▷ [1/20/2025 A] Associate / Associate Director, Ecology

6 hours ago


Dublin, Ireland WSP Global Inc. Full time

Responsibilities

- Working closely with your team in Ireland, the Regional Director and senior colleagues in the Scotland and Ireland team to manage workload and oversee technical quality of the Ecology Team in Ireland
- Generating opportunities, preparation of tenders and over-seeing the delivery and management of a range of ecological deliverables (technical, commercial, and financial) in support of our clients’ projects.
- Providing site- and office-based support to develop and mentor junior team members.
- Helping to nurture an enthusiastic, supportive, and productive working environment.
- Attending regular weekly and monthly Ecology team meetings.
- Availing of a generous training and career development budget to complete training (in-house and external).

YOUR TEAM

Due to an interesting, varied and expanding workload in Ireland, we are looking to grow our ecology presence in Ireland, and are looking for a Team Leader to manage five Ecologists/Environmental Specialists in Ireland who are currently working from Naas and Belfast. You would be supported by the well-established Scottish team, numbering over 30 individuals, and the wider UK & Ireland Ecology Team, numbering 200+ individuals. The Scottish and Irish Ecology team has several Chartered individuals, the Scottish CIEEM Vice President, several active CIEEM committee members, several bat-licensed tree climbers, licensed badger and newt ecologists, protected fauna specialist, Biodiversity Net Gain specialists, an arborist, aquatic ecologists, ornithologists, terrestrial ecologists, and Appropriate Assessment specialists. The opportunities for collaboration and career development are very impressive.

The Ecology team supports a diverse range of projects across numerous sectors in IIreland and internationally for both private and public sector clients. The team prides themselves on the integrated support we offer by working alongside our in-house water, landscape, arboriculture, and sustainability specialists to deliver commercially balanced, innovative, and integrated solutions.

You will be part of the Ireland Environment Leadership team with a group of 20 professionals delivering projects across several sectors.

Qualifications

- A passion for leading and team and supporting ecologists of all grades to develop and progress in their careers at WSP.
- Experience across a range of Irish habitats and protected species and hold (or have held) protected species licences.
- A proven record of supporting clients through devising and delivering survey programmes, developing pragmatic, cost-effective mitigation, gaining the agreement of regulators and supervising implementation on-site.
- Experience of Ecological Impact Assessment and writing Environmental Statement chapters.
- Experience of Appropriate Assessment.
- A proven record of winning work from commercial clients, particularly in the residential, mixed use and industrial sectors.

Job Info

- Job Identification 56438
- Locations Naas Town Centre, Naas, Co. Kildare, W91 TD00, IE
- Posting Date 06/03/2024, 08:27 AM

About Us

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees),CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities)help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

APPLY NOW AND BE THE FUTURE OF WSP

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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