| Excellent Opportunity- Principal Ecologist | 45787725 | | Location: | Sheffield (S3) | | Salary: | £27000 - £34000 per annum + Pension, benefits | | Company: | Penguin Recruitment | | Job Type: | Permanent jobs | | Date posted: | 18/11/2009 16:50 | | | | | Job Description : | Excellent Opportunity- Principal Ecologist
CMP4053
This market leading consultancy have an excellent opportunity for an experienced ecologist to join their team based near Sheffield. Joining the committed and professional ecology team you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, including highways, residential and commercial developments, across the North of England.
Candidates for this role are anticipated to hold a relevant academic background with a degree in Ecology / similar, supported by professional membership of IEEM and protected species licences (Bats of particular interest). It is also anticipated that candidates hold a full clean UK driving licence and CEnv status or working towards.
The successful candidate for this role will have a demonstrable good understanding of a variety of ecological assessments and surveys, EcIA and a strong background in report writing for various EIA projects. Candidates are also anticipated to hold experience in project management client facing and staff mentoring, as you will be responsible for managing a team of staff in this role. Applications are sought from candidates with a genuine interest in the ecology consultancy, with an ambitious and self motivated character.
Duties Include:
- Staff management and mentoring, you will be responsible for a small team of ecologists
- Project management, including management of budgets, timescales
- Liaising with clients and other stakeholders
- Assisting on business development and tendering activities
- Planning and undertaking ecological field surveys
- Report writing
- Designing and implementing mitigation strategies
- Preparing licence applications
This is an excellent opportunity to continue your career in an established consultancy, offering the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, and to utilise all of your ecological knowledge.
Examples of current projects include small scale barn conversions and building extensions, through to large scale highways schemes, Renewable energy developments and ecological research and monitoring projects. The consultancy also offer services in areas such as BREEAM, Mitigation and Expert Witness projects. You will be involved with technical, field and ecological planning work and also project and staff management duties.
Benefits:
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a market leading consultancy with offices across the UK, with a strong background in delivering high profile ecological impact assessment and mitigation advice to a range of developers, planners and public sector bodies.
As well as a competitive salary you will also benefit from further training and progression opportunities and excellent career prospects, generous annual leave and pension scheme.
Interested in this and other environmental jobs? For an initial, non- committal discussion about this vacancy and other opportunities in the environmental sector please do not hesitate to contact CLAIRE POWER of Penguin Recruitment on 01792 365101, alternatively you can email your CV and we will get back to you. E-mails to claire.power@penguinrecruitment.co.uk
| | | | | Contact : | Claire Power | | Reference : | Totaljobs/CMP4053 | | |
