Senior Ecologist

Dalcour Maclaren; East Kilbride; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the Utilities and Infrastructure sector as a Senior Ecologist, where you will be instrumental in achieving sustainability goals. You will provide essential ecological advice on various projects and work alongside experienced colleagues to guide environmental compliance, impacting key developments in the industry.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus 1 day for birthday

Vitality Health Membership

Flexible working options

Pension Scheme

Life insurance (4x Base Salary)

Free on-site parking

Cycle to work scheme

Paid Maternity Leave (26 Weeks)

Paid Paternity Leave (2 Weeks)

Professional development support

Employee Assistance Programme

Company-wide events and office socials

Qualifications

• Degree in an environmental related discipline required.
• Experience working in consultancy, public sector, or conservation.
• Licenced for survey Protected Species or working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with stakeholders, provide ecological advice and support during project development.
• Engage in negotiation processes and assist in gaining necessary consents.
• Travel for meetings and site surveys across multiple projects.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Ecological Impact Assessments

Negotiation

Education

Degree in environmental related discipline

Working towards CIEEM membership

Tools

GIS systems

Job description

At Dalcour Maclaren, we're key players in the Utilities and Infrastructure industry, bringing the UK and Ireland closer to Net Zero every day. Our land, environmental and geospatial experts work together to unlock the consents needed by our clients to deliver key projects. Our services include land access and assembly, agricultural liaison, planning, environmental impact assessments and geospatial mapping. Join us, and play your part in helping us to achieve our vision; to be the professional services team of choice, leading the Utilities and Infrastructure industry to a sustainable future.

As a Senior Ecologist you will:

• Work with internal and external teams liaising with senior colleagues helping to provide advice to our clients
• Assist in negotiations with Natural England, County Ecologists, Local Authority planning officers, and stakeholders
• Engage in development and design proposals, including advising on appropriate site location and construction methodologies, assisting with gaining the necessary consents and licenses in order to deliver projects
• Work within the team to provide ecological advice and provide innovative mitigation solutions enhancement and consideration across a range of sites and schemes
• Liaise with clients, consisting of engineers, developers and landowners, providing ecological advice on how to facilitate development on their project
• Help to provide all the necessary assistance to unlock utility project development in SSSI, SAC, SPA, RAMSAR including applying for SSSI Assents and other permissions
• You'll gain the experience and knowledge to be able to feed into Environmental Impact Assessment Screening, Scoping and chapters working with internal and external specialists and environmental stakeholders
• Provide advice on the need for HRAs and be able to lead on their preparation and completion with limited input from others
• Travel to meetings, client offices and site surveys across multiple projects

The successful candidate will:

• Hold a degree in an environmental related discipline and be working towards becoming a full member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environment Management (CIEEM)
• Hold a licence to survey Protected Species or be working towards this
• Have an understanding of Ecological Impact Assessments, planning regulations and nature conservation legislations
• Experience working within a consultancy environment, public sector or conservation body
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Have a full UK driving licence
• Ideally be familiar with GIS systems but it's not essential

Benefits:

• Annual bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus 1 day to celebrate your birthday
• Vitality Health Membership (including Private healthcare, subsidised gym membership and other discounts)
• Flexible working through our 'Flexible Advantage' supporting working families & your work/life balance
• Pension Scheme via The Peoples Pension
• Life insurance (4x Base Salary)
• Free on-site parking in non-city centre offices
• Cycle to work scheme
• 26 Weeks paid Maternity Leave
• 2 Weeks paid Paternity Leave
• BHN Extras - provides discounted gift cards for hundreds of popular retailers
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (provided by Octopus Electric Vehicles) effective at 1 years' service
• Sabbatical Policy effective at 3 years' service
• Professional development - paid study leave
• Military service paid leave (7.5 days per year)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) plus wider Mental Health & Wellbeing support
• 2 x Company-wide events every year, in addition to multiple office socials throughout the year

Dalcour Maclaren is an equal opportunities employer.