Senior /principal /associate Ecologist - Belfast, United Kingdom - Atkins

Atkins

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Belfast, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At Atkins, our team of over 100 ecologists work throughout the UK to deliver a diverse range of challenging and exciting award-winning projects that benefit our clients, biodiversity and society.

Our ecology team won the inaugural CIEEM Large-Scale Consultancy of the Year Award in 2018 and has been Highly Commended in the same award category each year thereafter.

We are proud to promote innovative nature-based solutions across a range of market sectors; collaborating with clients to positively contribute to the carbon net zero agenda and biodiversity and climate emergencies.

We are particularly passionate about the implementation of biodiversity net gain on our projects and have placed ourselves at the forefront of this approach.

Please see a link to our Atkins Ecology video
We are the Ecology Team on Vimeo.

What you will be doing

Leading on nationally important infrastructure projects, managing project programmes and budgets.
Collaborating with our multidisciplinary teams and undertaking stakeholder engagement.
Planning and undertaking field surveys; analysing and interpreting survey results.
Designing and coordinating ecological mitigation.
Providing support and mentorship to other team members.
Managing work enquiries, preparing bids and building client relationships.
Supporting the development of a portfolio of ecological work in Northern Ireland.

About you
Ideally, you would have the following qualifications / experience:

A degree in ecology or a closely related field.
Demonstrable project management experience including technical, financial and quality assurance aspects.
Strong botanical skills (FISC level 4 would be particularly desirable but not essential).
Working knowledge of UKHab classification and the Defra Metric.
Knowledge of habitat classification in the Republic of Ireland would be viewed favourably.
Demonstrable skills in report writing, including preparing Biodiversity Checklists; Preliminary Ecological Assessments; Ecological Assessments and Habitats Regulations Assessments (a strong knowledge of Appropriate Assessment legislation within Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland would be viewed favourably).
Protected species survey licence (desirable but not essential).
A full, clean UK driving licence.

Examples of what we offer

Competitive salary.
25 days annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, plus the ability to buy or sell leave.
Parttime and/or flexible hours contracts.
Paid overtime and/or TOIL system.
Contributory pension scheme.
Two paid volunteer days per year.
Paid professional memberships and survey licences.
Tailored objectives and mentoring schemes to advance your career.
Opportunities for internal and external training.
The opportunity to work with, and help in developing our use of, new and exciting technologies and survey methods in the field, such as detection dogs and drone surveying.

Flexible working is a core part of our culture at Atkins and we appreciate that different people have different priorities.

We recognise that a healthy work/life balance is integral to wellbeing and we are extremely supportive of individual requirements for flexible and remote working.

We utilise a paid overtime and TOIL system, which also helps individuals to make time for the things that are important to them and prevents staff burn out during the busy season.

We positively encourage pushing boundaries, promoting innovation, knowledge sharing and working inclusively across our diverse team.

We are fully committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and have a range of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion network groups encouraging an inclusive workplace where all employees can flourish, including Embrace (supporting minority ethnicities), Enable (supporting visible and invisible disabilities) Equilibrium (for LGBT+ colleagues), Menopause at Work, Neurodiversity (for variations in learning, attention and other mental functions), ParentNet, and Empower (providing professional support by and for women).

We want everyone to feel respected, empowered and able to realise their full potential as important members of our team.

Atkins' corporate social responsibility provides the opportunity to give something back to the community, and we run professional networks supporting groups such as local schools, charities, parents, those coming out of the armed-forces and women in engineering.

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary that is regularly tested against other consultants, with a default 25-days leave each year plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave.

To support and safeguard your physical and mental wellbeing we provide a free Employee Assistance Programme offering advice and support in times of need.

Our offices run their own sports and social club providing activities such wine tasting, as surf trips, and a kids' Christmas party.

You will also have access to our Flexible Be