Lead Environment Consultant

Lead Environment Consultant; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 10,757,000 - 15,819,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Medical insurance for dependents

Generous annual leave

Hybrid work solutions

Remote work opportunities outside of a

Relocation assistance

Discretionary bonus program

Wellbeing program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Lead/Principal Ecology Consultant to support projects across the UK region. You will lead ecological assessments, coordinate mitigation, and author critical reports for infrastructure projects.

The role requires strong GIS skills, experience with bat data, and membership or progress toward CIEEM. Hybrid work options are available, with opportunities for international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in GIS with desk studies, site scoping and biodiversity assessments.
• Experience analysing bat data and producing reports.
• Strong report writing for ecological impact assessments and licenses.

Responsibilities

• Understand clients' requirements.
• Support on nationally important infrastructure projects, managing programmes and budgets.
• Analyse and interpret survey results.
• Design and coordinate ecological mitigation.
• Author and check ecological reports and licence applications.
• Engage with other business areas, support bids and client relationships.
• Drive innovation within the ecology team.
• Mentor staff and support career development.
• Pursue Chartership with tailored mentoring.

Skills

GIS proficiency

Report writing

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Education

Full Membership of CIEEM or working towards

Tools

ArcGIS / GIS software

Defra Biodiversity Metric

Job description

Job Description

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's leading consultancies operating in the built and natural environment. You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We are proud to say it is thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise, and knowledge. We offer unparalleled opportunities for talented individuals in search of a rewarding career both in India and around the world. Our teams are proud to deliver on some of the most prestigious projects across the world. It's thanks to our talented people and their diverse thinking, expertise and knowledge. Join us and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents and expertise.

Read more about how you can thrive with us.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic self-starter to join our team as a Lead/Principal Ecology Consultant, supporting projects across the UK region.

Your Role

• The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of clients' requirements.

• Supporting on nationally important infrastructure projects, managing project programmes and budgets.

• Analysing and interpreting survey results.

• Designing and co-ordinating ecological mitigation.

• Authoring and checking a range of ecological reports and licence applications.

• The candidate will actively seek to engage with other areas of the business, seeking opportunities to cross sell and leverage AtkinsRéalis' capabilities, preparing bids, supporting on strategic opportunities, building client relationships (internal and external) and driving work-winning in the region.

• Candidate will proactively provide innovation on projects and within the ecology team.

• Candidate may coach, mentor and support other staff members in their development.

• This role will have tailored mentoring and support towards achieving career goals, such as Chartership.

About you

• A good working knowledge of the UK natural environment and wildlife legislation.

• Full Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) or actively working towards this.

• Proficiency in GIS, with experience supporting desk studies, site scoping, protected species records and biodiversity net gain assessments.

• Experience of analysing and quality assuring bat data.

• Strong skills in report writing, including preparing Preliminary Ecological Assessments, Ecological Impact Assessments, Biodiversity Chapters for Ecological Impact Assessments and Habitats Regulations Assessment (including Appropriate Assessment) and Protected species survey licence(s).

• Strong working knowledge and experience of UK Habitat survey, habitat condition assessments, and the Defra Biodiversity Metric.

• Ideally project management experience including technical, financial and quality assurance aspects.

• Experience of working on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and familiarity with the Development Consent Order (DCO) process, would be viewed favourably.

• A desire to contribute to the growth and development of the team.

Reward & benefits

This includes:

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
• Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.