Senior Field Ecologist | Midlands based, Within commutable distance to Coventry

Overview

• Contract Type: PermanentOrganisation: Middlemarch Environmental Ltd
• Location: Midlands based, within commutable distance to Coventry
• Salary: £33,200-£38,800
• Hours: 40/week

About Us
With a legacy of over 30 years, we stand at the forefront as one of the UK’s leading independent consultancies specialising in the natural environment. Our commitment lies in supporting businesses across diverse industries to protect the natural environment, champion and restore biodiversity, and combat the climate emergency.

With our innovative and bespoke solutions, we empower our clients to meet their environmental obligations, achieve positive and sustainable project outcomes, and embrace opportunities to connect with the natural world.

From pioneering approaches to ensure a flourishing ecosystem, assisting industry leaders to uphold their environmental commitments, to shaping responsible practices for energy providers, and safeguarding vulnerable inhabitants of our natural habitats, we work on a variety of projects delivering nature positive outcomes for others to follow.

The Role
Over the last 30 years, the company’s ecological practice has developed a strong reputation and proven track record as a leader in the field. The Major Projects Team was established to provide ecological support to high-value, long-term schemes across the country, including large infrastructure projects.

As a Senior Field Ecologist, you will provide high quality support to the Ecological Project Manager throughout project lifecycles, from input into project scoping at the tender stage through to post project monitoring. The Senior Field Ecologist will present as the Middlemarch representative on site, liaising directly with clients and of onsite ecologists, providing leadership and mentoring to site teams. You will have a thorough understanding of project deliverables and scheme licences.

Day to day the majority of your work will be site based overseeing the delivery of our services, working on major infrastructure and utility developments. With a thorough understanding of project licencing constraints and mitigation requirements, you will have a key role ensuring project deliverables are met on time while maintaining high standards of Health and Safety, and gathering, collating and providing high quality, accurate data to the Ecological Project Manager. While undertaking your regular duties, you will maintain your continuous professional development, building on your competencies with support from your line manager.

Specific postholder duties include, but are not restricted to:

• Site assurance visits and client liaison to ensure project constraints are clearly understood by site teams and are being implemented.
• Supervision of site works and contractors.
• Undertaking and leading on, protected species surveys, monitoring and data collection.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to site ecology teams.
• Maintaining Health and Safety standards and up to date documentation.
• Review tender information and providing input into project scoping.
• Maintain your continuous professional development, building on your competencies with support from your line manager.

Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate will have a minimum 4 years working in an ecology consultancy with extensive field experience. With demonstrable mitigation experience for multiple protected species, they will hold a minimum of one protected species licence and be working towards others.

With good interpersonal skills, they will have the ability to lead and coach others and be able to communicate clearly and confidently with clients, contractors, and their peers.

Working in sometimes dynamic environments, they will be a confident self-starter and decision maker, able to adapt to changing situations and take a pragmatic, solutions-based approach to working with others.

Alongside practical field skills, they will be IT literate and confident in using Microsoft Office Applications and have experience in using GIS systems.

Essential skills and experience:
• The ability to lead small teams and mentor others.
• Solid understanding of mitigation principles.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to gain the trust of clients.
• Field survey skills and data collection.
• Constraints mapping and marking out.
• A full UK driver’s licence.

Desirable:
• Full membership of CIEEM.
• An ecology related degree qualification.

What We Offer
As a people-focussed and values-led consultancy, you’ll receive all the support you need to develop as individuals and grow your careers.

We offer exceptional benefits, including 25 days of annual leave, increasing to a maximum of 35 at senior management level, flexible working, an annual performance-related bonus, employee assistance program, Time Off in Lieu offering the opportunity for extended periods of leave and professional development and training support opportunities. You’ll also have access to our fleet of hybrid and electric pool cars for business use.

We celebrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are committed to providing fair and equal access to opportunities for all candidates. Please let us know if you have any reasonable adjustments we need to take into consideration when looking at your application or helping you prepare for interview.

Further Information
Please submit your current CV and covering letter outlining the skills and experience you have for the position.

Successful applications will be contacted within 7 days from the close of the application.

All successful applicants must provide proof of their right to work in the UK before a job offer can be confirmed.