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Client:
RSK Ireland
Location:
Ireland
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
2d9e487e1190
Job Views:
116
Posted:
21.01.2025
Expiry Date:
07.03.2025
Job Description:
As a Senior Ecologist at RSK Ireland, you can expect to get involved with the delivery of elements of field surveys, assessment, tender and report writing, and project management on various Ireland-wide and local projects.
Locations: Belfast, Dublin or Cork Offices offering Hybrid working
Key Responsibilities
* Managing and overseeing medium/large projects and tenders from inception to finalisation.
* Managing project finance, resource allocation, sub-contractors, risk, and quality assurance, ensuring timely delivery and effective communication, and seeking and responding to client feedback.
* Good working knowledge and experience of ecology, legislation, and survey techniques, including protected species surveys and mitigation.
* Strong ability to scope survey requirements and design, coordinating and undertaking fieldwork for ecological impact assessments and protected species surveys.
* Excellent written communication skills to produce accurate technical reports to a professional standard.
* Writing high-quality data analysis and technical reports, including Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Biodiversity Chapters, Ecological Impact Assessments, and protected species reports.
* Technical review of ecological reports prepared by colleagues.
* Assisting with business development by preparing quotations and ensuring good client relationships.
* Working alone and with existing ecologists in the wider region to ensure quality projects are delivered on time.
* Providing solid technical advice to clients.
* Completing fieldwork, including out-of-hours surveys, and travelling as required.
* Ensuring good communication and collaboration within the ecology team, including mentoring junior team members.
* Conducting project-specific desk-top research and keeping team members up-to-date with industry guidelines and emerging science.
* Acting with professional integrity and exercising sound professional judgement.
* Several years of specific relevant experience in a similar role.
* A full UK/Irish driving licence with access to your own vehicle.
* Abiding by CIEEM’s Code of Professional Conduct.
* Membership of CIEEM at a level commensurate with experience.
* Desire and ability to work well within a team and mentor junior colleagues.
* A proactive attitude to managing your own time and ensuring work is delivered on time and to the required standards.
* Bat survey experience in a range of survey types, familiar with sound analysis equipment.
* Strong botanical skills.
* Excellent writing skills, with the ability to produce accurate technical reports.
* Experience as an Ecological Clerk of Works.
* Experience of developing ecological/biodiversity enhancement plans.
* Experience of personal species-specific licences (i.e., bats, newts, and/or badger).
Salary and Benefits
* Discounted Gym Memberships
* Regular career training and development
* A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan, and discounted gym membership
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