Senior Ecologist
Senior Ecologist
Mott MacDonald
Dublin, Cork, Limerick or Galway, Ireland
Job Description
The successful candidate will:
- Work and support cross disciplinary teams working on feasibility and optioneering stages informing preliminary design, statutory consent, and construction stage projects in the energy, water and transport sectors;
- Prepare and review high quality reports including; Biodiversity sections of Environmental Reports and Environmental Impact Assessment Reports, Appropriate Assessment Screening and Natura Impact Statements and other biodiversity related reporting;
- Have a sound appreciation of Irish environmental and planning reporting processes and relevant legislation and guidance;
- Have knowledge and experience of interpreting ecological monitoring data;
- Have experience of co-ordinating ecology surveys (ecologist staff and sub-consultants);
- Manage data using GIS (ArcGIS).
Candidate Specification
The successful candidate will possess:
- Relevant Degree (e.g. Ecology/Botany/Zoology/Environmental Sciences);
- Consultancy experience, focused on environmental/ecology.
- Excellent reporting ability with examples available.
- Experience of ecological assessment/reporting requirements for large scale linear projects in the water, energy or transport sectors;
- Extensive understanding and experience of Appropriate Assessment (Habitats Directive) including experience in writing screenings for Appropriate Assessment and Natura impact Statements;
- Experience of managing data requirements from ecologist staff and sub-consultants;
- Experience in liaising with key stakeholders ( for example National Parks and Wildlife Service and Inland Fisheries Ireland),
- Comprehensive awareness of relevant Irish and European legislation, policy and guidance;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Working knowledge of GIS;
- CIEEM membership or working towards same; and
- Willingness to travel.
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