Associate Ecologist

Reference: 4716562

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Various offices in England Salary: 55,000 - 65,000 (DOE) (per annum)
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Full time Industry: Construction / Environment Company:
Hays Consultant:
Joshua Bollard Hays office:
Leicester — 1st & 2nd Floor, 2 Colton Square Phone:
Email: josh.bollard

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My client is proud to be leading the way in the Utilities and Infrastructure sector, helping to bring the UK and Ireland closer to Net Zero every day. Their teams of land, environmental, and geospatial specialists work together to secure the consents needed to deliver critical infrastructure projects.

Their comprehensive services include land access and assembly, agricultural liaison, planning, ecology, environmental impact assessments, and geospatial mapping—each playing a vital role in enabling sustainable development. Your new role Their day-to-day work is varied, working on permitted development projects through to large infrastructure projects through protected landscapes in some of the most remote parts of the country. They are one of the largest suppliers of land and property services to the offshore wind market and currently provide environmental and planning services to a range of utilities providers.

They work with their clients, help them deliver improved water quality in our rivers and all kinds of renewable energy technologies, including solar, BESS, onshore wind, hydrogen and many more - so we can all look forward to Net Zero and a brighter, sustainable future!

Lead the department and a small team with big plans for growth, where you will be given the opportunity to develop your career and help shape the future of the ecology team.

Author a range of typical ecology reports (PEA/EcIA/EIA/HRA/BNG/LEMPs/CEMPs) – EIA/HRA expertise and peer review reports are highly desirable for Principal/ Associate roles.

Working with internal and external teams, liaising with senior colleagues, helping to provide advice to clients

Assist in negotiations with Natural England, County Ecologists, Local Authority planning officers, and stakeholders

Engage in development and design proposals, including advising on appropriate site location and construction methodologies, assisting with gaining the necessary consents and licences in order to deliver projects

Work within the team to provide ecological advice and provide innovative mitigation solutions enhancement and consideration across a range of sites and schemes

Liaise with clients, consisting of engineers, developers and landowners, providing ecological advice on how to facilitate development on their project

Help to provide all the necessary assistance to unlock utility project development in SSSI, SAC, SPA, RAMSAR, including applying for SSSI Assents and other permissions

You’ll gain the experience and knowledge to be able to feed into Environmental Impact Assessment Screening, Scoping and chapters working with internal and external specialists and environmental stakeholders.

Provide advice on the need for HRAs and be able to lead on their preparation and completion with limited input from others

Travel to meetings, client offices and site surveys across multiple projects

Contribute to the development of the team through providing in-house training and support to junior team members (line management experience desirable for Principal/ Associate roles)
Prepare fee proposals, tender applications, and manage project finances

Lead and manage complex ecological projects as part of a diverse portfolio of projects

Design, procure and manage a range of protected species surveys and mitigation through in-house ecologists and our sub-consultant network.

Complete ecological fieldwork to a level agreed based on role/experience –…