We're looking for a Principal Ecologist to join our Nature and Biodiversity team. Using your strong understanding of UK nature conservation legislation and policy you'll deliver expert ecological services on a range of exciting projects across the UK in the road, rail, water and property sectors. Kier Design are a top-25 engineering consultancy, delivering a wide range of services across all sectors of the built environment, providing construction-focused, innovative and sustainable solutions. We have preferential access to Kier's £11bn project pipeline, including mega projects like High Speed 2 and Hinkley Point C, frameworks with national and local government and other public bodies, and a range of other interesting projects in every sector of the built environment. We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. Offering market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers. Actively promoting, so you can keep pushing and stretching yourself. Location : Nationwide - remote working available, with travel to the office and sites as required Hours : 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us Salary : £45,000 - £55,000 per year £5.9k annual car allowance private healthcare benefits We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role. What will you be responsible for? As Principal Ecologist, you'll be working within the Nature & Biodiversity team, supporting as a focal point for technical advice, lead surveys, mitigation and licences, and promoting nature-based solutions and innovation across the business. Your day to day will include: Leading ecological surveys, developing management plans and designing mitigation strategies Authoring and reviewing technical ecological documents Overseeing management of construction risks associated with ecology Ensuring all ecological licences and consents are obtained on time Managing team resources, meeting deadlines and budgets What are we looking for? This role of Principal Ecologist, is great for you if : A degree in Ecology (or equivalent) and CIEEM full member (or equivalent) Demonstrable knowledge as Technical Lead on a range of projects Strong report writing skills including Preliminary Ecological Assessments (PEAs), Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIAs), Habitats Regulation Assessments (HRAs), survey reports, method statements, precautionary working methods and managements plans Hold at least 1 protected species licence Experience as named ecologist on mitigation licences Rewards and benefits We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here. Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. We look forward to seeing your application to joinkier LI-MA1