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About the division
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.
Overview of the role
At Mott MacDonald, we believe nature should be at the heart of every development. As we continue to grow our Nature Services offer, we are looking for talented people to join our Nature Services Team and work with us and our clients to create a better future.
We pride ourselves on setting and maintaining high standards and are at the forefront of providing ecological advice. Our team has written guidance and delivered training on BNG and contributed to CIEEM’s raising standards documents.
We’ve developed innovative tools to more robustly and efficiently collect and manage ecological data to enable our team to focus on really making a difference.
We’ve provided detailed biodiversity advice to improve NHS hospitals for people and the planet, we’re delivering Nature-based solutions for water treatment and flood management and we’re over-seeing the production of a Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
We have a large portfolio of projects and a healthy forward-order book bringing with it fantastic opportunities for Ecologists at all levels.
Joining our team at Senior Ecologist (Generalist/Botanist/Ornithologist/BNG specialist) you will likely spend time mentoring junior team members, undertaking office-based tasks and site surveys/site work. You may work on elements for up to large-sized projects, pulling in appropriate resources as required in liaison with subject matter expert, and ensuring deliverables are on-time and delivered to budget. You could also progress your project management experience if this is an area you are keen on.
The projects you will be working on can be located across the UK, and span all stages of a project’s life cycle, from design conception to implementation; giving opportunities to positively influence scheme design, and enhancements and promote best practice.
Although you will be part of a city-based ecology team, you will also be linked to a wider network of ecologists across the business. This offers excellent opportunities for career development and to make a meaningful contribution within our ecology team.
The role will suit a dynamic, proactive team-player who wants to work in a growth area of the business and help with the delivery of ecology services in a fast-moving, client-focused, commercial environment.
Candidate specification
Essential:
- A degree in Ecology (or a directly related subject). An additional higher degree would be an advantage
- Over five years’ experience in Ecological Consultancy (or equivalent with transferable skills)
- A Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management or equivalent
- Ability to communicate effectively to multi-disciplinary teams, clients and regulators
- Technical specialism:
- Ornithologist - has ornithological licensing experience, holding a survey licence for at least one Schedule 1 species
- Botanist – FISC level 4 or higher
- BNG – BNG lead experience on projects
- Species specialist – holds a protected species licence
- Willingness to travel throughout the UK.
Desirable:
- Experience of preparing costs and text for bids
- Experience of ecological clerk of works
- Proficiency in report writing skills and a track record in acting as a checker / reviewer for ecological deliverables
