Responsibilities
- Client facing/client interaction - The candidate will demonstrate a deep understanding of clients' requirements and be able to reach back into the business to get the support required to fulfill those requirements and develop relationships/work
- Leading on nationally important infrastructure projects, managing project programmes and budgets
- Planning and undertaking field surveys; analysing and interpreting survey results with a strong focus on bat ecology
- Designing and co-ordinating ecological mitigation
- Authoring and checking/reviewing a range of ecological reports and licence applications
- Leadership - the candidate will have a leadership role managing projects, building client relationships and work bank
- Interdisciplinary engagement - actively seek to engage with other areas of the business, cross-sell and leverage AtkinsRéalis' capabilities, preparing bids, supporting on strategic opportunities, building client relationships (internal and external) and driving work-winning in the region
- Identify, raise, manage and mitigate risks, particularly within a Project/Framework environment
- Proactively provide innovation on projects and within the ecology team
- Coach, mentor and support other staff members in their development
- Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM), or equivalent, and chartership (CEcol or CEnv) or working towards this
- Strong skills in report writing, including preparing Preliminary Ecological Assessments, Ecological Impact Assessments, Biodiversity Chapters for Ecological Impact Assessments and Habitats Regulations Assessment (including Appropriate Assessment)
- Protected species survey licence(s)
- Strong working knowledge and experience of UK Habitat survey, habitat condition assessments, and the Defra Biodiversity Metric
- Demonstrable experience of undertaking Biodiversity Net Gain assessments
- Experience of undertaking quality assurance and technical lead roles for projects
- Demonstrable project management experience including technical, financial and quality assurance aspects
- A desire to contribute to the growth and development of the team
- A full UK/EEC driving licence