Senior Site Ecologist - Manchester​/Sheffield

About the role

Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Highways team as a Senior Site Ecologist - Manchester/Sheffield on our Northern projects and you can build something to be proud of.

Reporting to the Balfour Beatty Head of Sustainability:
Natural Environment and project leads, the Senior Site Ecologist will perform the following key activities:

• Lead on delivery of project ecological requirements.
• Develop and implement ecological management plans.
• Build and maintain relationships with regulators, clients and design teams, and internal teams.
• Ensure site compliance with ecological legislation and coach construction teams in applying controls and mitigations in pragmatic, cost-effective ways.
• Ensure the company environmental management system is maintained in line with changing standards and legislation and liaise with senior team lead on changes required.
• Lead investigations and report on ecological incidents.

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Excellent knowledge of ecological management and mitigation
• Excellent understanding of ecological legalisation for development
• Good level of commercial awareness
• Full driver’s licence and flexibility to travel
• Good understanding of environmental management for construction sites
• Good understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment
• Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook
• Excellent communication skills

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Educated to degree or Masters level in Ecology or related subject
• At least one protected species survey licence and/ or preferably experienced in badger mitigation
• Experience of working on large scale infrastructure construction projects
• Full CIEEM Membership

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Employer committed to removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions, and we offer interview support for those who meet the minimum requirements. We also encourage applications from veterans and reservists.