Principal Ecologist Full Time

Our client, a medium consulting company with offices across England, is looking for a Principal Ecologist to join their growing team in Manchester, England!

What you will need:
• Hold an appropriate degree qualification;
• Have a minimum of 8 years’ relevant work experience;
• Have excellent knowledge of UK and European environmental legislation;
• Have excellent fieldwork and report writing skills including protected species surveys, EPSM applications, ES chapters and ecological management plans;
• Be able to critically review own output and possess a minimum 5 years’ experience in reviewing others’ work;
• Be competent in the survey of and mitigation for 2 or more of the following key protected species: bats, badgers, breeding birds, dormouse, great crested newts, reptiles, and water voles;
• Hold an EPS and/or conservation licence for one or more of the above species groups, and preferably be a Registered consultant on the class license scheme for one or more of the above species groups:
• Have proven project and staff management experience;
• Hold full membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) and preferably CEcoL;
• Have a full clean UK driving licence.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your updated CV to engineering.careers@attainpeople.co.uk or visit our website www.attainpeople.co.uk to see what other opportunities we have available.