Principal Ecologist

Job Title: Principal Ecologist

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Location: South Wales

We have a new opportunity for a Principal Ecologist join a leading environmental consultancy in South Wales. As a Principal Ecologist, you'll play a key role in the running of the Ecology Team. The company can offer a huge variety of projects across the Infrastructure & Utilities, Property & Development, and Mining & Minerals sectors. This Principal Ecologist position offers a comprehensive benefits package:

• £40,000 - £45,000 per year
• Hybrid working.
• TOIL + Additional pay.
• Membership of the Firm's Group Personal Pension Plan, with Employer's contribution of up to 5%.
• Payment of a relevant professional subscription.
• 24 days annual leave per year.
• Membership to the Firm's Private Health Care Scheme.
• Inclusion in the Firm's Critical Illness Cover Policy.
• Inclusion in the Firm's Life Assurance Policy, insuring you 3 times your annual salary.
• Mobile Phone with inclusive tariff including personal usage.
• Flexi-Time Working Schedule.
• Long service awards.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Travel Loans.

As Principal Ecologist, your duties will include:

• Managing ecological projects (commensurate with experience), assisting team leads with managing resource allocation and financial budgets, addressing any client feedback and ensuring effective communications on all projects.
• Producing and overseeing the production of ecological appraisals, reports, licence applications, Ecological Impact Assessments, Habitats Regulations Assessments, EPS licences and other similar documents.
• Experience with Biodiversity Net Gain would be advantageous.
• Carrying out ecological surveys, where necessary, and checking that surveys are being carried out to the required standards by all staff.
• Assist the team leads with the preparation of fee proposals.
• We are seeking someone who has:
• Managing ecological projects to completion and reporting to the standards required by planning authorities, Natural Resources Wales, and other similar bodies.
• Performing the role of an Ecological Clerk of Works on construction projects.
• Making licence applications.
• Preparing a wide range of technical reports including Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Ecological Impact Assessments, ES Chapters, Habitat Regulations Assessments, and other technical reports.

You will need the following to be considered:

• A degree in ecology or a related discipline.
• Proven experience and knowledge of working in a professional consultancy practice with excellent commercial awareness.
• Experience of managing ecological projects to completion and reporting to the standards required by planning authorities, Natural England and other similar bodies.
• Hold one or more protected species licences.
• Be a full member of CIEEM.

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.