Senior / Principal Ecologist
| Posting date: | 01 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30,000.0 to £50,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £30,000 - £50,000 (DOE) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 August 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH1 1AA |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4712612_1754036858 |
Summary
Your new company
Our client is a multidisciplinary consultancy who offer a wide range of specialist services across Scotland. With offices in Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
They currently have a team of 20 consultants operating in their ecology team. These consultants work on a wide variety of projects, including large housing developments, local harbours, as well as private residential projects.
Your new role
- Planning and undertaking targeted habitat and species surveys;
- Producing high-quality reports including Preliminary Ecological Appraisal;
- Undertaking the design of ecological mitigation and advising on its delivery;
- Managing small to medium-scale projects (particularly project budgets and deadlines), and contributing to large-scale project delivery with support from the wider team;
- Liaising with ecological regulators and planning authorities;
- Liaising with clients, partner organisations and sub-consultants concerning all areas relevant to our projects;
- Delivering technical work within your specialisms, on complex or challenging projects;
- Fee proposal preparation and tender bid submissions.
- Attendance at meetings, providing advice to clients and internal multidisciplinary team members.
What you'll need to succeed
- You will hold a relevant degree, ideally with a further education qualification (an M.Sc. in a relevant environmental discipline is desirable but not essential);
- Full or Associate Member of CIEEM (Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management);
- An understanding of current environmental legislation, policy trends, standards and established ecological guidance;
- Expertise in habitat and species survey, assessment and mitigation for one or more species groups (preference for bats and other British mammals, GCN, and botanical knowledge);
- Strong technical report-writing skills and a track record of effective project management, delivering tasks on time and to budget;
- Experience in Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) or working with site contractors to deliver advice and mitigation on site to ensure client commitments are met;
- Confident in a client-facing capacity with knowledge of the environmental consultancy market;
- Skills in GIS, QGIS and QField.
- A current CSCS card or equivalent;
- The flexibility to work unsociable hours, or away from home as required;
- A full, clean, UK driving licence; and
What you'll get in return
- Hybrid working Policies - 2 Days a week in the office
- Company pension contributions
- Training allowances
- A generous holiday allowance
What you need to do now
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