Senior/Principal Ornithology Ecologist — Lead Global Projects

isepglobal; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global reach

Career development

Lead a team

Flexible working

Wellbeing benefits

CPD opportunities

Job summary

Jacobs in the UK is seeking a senior/principal ecologist with a special interest in ornithology to join our ecology team across the UK. You will deliver challenging projects across transport, water and energy, and lead ornithological surveys while advising clients.

You will work in multidisciplinary teams, support environmental impact assessments, and have potential to travel across the UK with some periods away from home.

Qualifications

• Good bird identification skills, with an understanding of bird ecology and a range of generic and species-specific bird survey techniques.
• Scoping and execution of field surveys and data analysis.
• Full membership of a professional body (or experience to obtain membership), with applications also welcomed from candidates holding chartership.
• Inquisitiveness and willingness to learn.
• High level of personal responsibility.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports.

Responsibilities

• Delivering some of the most challenging, diverse and innovative projects across transport, water and energy for local, regional and national clients.
• Working in multidisciplinary teams - quickly building rapport and trust to ensure that ornithological requirements are recognised and addressed.
• Lead ornithological surveys and provide expert advice to clients (internal and external). In periods with limited workload, support a wide range of other ecological surveys and tasks.
• Support Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats Regulation Appraisals, leveraging knowledge of national legislation.
• Be willing to work across the UK with occasional periods away from home; bring terrestrial ecology background with report-writing and impact assessment experience.

Skills

Bird identification

Field surveys

Curiosity

Personal responsibility

Report writing

Education

Professional body membership / chartership

Job description

Jacobs in the UK is seeking a senior/principal ecologist with a special interest in ornithology to join our ecology team across the UK. You will deliver challenging projects across transport, water and energy, and lead ornithological surveys while advising clients.

You will work in multidisciplinary teams, support environmental impact assessments, and have potential to travel across the UK with some periods away from home.