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Ecologist

Location

Baglan, Wales, United Kingdom

Work type

Hybrid

Employment

Full Time

Experience

5-10 years

Compensation

£43.6K - £53.2K per year

Posted

2h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The Ecologist will provide essential ecological expertise to the Baglan Maintenance Delivery Unit, ensuring legislative compliance and supporting maintenance teams. This role involves undertaking field surveys, environmental impact assessments, developing mitigation strategies, and providing specialist advice to various stakeholders across the South Wales area.

Overview

To provide ecological expertise to the Baglan Maintenance Delivery Unit, this will include providing advice, support and guidance to enable maintenance teams to deliver legislative compliance. Being an integral part of the delivery team where you will help identify solutions that will assist in delivering a safe and reliable railway across the South Wales area and beyond.

Your Main Responsibilities will be to

  • Undertake and complete a range of Ecological field surveys, including protected species surveys and UK Habitat Classification System (UKHab) and condition assessment.

  • Collate, write up and review survey results and mapping target notes and review to identify appropriate recommendations.

  • Manage the implementation and embedding of recommendations to deliver continuous improvement.

  • Undertake and complete environmental impact assessments.

  • Lead the development of appropriate mitigation strategies, utilising results of surveys and liaising with Environmental Specialist's and the Arboriculture team.

  • Analyse and interpret data, using specialist software programs. Produce periodic and ad hoc reports to a high technical standard within prescribed timescales.

  • Provide specialist ecological advice and guidance to site managers, engineers, planners, and others associated with the undertaking and completion of surveys and / or assessments.

  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including statutory bodies, local authorities, and members of the public.

  • Assist in the production of environmental appraisal reports.

  • Carry out research as required.

Your experience and skills

You will ideally have

  • Comprehensive field experience

  • A relevant higher degree in Ecology, Zoology, Biological Sciences, or other relevant Environmental Sciences

  • Good understanding of UK and European wildlife legislation and best practice guidance experience

  • Be able to identify baseline Ecological constraints during site visits

  • Have significant experience of standard survey protocols and methodologies

  • Ability to complete rare species surveys

  • Good interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisation skills

  • Task orientated team player

  • Strong report writing skills

What could set you apart

  • Knowledge of operational railway environment

  • Knowledge of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard

  • Full/associate/graduate membership of Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) (depending on experience)

  • Experience attending client meetings and working with multi-disciplinary teams

  • Competent with Microsoft Office

  • Full UK driving licence

Updated 2h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Ecological field surveys • 1+ yrs
Protected species surveys • 1+ yrs
Environmental impact assessments • 1+ yrs
UK Habitat Classification System (UKHab) • 1+ yrs
Data analysis • 1+ yrs
UK and European wildlife legislation • 1+ yrs
Report writing • 1+ yrs
Communication • 1+ yrs

Experience

5-10 years

Certifications

Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) membership • Required

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

£43.6K - £53.2K per year

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyGBP
PeriodYearly

Benefits and perks

Flexible Working Hours

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationBaglan, Wales, United Kingdom
Work typeHybrid
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleMedium • 6/10
physicalMedium • 7/10
cognitiveHigh • 8/10
executionMedium • 7/10
creativityMedium • 6/10
uncertaintyMedium • 6/10
communicationHigh • 8/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Network Rail

Team size

Growing team

Location

Baglan, Wales, United Kingdom

At Network Rail, we're part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain and operate our network.

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Ecologist

Baglan, Wales, United Kingdom • Full Time