Associate Director of Ecology

Job title: Associate Director of Ecology

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

Location: Bristol

Are you looking for a team leader role where you will be encouraged to build on recent successes and be supported in the ongoing growth of the current team? We are looking for an Associate Director in Bristol to join an exceptional and well-established consultancy. Founded 70 years ago, they are a multidisciplinary consultancy providing sustainable solutions to meet the planning, engineering design and project delivery needs of the property, infrastructure, environment and energy markets. ?This is a fantastic opportunity that you should look into.

The Associate Director of Ecology position offers:

• £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
• Hybrid working (3 days per week on-site)
• Competitive benefits package with annual salary reviews.
• 26 days holiday per year, rising to 31 days with loyalty days, plus bank holidays.
• Fantastic training and development culture.
• Access to mentoring support from industry experts.

As an Associate Director of Ecology, some of your main duties will be:

• Involvement with projects from due diligence and feasibility stages.
• Meeting the needs of local clients, with a focus on pre-planning protected species surveys, assessments and mitigation design.
• Post-planning works.
• Supporting the teams across different disciplines.

To be considered, you will need:

• Extensive commercial consultancy experience and have Full Membership of CIEEM and/or Chartered Ecologist status.
• Have experience of people and project management.
• Ability to lead and develop a local team and interface with the national team.
• Understand the Southwest market and opportunities for growth.
• Have a working knowledge of ecological legislation and the planning process in the UK.
• Demonstrable knowledge of a wide range of ecological taxa, survey methods/ assessment types (including a working knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain and Ecological Impact Assessment) and protected species licencing.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the EIA and HRA process.
• Ideally Public Inquiry expert witness skills and experience.
• Experience in directing large scale survey programmes, digital data collection, and validation.
• Ideally have experience in both linear infrastructure and property development projects.
• General working knowledge of health and safety requirements, with specific reference to those associated with rail infrastructure work.
• Experience in a variety of planning mechanisms, including the Transport Works Order Act, Development Consent Orders, and the Town & Country Planning Acts.
• Be able to work autonomously with excellent communication (including technical report writing) skills and an ability to prepare fee proposals/tenders.
• Be able to provide pragmatic, commercially aware ecological advice to a portfolio of major clients
• Hold a full UK driving licence.

If you are interested in this or other roles in ecological consultancy, please contact Lloyd Key via or call . We have many more vacancies available on our website.

Please refer to www.penguinrecruitment.co.uk.

This is a permanent role.

Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.