Technical Director - Ecology & Biodiversity

Overview

SLR is a global leader in sustainability solutions, delivering high-profile projects across the power, mining & minerals, infrastructure and built environment sectors. Joining the Ecology team in Leeds, you will play a leading role in delivering ecological services for large and complex multidisciplinary projects, working closely with clients and colleagues across the business.

• Project and technical leadership for ecology inputs on major projects
• Client management, business development and proposal support
• Mentoring and coaching less experienced ecologists
• Desk-based project work with occasional site visits and travel across the UK, and potentially overseas
• Collaborate with colleagues across Planning, Landscape, Hydrology, Noise, Air Quality and other specialist disciplines to deliver impactful projects and grow SLR's ecology offering

SLR offers a flexible benefits and reward package and a supportive, collaborative culture geared towards professional development and long-term career progression. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary with discretionary bonus
• Company pension
• Private medical insurance; life, income, and travel insurance
• Salary sacrifice car lease and cycle-to-work schemes
• Volunteering and Community Giving
• Flexible, hybrid and agile working
• 25 days' annual leave plus flexible public holidays
• Buy or sell leave options
• Core working hours; cross-border remote working and sabbatical opportunities
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay
• Workplace nursery benefit
• Employee Assistance Programme and mental health support
• Specialist support for mental health, stress and menopause

• Extensive ecological consultancy experience, ideally across infrastructure, power, mining & minerals and built environment sectors
• Relevant degree in Ecology, Environmental Science, Biological Sciences or a related discipline
• Significant project management and stakeholder engagement experience
• Proven track record of developing client relationships, winning new work and supporting business growth
• Appropriate level of membership with CIEEM or equivalent professional body
• Strong technical reporting, communication and problem-solving skills
• Passion for delivering high-quality ecological work and developing others
• A driving licence that permits you to legally drive in the UK

We are committed to equal opportunities and foster a workplace where everyone can thrive, supported by active Culture & Inclusion Committees and Employee Networks. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.

We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries. When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.