Ecologist

Customers come to us because we can take on and solve any kind of challenge, no matter how complex. Join our Power T&D team as an Ecologist on the BTNO project and you’ll help make this happen., As an Ecologist – Ipswich you will be expected to –

• Provide pragmatic support and advice to contract and operational teams on site with delivering ecological requirements to programme, budget and quality standard.

• Problem-solve, finding practical cost-effective solutions to ecological challenges facing construction teams.

• Liaise with design teams, clients and stakeholders

• Provide ecological consultancy services to external and internal clients including surveys, mitigation and enhancement design, and on-site support.

• Provide technical support for Biodiversity Net Gain initiatives.

• Actively help deliver a culture of continual improvement of on-site ecological practice that is solution-orientated to support construction teams.

• Reporting to the Balfour Beatty Ecology Technical Specialist on the following key activities:

• Provide pragmatic advice and site support to operational teams on ecological requirements

• Develop and support implementation of ecological management plans

• Build relationships with regulators, clients and design teams, and internal teams.

• Support site compliance with ecological legislation and coach construction teams in applying controls and mitigations in pragmatic, cost-effective ways

• Ensure the company environmental management system is maintained in line with changing standards and legislation and liaise with senior team lead on changes required

• Investigate and report ecological incidents

• Undertake habitat suitability assessments and protected species surveys

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Excellent knowledge of ecological management and mitigation

• Educated to degree or Masters level in Ecology or related subject

• Excellent understanding of ecological legalisation for development

• Good level of commercial awareness

• Full UK driver’s licence and flexibility to travel

• Good understanding of environmental management for construction sites

• Excellent understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment

• Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook

• Good interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication skills

• CIEEM Membership

• Experience of working on large scale infrastructure construction/highways projects

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• At least one protected species survey licence

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…