Senior Ecologist – Halifax, West Yorkshire

• An up to date knowledge of EU and UK legislation, pertaining to ecology and environmental issues.
• Ability to communicate and liaise with a wide range of people such as clients, other consultants and sub-contractors.
• Two protected species licences – bat licence and one other is preferred.
• Develop relationships with clients and attend public consultations and planning meetings when necessary.
• Experience in conducting and writing ecological scoping and impact assessments (EcIA), preliminary ecological appraisal (PEA), protected species reports, working method statements and construction method statements.
• Provide technical support to the growing ecology team, including mentoring junior ecologists.
• Plan and co-ordinate ecological mitigation works.

• Full CIEEM membership (or eligible for).
• Experience working as an ecologist in the private sector and within a leadership/management role.
• Project management of a wide and varied workload.Experience in mitigation applications for Badger, Otter and other UK protected species is highly desirable.

We are a great company to work for and offer a company car, a competitive salary, a bonus scheme, flexi-time (you get paid for the hours you work), Pension, full time employment in a permanent position and a friendly working environment.

Based in rural Yorkshire, this is a wonderful opportunity for the right person.

Email your CV to jon@jcaac.com and we can have a chat.