Environmental Consultant/ Senior Consultant - Scotland, United Kingdom - Affric

Affric

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Scotland, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Environmental Consultant/Senior Consultant

(with Marine Mammal Ecology expertise)

Competitive salary, aligned to experience

Affric Limited is a growing, successful, and ambitious environmental consultancy based in Inverness, in the North of Scotland. Affric provide professional environmental consultancy services, from feasibility to decommissioning, across a range of sectors, many with marine elements. Affric has a small, focused team which provides a friendly supportive working environment. We work closely with our clients to offer a tailored service and to ensure successful project delivery.

Job Purpose

The main purpose of this Environmental Consultant role is to undertake a range of activities to support the delivery of energy, pipeline and infrastructure (ports and harbours) developments.

The appointed staff member will be an active member of the Affric team, providing environmental advice as part of multidisciplinary team, and will contribute to the day-to-day tasks of the consultancy as a whole.

These will often include:

Support in the delivery of projects from initial feasibility;
Specialist input into Environmental Supporting Documents and Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIAR);
Liaising with clients, with site visits, as required;
Providing construction environmental management support;
Producing high quality work within tight time and cost constraints; and
Carrying out any additional activities that may be reasonably required or requested.
Marine mammal mitigation plans and/or monitoring programmes;
Survey design (on occasion, this may not be solely attributed to marine mammals and may involve other areas of marine ecology);
The processing, analysis, interpretation and/or presentation of acoustic data; and
Fieldbased work as required.

Knowledge Skills and Experience
Attributes/Essential Requirements/ Desirable

Education & Qualifications
Essential

Educated to BSc level in a relevant field (i.e., marine biology, ecology, conservation or environmental sciences).

Desirable

Educated to MSc level (i.e., marine mammal sciences).

Relevant Experience
Essential

12 years' experience in the field of marine mammal ecology, derived from a relevant career in consultancy or research/conservation;
Essential
A working knowledge of technical assessments underpinning environmental work (e.g. EIA, HRA, baseline characterisation, scientific study design etc.); and
Strong technical writing and communication skills.

Desirable

Worked with stakeholders or organisations from a range of backgrounds or sectors;
Working with PAM / Acoustic data;
Experience developing marine mammal survey specifications;
GIS mapping expertise.

Competencies & Skills
Essential

Able to work under pressure and able to organise and prioritise workloads; and
Understanding of marine mammal protections in the UK.

Desirable

Makes complex issues understandable to nonspecialists;
Understanding of marine construction techniques; and
Understanding of UK environmental regulations and law.

Attitude & Disposition
Essential

Flexible and adaptable;
Positive nature;
Willing to work away from the office as requested;
Can work independently as part of a small team;
Understand how own role contributes to achieving the company's and personal objectives and goals; and
Willingness to contribute to projects that might be outside current areas of expertise.

Other
Essential