Senior Ecologist

Job Title: Senior Ecologist

Location: Leicestershire

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000

We are looking for a Senior Ecologist to join a specialist Ecological Consultancy in Leicestershire. For over 25 years they have developed long standing relationships with the UK's leading Construction Contractors, House Builders, Civil Engineers, Developers, Environmental and Ecological Consultants. They are specialists in Ecological impact assessment, Ecology Surveys, Licencing and Mitigation.

The Senior Ecologist position offers:

• £35,000 - £40,000
• Competitive pension scheme
• Continued Professional Development
• Hybrid working + Flexible working practices
• Progression opportunities

Your main duties will be:

• Ecological input to a varied range of projects across different sectors
• Leading, planning and coordinating field surveys, analysing and interpreting survey results
• Working with other disciplines, planning and coordinating ecological mitigation works
• Undertaking reporting of Preliminary Ecological Assessments and Ecological Impact Assessments
• Preparing protected species licence applications
• Managing work enquiries, preparing bids and building client relationships
• Leading on projects and managing project budgets
• Mentoring and developing junior colleagues

To be considered you must:

• Have previous ecology experience, preferably in consultancy
• Hold a BSc in relevant subject as a minimum
• Hold full UK Driving Licence
• Be willing to attend site and undertake field work within the UK
• Have good IT skills, be confident using Office 365 (including outlook) and a cloud based system
• Have Strong knowledge of wildlife legislation and the relevance
• Have a strong client facing approach with a drive to develop and build on working relationships
• Have experience with BNG conditions assessments, UK habitats assessments and protected species surveys
• Hold one or more Natural England Protected Species Licences

Interested in this or other roles in ecology consultancy? Please contact Lloyd Key via (url removed) or call (phone number removed). We have many more vacancies available on our website.

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This is a permanent role.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.