Senior Ecologist

Due to the rapid and exciting growth of our internal environmental consultancy services, we are looking for a Senior Ecologist to join our team.  In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering a wide range of dynamic projects across the UK, spanning the road, rail, water, and property sectors.

At Kier, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone is empowered to achieve their career goals. Our people are at the heart of everything we do using their skills, creativity, and passion to deliver innovative solutions for our clients and customers. We succeed because of the commitment and talent of our teams working together toward a shared purpose.

Location: Nationwide - travel to sites and offices required with remote working available

Contract: Permanent Fulltime 37.5 hours with some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per year + £5.9k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Ecologist, you'll be the expert for technical advice, leading the design and delivery of ecological surveys, mitigation strategies and licences.  You'll also champion nature-based solutions and drive innovation across the business ensuring sustainability is at the heart of everything we do.

Your day to day will include:

• Support the delivery of ecological consultancy services across a range of sectors including road, rail, water and property
• Lead ecology services and the implementation of appropriate mitigation and enhancements
• Author and review technical ecological documents
• Be responsible for overseeing the management of construction risks associated with ecology
• Lead and input into client, stakeholder and technical meetings
• Actively promote environmental principles, best practice and innovation

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Ecologist is great if you have:

• Ecology degree or equivalent experience
• CIEEM full member (or working towards), or equivalent
• Hold a UK protected species licence
• Strong working knowledge and experience of UK Habitat survey, habitat condition assessments, Defra Biodiversity Metric and Biodiversity Net Gain plans
• Full driving licence

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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