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CGC - Senior Ecologist

Chevron Green Services

England

Remote

GBP 35,000 - 55,000

30+ days ago

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Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Ecologist, where your expertise will contribute to innovative ecological projects across the UK. In this dynamic role, you will lead environmental initiatives, ensuring compliance with regulations while mentoring junior staff. The position offers a blend of fieldwork and project management, allowing you to make a significant impact in biodiversity conservation. With a commitment to professional growth and a supportive team environment, this role is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in the natural world. Embrace the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients and projects, all while enjoying a rewarding career.

Benefits

Life Insurance

Car Allowance

Job Security

Company Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer A Friend Scheme

Career Development Opportunities

Access to Internal Academy

Qualifications

  • Qualified with a degree in a relevant scientific or environmental discipline.
  • Experience in ecological survey and environmental sector.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical environmental and ecological projects.
  • Conduct ecological surveys and ensure compliance with legislation.
  • Mentor junior team members and manage project tasks.

Skills

Ecological Survey Techniques

Project Management

Report Writing

Stakeholder Engagement

Attention to Detail

Mentoring

Self-Motivation

Education

Degree in Environmental Science

Membership of CIEEM

Tools

GIS Software

Bat Recording Analysis Software

Job description

Job Title: Senior Ecologist

Job Type: Permanent
Location: GUILFORD AREA
Salary: Highly competitive salary depending on skills and experience, with company van or allowance and general benefits. General hours of work are 40 hours per week, between Monday and Friday.

Location: Home Based. Travel will be required, hence a full clean driving licence is essential.

Benefits

As a Senior Ecologist, you can expect the benefits from Chevron Green Consultancy that come with being an employer of choice:

  • Largest and best TM company in the UK
  • Life Insurance with further benefits for self and family, e.g. 24/7 access to GP
  • Car Allowance
  • Job Security
  • Company Pension
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Refer A Friend Scheme of £750
  • Fill Your Boots Rewards - saving an average of £400 per year
  • Access to our Internal Academy and Career Development
  • Career Development and Progression

About Chevron Green Services

Chevron Green Services delivers future focused green infrastructure services and consultancy. Every day, through nature's lens we care for their world, and our planet.

Rooted in expertise, competence and professionalism we dare to be different. We are bold and deliver brilliance.

Our mission is to support our clients to safely create, maintain and care for biodiverse habitats for generations to come.

We do this through providing commercial vegetation management, arboriculture and environmental consultancy.

About The Role Of Senior Ecologist

You will be joining the professional and friendly CGC team working remotely from home covering all work locations and clients. Works will be for varied clients including Highways, Local Authorities, housing associations, infrastructure and private sector. Chevron Green Services is a growing business and we look to recruit excellent staff at all levels. In return we offer a highly rewarding career in a friendly and professional team. Our work is varied and covers large parts of the UK. As a CGS Senior Ecologist you will be working within the Environmental Team supporting a growing business in the Midlands Region.

The ideal candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced Consultancy and be able to work on numerous projects to assist the existing bespoke team. The role will require project management of Ecological / Environmental schemes for various clients working alongside other team members, as well as some field based work including ecological surveys, asset surveys and ecological clerk of works. The role would suit a candidate with a few years industry experience looking for a rewarding role.

Responsibilities of a Senior Ecologist

  • Technical environmental and ecological lead on projects
  • Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, planning conditions and associated documents and to help reduce risks and delays.
  • Supervising contractors and ensuring compliance with protected species licence requirements and environmental protection measures.
  • Mentoring and training of junior team members
  • Extended phase 1 habitat/ UKHabs surveys
  • Protected species surveys
  • Formulation of mitigation proposals and habitat creation schemes.
  • Ecological Clerk of Work
  • Technical reports for planning submission
  • Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments
  • Ecological input into EIAs.

What good looks like as a Senior Ecologist

  • Qualified with a degree in a relevant scientific or environmental discipline
  • Knowledge of ecology, legislation, and survey techniques and the planning process
  • Experience of ecological survey / environmental sector
  • Ecological site survey experience (protected species surveys, Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (PEA) / Phase 1 habitat surveys/UKHabs)
  • Level 2 Bat licenced holder- or near to achieving
  • Experienced in using and interpreting bat recording analysis software
  • Ecological Clerk of Works Experience
  • Experience of delivering projects within a commercially competitive environment
  • Stakeholder Engagement (such as Wildlife Trusts, Environmental Health Officers, Natural England, Heritage England, Environment Agency, Lead Local Flood Authorities etc)
  • Data collation and interpretation experience
  • Good report preparation / writing skills (including technical report writing)
  • Experience of writing fee proposals, project management and client liaison.
  • Self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as part of a small team
  • Prioritise tasks and manage their own workload and those of other team members
  • Experience in checking reports produced by peers and team members. An attention to detail and ability to produce accurate and concise reports
  • Approachable, proactive, ambitious, and well organised
  • Excellent attention to detail and willingness to learn
  • Membership of CIEEM or equivalent
  • Full clean UK driving licence

What else looks good

  • Producing Protected Species Survey Licences (particularly bat)
  • Have experience of people management and a willingness to mentor junior staff.
  • Full member of Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management or equivalent (or working towards it)
  • Ideally have experience in both linear infrastructure and property development projects
  • GIS experience

We seek a committed person with the aptitude and attitude to learn about the natural environment and put their current skills practical use in a challenging environment.

If you would like to join our award winning team as a Senior Ecologist all you need to do is apply!

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AT CHEVRON GREEN CONSULTANCY

Chevron GC believe the skills, capabilities and talents of our people are the key to our success. We benefit enormously from the diversity and variety of our workforce and are fully committed to maintaining and encouraging this diversity.

The richer the mix of people, skills and cultures; the greater the range of inputs, viewpoints and experiences. Because of this, Chevron GC is fully committed to being an equal opportunities employer, defined by its diversity and opposition to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.
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