Senior Ecologist

Bennett and Game currently have the pleasure of representing a multi-disciplinary practise, who are seeking an ambitious Senior Ecologist to join their ever-growing team in either of their Milton Keynes or Reading offices. Our client is built up from multiple talented Landscape Architects, Ecologist and Arboriculturists, who specialise within a variety of sectors providing a well-integrated service and carefully considered solutions.

Since establishing, this award-winning practise has developed a strong cliental of both repeat and new business, leading to their spike in recruitment. Our client not only pride themselves in the quality of their work and the service they provide, their ethos also revolves around the friendly approach the take, considering both their clients and employees visons, aspirations and wellbeing. The successful Senior Ecologist will have the opportunity to carry out preliminary ecological appraisals, supporting with planning applications for all types of developments within a variety of sectors, including Residential, Commercial, Educational and Healthcare.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious Senior Ecologist to join an employee focused company, who offer excellent career progression opportunities. Our client are very open in terms of their requirements for this opportunity, therefore we encourage candidates of all levels to apply.

Senior Ecologist Position Overview

Work on habitat management and creation
Reporting to associate director
Working individually and as part of a team
Liaise and advise site managers, engineers, planners and others associated with a survey
Write reports and issue recommendations
Conduct field surveys to collect biological information
Supporting a team

Senior Ecologist Position Requirements

Degree qualified to degree level or equivalent in ecology or a related discipline
Hold or be working towards a bat survey licence (Class 2) with experience of development licence application and supervision
Hold or working towards Associate or Full membership of CIEEM
An excellent working knowledge of wildlife legislation and the planning process, habitat and protected species surveying
A good understanding of Biodiversity Net Gain assessments with a competent handle on use of the Defra Metric
Experience of project management, preparing fee quotes and excellent report writing skill
Competent computer skills including use of QGIS mapping and bat call analysis software
Be self-motivated with an ability to communicate effectively, including management/mentoring of junior staff as part of team

Senior Ecologist Position Remuneration

Competitive Salary, ranging from £40,000 to £50,000 (depending on experience)
Holiday allowance
Support with Chartership
Flexible working hours
Company Phone
Pension
Annual professional membership subscription
Hybrid working, 2 days week working from home
Progression and training opportunities
Other benefits to be discussed at interview stageBennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, and contact you in relation to this application and the services we offer