Principal Ecologist

Kier Group plc; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and construction company is seeking a Principal Ecologist to deliver expert ecological services across various projects. You will lead ecological surveys and manage mitigation strategies while ensuring compliance with nature conservation policies. This role offers remote working opportunities and competitive benefits, including a pension scheme and private healthcare. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Ecology, report writing skills, and experience as a technical lead. Join us in making a difference.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

24/7 virtual GP service

Annual car allowance

Private healthcare

Competitive holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• CIEEM full member or equivalent.
• Strong report writing skills, including PEAs, EcIAs.
• Demonstrable project experience in a technical lead role.

Responsibilities

• Lead ecological surveys and manage mitigation strategies.
• Author technical ecological documents.
• Oversee construction risks associated with ecology.
• Ensure ecological licenses and consents are obtained on time.

Skills

Ecology

Report writing

Technical lead experience

Protected species licence

Education

Degree in Ecology or equivalent

Job description

Overview

We\'re looking for a Principal Ecologist to join our Nature and Biodiversity team. Using your strong understanding of UK nature conservation legislation and policy you\'ll deliver expert ecological services on a range of exciting projects across the UK in the road, rail, water and property sectors. Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy leave and even more.

Can you envision a world without transportation links by land, sea, or air? Neither can we! Your journey is our journey. Join us at Kier Transportation, where we are working brilliantly together to make a difference, supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Nationwide - remote working available, with travel to the office and sites as required

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per year + £5.9k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Principal Ecologist, you\'ll be working within the Nature & Biodiversity team, supporting as a focal point for technical advice, lead surveys, mitigation and licences, and promoting nature-based solutions and innovation across the business.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading ecological surveys, developing management plans and designing mitigation strategies
• Authoring and reviewing technical ecological documents
• Overseeing management of construction risks associated with ecology
• Ensuring ecological licences and consents are obtained on time
• Managing team resources, meeting deadlines and budgets

What are we looking for?

This role of Principal Ecologist, is great for you if:

• A degree in Ecology (or equivalent) and CIEEM full member (or equivalent)
• Demonstrable knowledge as Technical Lead on a range of projects
• Strong report writing skills including Preliminary Ecological Assessments (PEAs), Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIAs), Habitats Regulation Assessments (HRAs), survey reports, method statements, precautionary working methods and management plans
• Hold at least 1 protected species licence
• Experience as named ecologist on mitigation licences

Rewards and benefits

We\'re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We\'re proud of the steps we\'ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\'s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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