Ecologist​/Senior Ecologist

Overview

At Atkins

Réalis, our team of ecologists work throughout the UK to deliver a diverse range of challenging and exciting projects that benefit our clients, biodiversity and society. To meet our growing project workload and help us design and apply new approaches to our work, we are looking for an enthusiastic Ecologist to join our Glasgow office. Joining us, you will have the opportunity to contribute to nationally significant and high-profile projects, with many of our projects winning awards for biodiversity enhancements, innovation, and knowledge sharing.

Our ecology team also won the inaugural CIEEM Large-Scale Consultancy of the Year Award in 2018 and has been highly commended in the same award category each year thereafter. At Atkins

Réalis we are fully committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and work hard to make everyone feel respected, empowered and able to realise their full potential as important members of our team. Flexible working is a core part of our culture and we appreciate that different people have different priorities. We recognise that a healthy work/life balance is integral to wellbeing and we are extremely supportive of individual requirements for flexible and remote working.

• Providing ecological input to a varied range of projects across different sectors, including leading on infrastructure projects, managing project programmes and budgets.
• Collaborating with our multi-disciplinary teams.
• Planning, coordinating and undertaking field surveys; analysing and interpreting survey results.
• Designing and co-ordinating ecological mitigation.
• Authoring and checking a range of ecological reports and licence applications.
• Managing work enquiries, preparing bids and building client relationships
• Candidate will actively identify, raise, manage and mitigate risks, particularly within a Project/Framework environment.
• Candidate will proactively provide innovation on projects and within the ecology team.

• A degree in ecology or closely related field.
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM), or equivalent. Atkins
  
  Réalis to cover membership costs.
• An understanding of requirement for biodiversity enhancements in line with National Planning Framework 4, and direct experience of applying this on projects or demonstrable understanding of the principles.
• Ideally Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) Level 3 or above, or be able to demonstrate that skills are equivalent to this.
• Strong skills in report writing, including preparing Preliminary Ecological Assessments, Ecological Impact Assessments. Experience in preparing Biodiversity Chapters for Environmental Impact Assessments and Habitats Regulations Assessment (including Appropriate Assessment) is desirable but not essential.
• Strong protected species survey skills, including demonstrable competency to capable level in line with CIEEM s Competency Framework to lead protected species surveys is essential. Specialist skills in ornithology are desirable.
• Ability to lead small-scale projects.
• Protected species survey licence(s) are desirable but not essential. A Nature Scot bat licenced ecologist is particularly desirable.
• Strong collaborative behaviours to interface with multi-disciplinary teams, market teams, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrable project management experience including technical, financial and quality assurance aspects. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in leading ecological elements of a larger projects including survey co-ordination, data management, scope development, early warnings and risk management.
• A full UK/EEC driving licence.

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