Senior Ecologist - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Chevron Green Services

Chevron Green Services

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job Title - Senior Ecologist

Location:
Hybrid - plus site work - Midlands

Salary:
up to £42,000 per year depending on skills and experience,

Hours:
General hours of work are 40 hours per week, between Monday and Friday.

Licence:
Full clean licence (preferable) up to 6 points

As a Senior Ecologist, you can expect the benefits from Chevron Green Consultancy that come with being an employer of choice:

Benefits:

Car Allowance or Company vehicle.
Company Pension
Life Assurance
Employee Assistance Programme
Fill Your Boots Rewards saving an average of £400 per year.
Career Development
Paternity Leave paid at full salary for 2 weeks *after qualifying 2 years period.
Maternity Leave paid at full salary for 3 months and /2 salary for a further 3 months *after qualifying 2 years period.

About the Senior Ecologist role

You will be joining the professional and friendly Chevron Green Consultancy team, working remotely from home covering all work locations and clients.

Works will be for varied clients in a number of sectors including; highways, rail, Local Authorities, construction and the private sector.

Chevron Green Consultancy (CGC) is a division within Chevron Green Services, a growing business, and we look to recruit excellent staff at all levels.

In return we offer a highly rewarding career in a friendly and professional team.

As a Senior Ecologist you will be working within the Consultancy Environmental Team supporting the Midlands Region.

Responsibilities of a Senior Ecologist

Senior Ecologists or Environmental Professional, with a minimum for 4 years' experience in an ecological or environmental field, to join the CGC Environmental team and bolster our ability to deliver projects across Midlands.

Technical environmental and ecological lead on projects
Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, planning conditions and associated documents and to help reduce risks and delays.
Supervising contractors and ensuring compliance with protected species licence requirements and environmental protection measures.
Mentoring and training of junior team members
Extended phase 1 habitat/ UK Habs surveys,
Protected species surveys
Formulation of mitigation proposals and habitat creation schemes.
Ecological Clerk of Work
Technical reports for planning submission
Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments
Ecological input into EIAs.

What good looks like as a Senior Ecologist

Qualified with a degree in a relevant scientific or environmental discipline.
Knowledge of ecology, legislation, and survey techniques and the planning process
Experience of ecological survey / environmental sector
Ecological site survey experience (protected species surveys, Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA) / Phase 1 habitat surveys/UKHabs)
Level 2 Bat licenced holder

- or near to achieving.

Experienced in using and interpreting bat recording analysis software.
Ecological Clerk of Work

s Experience

Experience of delivering projects within a commercially competitive environment
Stakeholder Engagement (such as Wildlife Trusts, Environmental Health Officers, Natural England, Heritage England, Environment Agency, Lead Local Flood Authorities etc
Data collation and interpretation experience
Good report preparation / writing skills (including technical report writing) skills.
Experience of writing fee proposals, project management and client liaison.
Prioritise tasks and manage their own workload and those of other team members.
Approachable, proactive, ambitious, and well organised
Membership of CIEEM or equivalent (preferable)
Full clean UK driving licence

What else looks good

Producing Protected Species Survey Licences (particularly bat)
Have experience of people management and a willingness to mentor, junior staff.
Full member of Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management or equivalent (or working towards it)
Ideally have experience in both linear infrastructure and property development projects
GIS experience

We seek a committed person with the aptitude, attitude to learn about the natural environment and put their current skills practical use in a challenging environment.

If you would like to join our award-winning team as a Senior Ecologist all you need to do is apply

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AT CHEVRON GREEN CONSULTANCY
Chevron GC believe the skills, capabilities and talents of our people are the key to our success.

We benefit enormously from the diversity and variety of our workforce and are fully committed to maintaining and encouraging this diversity.

The richer the mix of people, skills and cultures; the greater the range of inputs, viewpoints and experiences.

Because of this, Chevron GC is fully committed to being an equal opportunities employer, defined by its diversity and opposition to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

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