assurance
16. A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan and discounted gym membership.
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