Ecologist

Ecologist required for a full-time, permanent role within the construction sector to service the increasing amount of ecology related products required by the building industry. 

The role is with a Weardale based business but there will be a requirement to travel to several sites as required.

The Role
Nutrient Neutrality (NN)
Utilise 3rd party examples to produce nitrate surveys of areas within nutrient sensitive areas. Calculating, to a high-degree of accuracy, nitrate reduction figures based on the secession of nitrate-producing activity, such as fertiliser, on potential new sites.
Accurately produce bespoke red-line-boundaries allocation reports to meet specific developer requirements. 
Produce Habitat Management Plans in line with existing examples to supplement nutrient survey reports. 

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
Within a short space of time become highly proficient in the workings of the BNG Metric. Be able to interpret the metric to inform commercial decisions based off expected yields of BNG units following a variety of habitat creation options. 
Keep abreast of all changes and modifications to the metric as well as broader regulation/legislation pertaining to BNG.
Utilise 3rd party examples to produce baseline habitat surveys of potential future sites.
Be able to assess a site and determine the viability of various habitat creation options, while accounting for risk of delivery, and with an understanding of the commercial considerations around habitat creation types. Use this information to determine the uplift in BNG units of all viable habitat creation schemes on a given site. 
Utilising 3rd party examples, produce high-quality HMMPs to be circulated to Local Authority’s and other relevant bodies. 

There may also be the potential to serve in a consultancy capacity to developers to understand their BNG Gain Plan requirements. Provide recommendations on on-site and off-site BNG (and where applicable nitrate) solutions.   Where offsite solutions are required, match with in-house inventory and offer directly, or sub-contract, other protected species surveying services (such as bat surveys).

The Person
Educated to degree level in a relevant subject.
Ability to use QGIS software (or equivalent)
Excellent report writing capability
Have or working towards CIEEM (Chartered Institute of Ecological and Environmental Management) membership
Protected species survey licenses 
Experience in protected species Mitigation Licensing
Be comfortable writing Ecological Impact Assessment reports and understand CIEEM methodology

Remuneration
£35,000 to £40,000 per annum.

This is a permanent position and Corepeople Recruitment Limited will be acting as an employment agency for permanent recruitment on behalf of our client.

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