YOUR NEW COMPANY

My client is proud to be leading the way in the Utilities and Infrastructure sector, helping to bring the UK and Ireland closer to Net Zero every day. Their teams of land, environmental, and geospatial specialists work together to secure the consents needed to deliver critical infrastructure projects.
Their comprehensive services include land access and assembly, agricultural liaison, planning, ecology, environmental impact assessments, and geospatial mapping-each playing a vital role in enabling sustainable development.

Your new role

• Lead the department and a small team with big plans for growth, where you will be given the opportunity to develop your career and help shape the future of the ecology team.
• Author a range of typical ecology reports (PEA/EcIA/EIA/HRA/BNG/LEMPs/CEMPs) - EIA/HRA expertise and peer review reports highly desirable for Principal/ Associate roles
• Work with internal and external teams liaising with senior colleagues helping to provide advice to 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
• Contribute to the development of the team through providing in-house training and support to junior team members (line management experience desirable for Principal/ Associate roles)
• Prepare fee proposals, tender applications, and manage project finances
• Lead and manage complex ecological projects as part of a diverse portfolio of projects
• Design, procure and manage a range of protected species surveys and mitigation through in-house ecologists and our sub-consultant network
• Complete ecological fieldwork to a level agreed based on role/experience - botanical, bat and ornithological survey expertise highly desirable

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW

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Your new role

• Lead the department and a small team with big plans for growth, where you will be given the opportunity to develop your career and help shape the future of the ecology team.
• Author a range of typical ecology reports (PEA/EcIA/EIA/HRA/BNG/LEMPs/CEMPs) - EIA/HRA expertise and peer review reports highly desirable for Principal/ Associate roles
• Work with internal and external teams liaising with senior colleagues helping to provide advice to 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
• Contribute to the development of the team through providing in-house training and support to junior team members (line management experience desirable for Principal/ Associate roles)
• Prepare fee proposals, tender applications, and manage project finances
• Lead and manage complex ecological projects as part of a diverse portfolio of projects
• Design, procure and manage a range of protected species surveys and mitigation through in-house ecologists and our sub-consultant network
• Complete ecological fieldwork to a level agreed based on role/experience - botanical, bat and ornithological survey expertise highly desirabl