JOB TITLE - SENIOR ECOLOGIST

Job Type: Permanent
Location: Guildford Area
Salary: Highly competitive salary depending on skills and experience £45K per annum, with company van or allowance and general benefits. General hours of work are 40 hours per week, between Monday and Friday.
Location: Home Based. Travel will be required, hence a full clean driving licence is essential.
“We welcome applications from women, veterans and individuals with disabilities. In alignment with our commitment to inclusive recruitment practices, we guarantee an interview to all applicants who meet the core criteria for the role”
As a Senior Ecologist, you can expect the benefits from Chevron Green Consultancy that come with being an employer of choice:

Senior Ecologists or Environmental Professionals, with a minimum for 4 years of experience in an ecological or environmental field, to join the CGC Environmental team and bolster our ability to deliver projects across the Midlands.

• Technical environmental and ecological lead on projects
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, planning conditions and associated documents and to help reduce risks and delays.
• Supervising contractors and ensuring compliance with protected species licence requirements and environmental protection measures.
• Mentoring and training of junior team members
• Extended phase 1 habitat/ UKHabs surveys,
• Protected species surveys
• Formulation of mitigation proposals and habitat creation schemes.
• Ecological Clerk of Work
• Technical reports for planning submission
• Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments
• Ecological input into EIAs

ABOUT THE ROLE OF SENIOR ECOLOGIST ROLE

You will be joining the professional and friendly CGC team working remotely from home, covering all work locations and clients. Works will be for varied clients including Highways, Local Authorities, housing associations, infrastructure and the private sector. Chevron Green Services is a growing business, and we look to recruit excellent staff at all levels. In return, we offer a highly rewarding career in a friendly and professional team. Our work is varied and covers large parts of the UK. As a CGS Senior Ecologist, you will work within the Environmental Team to support a growing business in the Midlands Region.
The ideal candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced Consultancy and be able to work on numerous projects to assist the existing bespoke team. The role will require project management of Ecological / Environmental schemes for various clients working alongside other team members, as well as some field-based work including ecological surveys, asset surveys and ecological clerk of works. The role would suit a candidate with a few years of industry experience looking for a rewarding role.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SENIOR ECOLOGIST

Senior Ecologists or Environmental Professionals, with a minimum for 4 years of experience in an ecological or environmental field, to join the CGC Environmental team and bolster our ability to deliver projects across the Midlands.

• Technical environmental and ecological lead on projects
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, planning conditions and associated documents and to help reduce risks and delays.
• Supervising contractors and ensuring compliance with protected species licence requirements and environmental protection measures.
• Mentoring and training of junior team members
• Extended phase 1 habitat/ UKHabs surveys,
• Protected species surveys
• Formulation of mitigation proposals and habitat creation schemes.
• Ecological Clerk of Work
• Technical reports for planning submission
• Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments
• Ecological input into EIAs.