Title: Senior Ecologist
Requisition ID: 2894
Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions for transport infrastructure and complex facilities. Working for us, you’ll be delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future. Our people are driven by a set of strong values, based on safety, insight and collaboration.
The Opportunity
We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Senior Ecologist to join our Consulting Advisory team in the Midlands. This is an exciting opportunity to provide support to all ecology related activities on a variety of road contracts across the Midlands, including the Strategic Design Framework for National Highways in East and West Midlands, a variety of council schemes (e.g., Staffordshire Council, Newport Council), and the Network Rail Wales and West Framework for ecology services. As a Senior Ecologist, you will be responsible for supporting the development and growth of the team, which may also include leading on ecology specific business development opportunities.
The Role
Our Ecologists are integral to the Advisory team, working closely with our clients. As a Senior Ecologist you will provide effective support and assistance to your Ecology leads on a variety of ecological schemes whilst taking the lead on projects and mentoring junior Ecologists. The role will also include ecological support to regional and national projects to a wide range of public sector clients (Amey currently works with clients in the highways, rail, local authority, central government, aviation and waste sectors).
Responsibilities Include
* To work in a team, producing technically sound deliverables for Ecological commissions.
* Preparation and checking of documentation as part of the production of scheme deliverables that satisfy the criteria of quality, cost and programme.
* Liaising with client and supplier representatives at peer level, attending progress meetings, and responding to queries.
* Managing a small, locally based single discipline technical team and taking responsibility for delivery of their workload.
* Contributing to the preparation of bids and general working winning function.
* Drive effective health and safety practices within the team.
What You Will Bring To Us
* Developed experience and expertise within the Ecological field.
* Expertise in protected species surveys.
* EPS Mitigation licence application experience and Protected species licence holder or working towards same (notable species: bats & dormice).
* Experience in Invasive species survey and management.I am sorry, but I cannot comply with that.
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