Botanist

As Tetra Tech builds on its demonstrable track record as one of the leading global environmental consultancies, we are seeking a botanist FISC4+ to strengthen our existing botany expertise in the team. With ambitions to grow our UK presence to emulate the success of the global business, we are looking for dynamic botanist to join our established network of over 95 ecologists.

As a multidisciplinary consultancy, we work closely with colleagues from other teams including Planning, Placemaking, Engineering, Transportation and Asset Management including the identification of opportunities, tendering and project delivery. Our botanists are proactive in developing relationships with colleagues from across the business, liaising with the wider ecology team and other technical teams, and supporting them through all stages of a project.

We pride ourselves on our ability to offer professional ecology advice across a breadth of sectors including residential, defence, energy, government services and transport. With over 95 permanent ecologists, we can draw on the knowledge of our technical experts to develop the best solutions. Examples of botanical projects we currently work on include:

· NVC surveys in the upland fringes around Derbyshire and Lowland Meadows of Hampshire

· Local Wildlife Assessments for Local Councils

· SSSI assessments

· Targeted notable arable plant surveys and many more!

We work on a diverse range of projects across various sectors nationally. We are looking for botanists FISC 4+ but ideally FISC 5 and 6 to support our National team with the diverse range of botanical work that we have. This will include completing surveys to assess site value, condition assessment surveys, NVC, specific species surveys, rare plant surveys, surveys to assess statutory site condition and whether sites meet the criteria for both designated and non-designated site designation, advising on habitat creation, mitigation, management and monitoring as well technical reports such as impact assessments and habitat management plans.

We are looking for botanists who are not only proactive in developing their own knowledge and understanding of flora but also willing and keen to share their knowledge to support the development of others. We are looking for the candidate to lead on the training of our national team by supporting junior grades through their Identiplant course through to improving our skills set and supporting our core team of botanists to develop and improve upon their FISC score. We want people who have strong field experience and ambitions to develop their technical skills in line with project requirements.

We Lead with Science® and we encourage our team to share their findings with the industry (subject to sensitivities of timings and client permissions). We also encourage research-based elements to be brought into projects and many of the botanical projects we have worked on have resulted in publications and we encourage our team to continue to do this.

Flexible Working:

The role will require site work and some travel dependent on location of projects. However, we operate fully flexible, hybrid working which allows our ecologists to choose where, how and when they work as long as our clients are receiving the high-quality service they expect. We focus on talent and skills, not postcode.

We are happy to discuss flexible working for this role, including the possibility of reduced or compressed hours and flexible start or finish times. We can offer a range of solutions to help you get the most out of your work / life balance. If the timing’s not quite right for you, please do still get in touch as we will always consider deferring the start date for the right candidate.

About the team:

• Multi-award winning Ecology team; recently winning CIEEM Large Consultancy of the Year and Large Scale Mitigation project in 2023.

• Over 95 permanent ecologists across 13 offices working as one cohesive team.

• Time away from home minimised.

• IT systems allow seamless remote and flexible working, so proximity to an office is not a barrier- we focus on talents & skills, not postcode. Our ecologists can work on the projects that interest them and deliver them to the highest standards.

• Cars or car allowances to every member of the team regardless of grade, including for personal use.

• Established TOIL system to allow time management to suit specific personal needs alongside seasonal demands.

• Career frameworks provide clarity on how to progress.

• We encourage the development of well-rounded ecologists who can talk about all stages of a project. We offer extensive internal and external training and mentoring, including from our inhouse experts along with all team face to face training.

• Bat handling licence incentivisation scheme to thank ecologists who spend time and effort in achieving their licence – we know it’s not easy!

• And to show our support of personal development, we award a significant financial bonus to anyone achieving Chartered Environmentalist/Ecologist status through CIEEM.

• We work closely with many other teams, including our own Planners, Archaeologists, Landscape Architects, Masterplanners and Engineers. With a culture of openness, there is always someone within the business who can provide advice and support for almost any query.

Are you a FISC Level 4+ botanist with a desire to put your botany skills to good use across diverse projects with the support of an experienced team? Do you want to progress as a botanist without being pushed down a management route? Are you ambitious to develop your technical skills and career in line with a defined career pathway that follows the route you choose? Are you enthusiastic and keen to share your knowledge with a large ecology team that always strives to develop and be market leaders?

For more information on our company, please visit our website at www.tetratecheurope.com.