Senior Ecologist

Senior Ecologist

RPS, a Tetra Tech company is looking for a Senior Ecologist.

• You’ll be planning and undertaking habitat surveys, supervising field staff and survey effort to identify indicator plant species and habitat types.
• Write and deliver EcIA, ES chapter, inputting into HRA reports, providing some ecological inputs into supporting examination in public and/or the appeals process under supervision and inputting into design teams on green Infrastructure.
• BNG and strategic ecological inputs to the master planning process.
• There will be travel involved so you will need to have a full UK driving licence.

• Full membership of CIEEM and have a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
• Established ecological consultant with extensive project management experience and have worked in consultancy.
• You’ll have experience of writing and delivering Breadth of ECoW on a range of projects and understand the process of preparing and implementing EPS and other licence applications.
• You’ll be an experienced EPS licensed consultant (Class 1 or preferably 2 bat or other species) and have full knowledge of UK and EU Wildlife Legislation and best practice survey techniques.
• Good time and project management skills are a must as are sound influencing and communication skills that enable you to build, maintain and consolidate working relationships with colleagues, clients and external bodies.

Full-time