Principal Ecologist

Principal Ecologist

Location – Glasgow

Salary - £47,000 - £58,000

Full time permanent – 35 hours per week

Are you an experienced Senior or Principal Ecologist with experience in an environmental or ecological consultancy?

Are you looking for a flexible and supportive opportunity within a people-focused and innovative consultancy with a long-standing history of providing excellence to the Energy Development sector in Scotland and beyond?

This could well be the wonderful team for you.

Company

CleanTech Talent are acting as an employment agency for our client who are one of the most valued consultancies in Scotland spanning multiple offices, offering cross-team projects, varying sectors and established yet continuously developing business processes.

Investment in you and your success. They support their people to innovate, collaborate and achieve their next career steps.

When people join, they don’t tend to leave because of the support they receive, the ownership they have and the positive environment they work in.

Become part of the organised and highly respected team. You’ll be working alongside technical experts in a range of environmental disciplines who take pride in the quality of service that they offer at every stage of the project lifecycle.

Take an active role in the delivering the business plan objectives of development and expansion.

The Role – Principal Ecologist

Maintain your passion for surveying and fieldwork at Principal level.

• Manage projects, budgets and cashflow, attend meetings, provide advice to clients and manage bid production.
• Lead, motivate and manage a team
• Hold responsibility for technical quality and approval of project deliverables
• Undertake ecological surveys and analyse results of field surveys
• EcIA, HRA, Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (PEAs) & biodiversity strategies
• Conduct licensable work in relation to protected species
• Mentor staff towards licensable standards
• Liaise with statutory authorities
• Undertake performance management of assigned team members
• Provide training and mentoring to staff
• Deliver business development strategies
• Design research projects and contribute to the development of best practice with respect to training and survey standards
• Be yourself, enthusiastic and enable personal and professional development

Attributes Required:

• Ideally 8+ years within an ecological or environmental consultancy, with a proven track record of technical delivery and team leadership.
• A relevant degree in an environmental discipline
• UK driving licence
• Full or Associate Member of CIEEM
• Commercial and project management skills
• Able to work hybrid / remote in one of the multiple office locations across Scotland
• A passion for nature and a commitment to collaboration
• A degree in a relevant environmental discipline
• Species licences
• Writing and delivering EcIA, HRA, Preliminary Ecological Appraisals (PEAs),
• Writing and delivering BREEAM/ Biodiversity Net Gain assessments and Ecology Chapters for Environmental Statements
• The willingness to work as part of a high performing and collaborative team

On Offer

• Salary up to £47,000 - £54,000 depending on experience and level
• 35 hours working week with flexible start and finish times
• Support from a consultancy with over 20 years operating in the market
• Investment in your training and success
• Full project lifecycle work across a range of environmental disciplines
• Hybrid working – a flexible 3 days in the office or onsite and 2 remote
• Established benefits of working with a dynamic and growing organisation
• 20 days annual leave plus 11 bank holidays, of which a proportion can be used flexibly and not on set bank holiday days
• Training allowance annually – bespoke to you and your development needs – internal and external resources.
• One Professional subscription paid for each year
• Company Pension contribution – 5-8%
• Flexible weekly working hours promoting work-life balance – 35 hours p/w
• Full time / Part time considered
• Volunteer days for community projects
• Nominated charity events
• Group income protection
• Cycle to work – great rates on new bikes
• Year round Health & Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Program and Occupational Health, GP Service.

What’s next?

APPLY NOW for more information or contact Jim Merryfield at CleanTech Talent for a confidential call.