Overview

Are you an experienced, motivated Principal Ecologist looking for that next step within your career?

Alternatively, are you currently working in an Associate Ecologist role, looking to enhance your knowledge, and make an impact as part of a growing, multi-disciplinary consultancy?

Are you looking to work as part of a collaborative, supportive culture that prioritises its people?

At Pick Everard, we value talented leaders. We are looking to appoint an Associate Ecologist within our growing Environmental Services discipline. The successful candidate will help to build, grow, manage and support an ecological team delivering master planning inputs, ecological appraisals, ornithological surveys and studies, other protected species surveys, mitigation design and construction and post-construction supervision and monitoring.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from an exciting and diverse workload, delivering high quality support for private and public-sector clients across the UK including exciting infrastructure and renewable energy projects.

About You

As an Associate Ecologist, you must be an established Ecological Consultant with extensive project management experience and previous experience within a consultancy.

Our ideal Associate Ecologist must have:

  • Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
  • Experience within bat or other protected species (ornithological or botanical)
  • Ability to plan and undertake habitat surveys and to identify indicator plant species and habitat types.
  • Full knowledge of UK and EU Wildlife Legislation and best practice survey techniques

It would be nice for you to have:

  • Full membership of CIEEM
  • Demonstrable experience in leading a team
  • Experience in developing good client relationships to secure repeat business and gain new clients.

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.