Senior Ecologist

Balfour Beatty VINCI; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is looking for a Senior Ecologist to join their Environmental and Sustainability team on the HS2 project in Birmingham. The ideal candidate will bring strong project management and ecological management experience to ensure sustainable practices are integrated throughout construction. This role offers a unique opportunity to impact vital infrastructure while ensuring compliance with ecological standards.

Benefits

Flexible working available for some roles

Travel allowance for eligible candidates

Family friendly leave policies

Health risk assessments

Access to employee assistance programmes

Access to annual flu vaccinations

Qualifications

• Experience in ecological management for major infrastructure projects required.
• Knowledge of ecological legislation for development is crucial.
• Protected species licence holder preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement ecological mitigation and monitor species and habitats.
• Drive adaptive management of ecological sites.
• Collaborate on best outcomes for nature.

Skills

Project management

Ecological management

Organisational skills

Communication with Natural England

Education

Degree or Masters level in Ecological related subject

Tools

MS Office

GIS

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Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project?

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Ecologist within the Environmental and Sustainability team. This role will be based on site in in Birmingham (Erdington). Our head office is located within an excellent location easily accessible via the M6 and M42. The office is also accessible via rail, and we offer employees a shuttle bus transfer to our office from Birmingham city centre.

We have ecological mitigation to implement and continue to enable construction, which will include species and habitats monitoring to drive adaptive management of ecological mitigation sites and features to ensure continued Favourable Conservation Status and the best outcomes for nature.

Experienced required:

• Strong project management experience and good organisational skills.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of ecological management and mitigation for major infrastructure projects.
• Educated to degree or Masters level in Ecological related subject.
• Excellent understanding of ecological legalisation for development.
• Full UK driver’s licence and flexibility to travel.
• Protected species licence holder.
• Good understanding of environmental management for construction sites.
• Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook & GIS.
• Excellent experience of ECOW working on large scale infrastructure construction/highways projects.
• Experienced with communicating with Natural England on projects species licences.

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Benefits of working with us

• Flexible working available for some roles

• Travel allowance for eligible candidates

• Family friendly leave policies

• Health risk assessments

• Access to employee assistance programmes

• Access to annual flu vaccinations

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

• 9.3km of viaducts

• 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels

• 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses

Diversity and Inclusion

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Construction, Civil Engineering, and Staffing and Recruiting

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