Senior or Principal Ecologist

3 days ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland beBeeEcologist Full time €80,000 - €100,000

About Our Ecological Consultancy

Our team specialises in providing innovative and best practice solutions for the protection and restoration of biodiversity.

We work on diverse projects across multiple sectors, including transport, pharmaceutical, industrial, energy, utilities, technology and residential.

Our consultancy has been at the core of some of the most important and exciting infrastructure, energy and policy developments in the country over the last 15 years.

About the Senior or Principal Ecologist Role

This is an opportunity to join our dynamic and close-knit team as a senior or principal ecologist.

You will be based in our office overlooking Dublin Bay and will have primary responsibility for the management and co-ordination of multiple national road infrastructure projects.

You will work closely with a team of professionals in-house but also externally on our projects, contributing to the development and implementation of projects that protect and restore biodiversity.

Main Responsibilities

  • Leading and directing on the management and co-ordination of multiple road infrastructure projects.
  • Managing teams on the delivery of constraints stage through to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA Screening, NIS) reports.
  • Leading and directing on the design, commissioning and scheduling of multi-disciplinary and specialist ecological surveys for sites around the island of Ireland.
  • Co-ordinating, supervising and managing other ecologists' work to ensure safe and efficient delivery of work on time and within budget.
  • Working closely with other members of staff and multi-disciplinary design teams to provide appropriate ecological design solutions and advice.
  • Providing expert ecological advice and recommendations to clients in particular where risks may be posed to a project timescale or delivery.
  • Liaising with clients, project managers and other project stakeholders including statutory bodies.
  • Line managing staff, carrying out performance reviews and monitoring performance and targets.
  • Maintaining up to date knowledge of industry changes, best practice, guidelines, legislation and policy.
  • Supporting the sales team in preparing fee proposals and tenders.
  • Project financial management including meeting targets and monitoring of profitability for individual projects.

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