Principal Ecologist

SLR Consulting; Tauranga; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SLR Consulting in New Zealand is seeking a Principal ecologist to lead and deliver major ecology projects in the renewables sector, building strong client relationships and guiding offers of service. You will mentor junior ecologists, coordinate fieldwork, and provide high-quality reports while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to secure and execute large opportunities.

This role supports flexible working across Aotearoa and requires extensive ecology expertise and NZ regulatory

Qualifications

• Degree in Ecology or related field.
• 10+ years in Ecology with leadership of projects.
• NZ citizenship or rights to work in NZ; valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and leading offers of service for large ecology opportunities, focusing on terrestrial and freshwater ecology.
• Developing, facilitating and maintaining strong client relationships and internal team collaboration.
• Delivering clear, high-quality reports.
• Undertaking fieldwork activities and resourcing the right teams on projects.
• Working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects across multiple sectors.

Skills

Ecology expertise

Project leadership

Client relationship management

NZ environmental legislation knowledge

Excellent communication

Driver's license

Education

Degree in Ecology

Job description

About The Business And The Role

Do you believe you can make the world a better place?

Do you believe you can make the world a better place? SLR's purpose is Making Sustainability Happen, which we achieve by having a team of experts who partner with our clients to tackle some of the world's most complex sustainability challenges. SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With close to 200 staff spanning the length of Aotearoa and an additional 800+ staff across Asia Pacific, we provide consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific issues to a diverse and growing base of business, regulatory and governmental clients. We celebrate a 'One Team Culture', where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results. We have an exciting opportunity within our Ecology & Marine team due to an increase in project pipeline across the renewables space. This is a Principal level role with key focuses being on developing, facilitating and enhancing effective relationships with our clients and leading and preparing offers of service for large ecology opportunities. The role also involves developing and coaching other ecologists in the team and requires technical excellence to ensure our team delivers high quality work to our clients. We are looking for the right person for this role, so we are open to this role being based in any of our offices throughout Aotearoa.

Job Tasks And Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and leading offers of service for large ecology opportunities, focusing on terrestrial and freshwater ecology
• Developing, facilitating and enhancing effective relationships with our clients and internal SLR team members
• Delivering clear and precise, high quality reports
• Undertaking fieldwork activities and resourcing the right teams on projects
• Working within multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects across a range of sectors

Skills And Experience

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• A degree in Ecology or a related field
• To demonstrate your consulting experience with 10+ years in Ecology and ideally as an expert who has exceptional technical ability in terrestrial/freshwater ecology
• To demonstrate experience winning, leading and managing projects
• Bringing with you an established network and proven ability to win work will be highly advantageous
• Experience in preparing impact assessments and environmental risk assessments
• Working knowledge of New Zealand environmental legislation and policies, standards and guidelines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• New Zealand Citizenship or rights to work in New Zealand
• Excellent driving history and hold a current driver's license

Our Benefits

We are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. SLR supports flexible working arrangements as we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

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