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About Pick Everard
Here at Pick Everard, we are passionate about creating a prosperous and sustainable future, taking a fresh perspective on the built environment. Our core values of professionalism, compassion, drive and positivity are at the heart of everything we do.
Ecologist Position
We are looking to appoint an Ecologist to join our team, with the successful candidate able to be based at any of our offices across the Midlands. As regular travel to sites is an essential part of the role, candidates must be willing to undertake site visits as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead on the preparation of ecological fieldwork, data collection, analysis, and interpretation to assist the delivery of project work and technical reporting.
- Assist with fee proposals, completing ecological desk studies, designing and leading on fieldwork to include preliminary ecological assessments, baseline habitat mapping, species surveys, or coordinating specialist sub-consultants.
- Complete Statutory Biodiversity Metric baseline calculations.
- Collaborate with design teams to integrate ecological constraints and opportunities.
- Design Biodiversity Net Gain (or regional equivalent) and complete technical reports.
- The role can be adapted to suit an applicant's career interests and aspirations, however, a crucial element of the role is the willingness to complete fieldwork and the ability to confidently and independently design and complete baseline ecological assessments as a minimum.
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Ideal Candidate
- A degree in Ecology, Biology, Environmental Science, or a related field.
- Experience of appraising projects for potential ecological constraints and opportunities.
- Experience in surveying UK habitats - ideally FISC 4 botanical skills (or able to achieve this within 12 months with Pick Everard support).
- Experience in survey design and mitigation for protected species and coordination of sub-consultants.
- Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management at an appropriate level (or equivalent).
- Experience in the use of the Statutory Biodiversity Metric to evidence Biodiversity Net Gain.
- Understanding of relevant legislation, case law, and planning policy relevant to ecology.
- Knowledge of relevant guidance and standards for a range of species.
- Experience of mitigation licence processes relevant to protected species.
- Organisational and communication skills applied to clients and project teams.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Experience of working with GIS software.
- Enjoys working outdoors and as part of a collaborative team.
What We Offer
- An attractive salary.
- Agile working.
- Career and Professional Development.
- Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities.
- 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
- Private healthcare, life assurance, and healthcare cash plan.
- Stakeholder pension.
- Professional subscriptions.
- Employee Discount Scheme.
- Eyecare Scheme.
- Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme.
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Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.
Accessibility
We’re committed to helping you perform at your best throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability or require any adjustments to support your application or interview, please get in touch with us at careers@pickeverard.co.uk. We’ll be happy to discuss how we can assist you.
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We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.
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