Senior Site Ecologist

Overview

In this role you drive ecological delivery on major infrastructure projects, shaping management plans and ensuring regulatory compliance. You will liaise with regulators, clients and design teams to implement pragmatic environmental controls. You’ll lead investigations into ecological incidents and keep the environmental management system up to date with evolving standards. This position offers hands-on impact in a large project environment within a company committed to safety, carbon reduction and community value.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working
• up to 40% remote working
• 25 days paid annual leave
• maternity/adoption leave (28 weeks)
• paternity/partners leave (4 weeks)
• Pension’,’share incentive plan’,’volunteering leave’,’recognition schemes

Responsibilities

• Lead on delivery of project ecological requirements
• Develop and implement ecological management plans
• Build and maintain relationships with regulators, clients and design teams, and internal teams
• Ensure site compliance with ecological legislation and coach construction teams in applying controls and mitigations
• Maintain the environmental management system in line with changing standards and legislation and liaise with senior team lead on changes
• Lead investigations and report on ecological incidents

Key requirements

• Excellent knowledge of ecological management and mitigation
• Excellent understanding of ecological legalisation for development
• Good level of commercial awareness
• Full driver’s licence and flexibility to travel
• Good understanding of environmental management for construction sites
• Good understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment
• Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook
• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent communication skills
• strong collaboration and liaison abilities
• problem-solving mindset
• ecological management
• mitigation planning
• environmental legislation for development

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