| Senior Ecologist - Oxfordshire | 45788637 | | Location: | Warwick (CV35) | | Salary: | £30000 - £35000 per annum | | Company: | Penguin Recruitment | | Job Type: | Permanent jobs | | Date posted: | 18/11/2009 17:30 | | | | | Job Description : | New Opportunity- Senior Ecologist - Oxfordshire
CMP4052a
This market leading consultancy have an excellent opportunity for an experienced ecologist to join their team based near Warwick. 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 South 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. 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, ad you will be responsible for managing a team of staff in this role. Applications are sought form candidates with a genuine interest in the ecology consultancy, with an ambitious and enthusiastic attitude towards ecology!
The salary for this role is commensurate with skills and experience and is anticipated to be in the region of £30,000- £35,000.
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, educational and residential developments. The consultancy also offer services in areas such as BREEAM, Mitigation and Expert Witness projects. You will be involved with north 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 a strong background in delivering high profile ecological impact assessment and mitigation advice to a range of developers, planners and public sector bodies.
The role is offered to be based in their Oxfordshire office working within their growing team of motivated and enthusiastic ecologists. As well as a competitive salary you will also benefit from further training and progression opportunities and excellent career prospects,
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/CMP4052a | | |
