Overview
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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
Role description
As a Consultant Ecologist, you would be joining our team of over 50 ecologists with more than 30 years of experience undertaking ecological surveys and assessments, as well as the provision of advice on soil, land use, hydrological and sustainable drainage issues, arboriculture, ecosystem service, natural capital assessment, biodiversity strategies and metrics and cultural heritage. We have undertaken over 2,000 projects covering a wide range of environmental disciplines throughout the UK, in Europe and beyond, for public and private clients. As part of our Environmental team, you’ll help improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise.
We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.
Role accountabilities
* Coordinate and complete assigned tasks and projects within the Business Unit or project team.
* Contribute to an extensive portfolio of ecology schemes for construction and development projects, including standalone ecology projects and work for internal clients.
* Gain experience on a wide and varied portfolio of projects to enhance skills and test technical knowledge.
* Receive personal development opportunities and be mentored by industry-recognised Technical Leaders.
Responsibilities
* Undertake and assist on ecological surveys.
* Undertake the production of Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (PEAs) and assist with biodiversity strategies and other documents.
* Undertake and assist with licence applications, including developing mitigation and monitoring.
* Undertake/supervise mitigation and monitoring of licensed work and assist with liaison with statutory authorities.
* Partake in training with respect to best practice and survey standards, as appropriate.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience in writing PEAs and can contribute to the production of other ecological reports such as scoping and baseline sections of EIAs and biodiversity net gain reports.
* Understanding of and applies environmental legislation, policy and guidance.
* Ability to identify a range of commonly found taxa/species associated with recognised broad habitat types, using keys and field identification guides.
* Ability to undertake extended Phase 1 habitat surveys.
* Ideally hold a survey licence for one or more species.
* Takes responsibility for ensuring own adherence to biosecurity and health and safety protocols.
* Relevant degree, ideally a secondary degree or accreditation.
* Be a member of CIEEM at the appropriate level.
* Excellent communicator.
* The ability to travel when necessary.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone’s contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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