At AtkinsRéalis, our team of ecologists work throughout the UK to deliver a diverse range of challenging and exciting projects that benefit our clients, biodiversity and society.
To meet our growing project workload and help us design and apply new approaches to our work, we are looking for an enthusiastic Senior/Principal Ecologist to join our Belfast office.
Joining us, you will have the opportunity to contribute to nationally significant and high-profile projects, with many of our projects winning awards for biodiversity enhancements, innovation, and knowledge sharing.
Key Roles/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 – the 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 AtkinsRéalis’ capabilities, preparing bids, supporting on strategic opportunities, building client relationships (internal and external) and driving work-winning in the region.
* 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.
Experience and Skills Requirements:
* Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM), or equivalent, and chartership (CEcol or CEnv) or working towards this.
* Strong skills in report writing, including preparing Preliminary Ecological Assessments, Ecological Impact Assessments, Biodiversity Chapters for Ecological Impact Assessments and Habitats Regulations Assessment (including Appropriate Assessment).
* Protected species survey licence(s). A background 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, would be viewed favourably.
* A full UK/EEC driving licence.
Security clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview.
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