Ecologist

Location: Talacre, Wales
Contract duration: 12-month contract – Outside IR35
Project: Carbon Capture
Recruitment Partner: Airswift
Airswift Recruiter: Robert Caldwell

Keywords: Environmental, Carbon Capture, Ecology, CIEEM & AEECoW

Our Company
One of the largest Engineering design, Procurement and Construction Management companies in the world employing 50,000 people across the globe and provides project delivery and consulting services to the resources and energy sectors, and complex process industries. 
 
We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. 

As a global leading provider of engineering, procurement and construction management expertise to the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors, we are proud to be able to expand our team in Talacre, North Wales and we are global partners with Airswift who support and deliver our recruitment needs.

We are currently recruiting for an Ecologist to be placed in Talacre, North Wales and would be on a 12-month contract with the possibility of extension. As the Ecologist, you will support, oversee and monitor the Construction Contractor with the implementation of measures defined within the OCEMP. You will ensure pre-construction surveys are undertaken and any advance mitigation measures required are implemented.

Responsibilities Provide ecological advice to the Construction Contractor over the entire construction program Undertake or oversee pre-construction surveys for protected species in the areas affected by the TCPA Proposed Development Monitor ecological conditions during the Construction Stage to identify additional constraints that may arise as a result of natural changes to ecological baseline over time (e.g. the monitoring of badger activity within and in close proximity to construction works) Provide ecological toolbox talks to site personnel (including ecological receptors) to make them aware of ecological constraints and information; Highlight mitigation to minimize impacts and make site personnel aware of their responsibility with regards to wildlife and sensitive habitats in the context of legislation and policy Monitor the implementation of mitigation measures during the Construction Stage to ensure compliance with protected species legislation, licensing, and commitments within the ES Deliver coherent and timely solutions to ecological constraints;


Skills / Qualifications
  BEng or BSc majoring in ecology or environment sciences or similar Experience in ecological activities possibly for an Oil&Gas project with environmental challenges UK and/or Welsh environmental legislation, habitat and protected species ecology Membership of the CIEEM and/or of the AEECoW or working towards it, UK driving licence


The next step
We have an exceptional team in place, and we are pleased to be able to appoint a further person to our growing business. We are aware that you may not ‘tick all the boxes’, but if you believe you can genuinely offer some valuable skills and experience to our business, please in the first instance contact our recruitment partner Airswift.

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