Research Ecologists - Scotland, United Kingdom - CleanTech Talent Limited

Description

Edinburgh (HYBRID/REMOTE) Are you looking for a flexible and supportiveSenior Ecologist opportunity within a people-focused and innovative consultancy with a long-standing history of providing excellence to the Energy Development sector and beyond?

CleanTech Talent are acting as an employment agency for our client who are one of the most valued consultancies in Scotland spanning multiple offices, offering cross-team projects, project management development and established yet continuously developing business processes.

You will receive guidance and technical support with specific training and mentoring in your chosen field combined with work ownership and a generous salary and benefits package.

Role Senior Ecologist

An incredible opportunity for an individual to demonstrate a broad range of ecology skills by undertaking specialist technical work, whilst working as part of a passionate, integrated, dynamic environmental team that spans our four regions.

You will have experience of projects across a range of sectors and be able to liaise directly with stakeholders and colleagues of other technical disciplines to achieve the best environmental outcomes for our clients and their projects.

You will be joining the highly respected team to support in the delivery of a variety of environmental and nature-based engineering projects.

Planning and undertaking targeted habitat and species surveys.
Producing high quality reports including Preliminary Ecological Appraisal.

Managing small to medium scale projects (particularly project budgets and deadlines) and contributing to large scale project delivery with support from the wider team.

Liaising with ecological regulators and planning authorities.
Liaising with clients, partner organisations and sub-consultants concerning all areas relevant to our projects.
Delivering technical work within your specialisms, on complex or challenging projects.
Current environmental legislation, policy trends policy trends, standards and established ecological guidance
Habitat and species survey, assessment and mitigation for one or more species group (preference for bats and other British mammals, GCN, and botanical knowledge)
Experience in writing or contributing to HRA, EcIA and Ecology Chapters for Environmental Statements
Solid technical report writing skills and a track record of effective project management, delivering tasks on time and to budget
Confident in a client facing capacity with a knowledge of the environmental consultancy market
A full, clean, UK driving licence
MSc in a relevant environmental discipline
Experience in Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) or working with site contractors to deliver advice and mitigation on site to ensure client commitments are met;
Skills in GIS, QGIS and QField.
A current CSCS card or equivalent
Candidates keen to mentor junior staff are highly desirable.
Salary up to £46,000 depending on experience
~Annual salary reviews
~ Investment in your training and success
~ Full project lifecycle work across a range of environmental disciplines
~ Hybrid working 3 days in the office or onsite and 2 remote
~ 20 days annual leave plus 11 bank holidays, of which a proportion can be used flexibly and not on set bank holiday days
~ Training allowance annually bespoke to you and your development needs internal and external resources.
~ Company Pension contribution 8%
Flexible weekly working hours promoting work-life balance 35 hours p/w
Full time / Part time considered
Volunteer days for community projects
Cycle to work great rates on new bikes
Year roundHealth & Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program and Occupational Health, GP Service.