Senior Ecologist
Senior Ecologist
RPS Group
Belfast, United Kingdom
Due to an increasing workload, RPS is seeking to recruit a Senior Ecologist to join our Planning & Environmental team. The post will be based in our Belfast office, but duties may require travelling throughout the UK and Ireland.
The Planning and Environmental team within RPS has been involved in a wide range of projects from small scale housing developments up to major road schemes and infrastructure projects.
Our Northern Ireland Office, situated in Belfast, employs over 300 staff and has been providing services to the UK and ROI for the past 70 years. We offer a wide range of opportunities, in a dynamic work place, where achievements are rewarded and progress encouraged. As one of Northern Ireland’s leading multidisciplinary consultancies, we are working on many high profile Planning, Engineering, Water, Waste, Transport, Project Management and Environment projects and require innovative and motivated staff.
What you’ll be doing:
- Writing and reporting findings
- Communicating effectively with team and clients
- Liaising with other members of the RPS Planning & Environmental Team to deliver an effective service to our clients
- Supporting Director in business development activities
- Input into the production of reports for planning applications and marine license applications or equivalent
- Production of feasibility reports
- Assistance towards the coordination of multi-disciplinary project teams
- Field visits and surveys
- Research and analysis
- Community and stakeholder consultation
Who we’re looking for:
- Experienced in Phase 1 Habitat Surveys; Bat Surveys; Mammal Surveys
- Capable of taking projects from concept to completion
- Ability to interpret construction/design plans and drawings and understand how these manifest physically
- Able to work on own initiative and under pressure
- Competent in the use of GIS and Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Knowledge of UK and or Irish environmental policy and legislation
- Interest in all aspects of Ecology
- Ability to deliver ecological solutions, and successfully manage time to meet project deadlines
- A hard working and highly motivated individual with excellent communication, presentation and report writing skills
- Client focused with good interpersonal skills and team approach with a high level of commitment towards the job
- Full current driving license and access to a form of transport to travel to various sites to carry out the duties of the post
Qualifications:
- Degree level qualification in Ecological related subject (minimum 2:1 preferred)
- CIEEM or equivalent qualification
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