Senior Freshwater Ecologist

4 weeks ago

East of England, United Kingdom Mott MacDonald Full time

Do you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for it's employees? Mott MacDonald is a global consultancy whose people do exactly that.


An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our growing freshwater ecology team to deliver a range of ecological services supporting our UK and International teams.

You will be part of our Cambridge team, but you may be based in another office.


As a Senior Freshwater Ecologist, you will be joining a multidisciplinary environmental team, working closely with other disciplines to ensure ecological objectives for projects are delivered successfully, with a key focus on leading on a range of aquatic ecological deliverables such as EIAs, HRAs and WFDs in the UK as well as ESIAs and Due Diligence investigation for International projects, just to name a few.

What you will contribute to the team;

As part of this role you will be:

  • Advising clients and design teams on the implementation of national and international environmental and ecological best practice.
  • You will be defining freshwater ecological monitoring requirements and managing subconsultants to carry out surveys.
  • You will also be preparing technical reports and undertake project management, including resource planning, managing budgets. There will be also the opportunity to contribute to work winning, including the development of proposals.


The role will suit a dynamic, proactive individual who wants to work in a growth area of our business and help support the delivery of freshwater ecological services in a fast moving, client focussed commercial environment.

Required for the position of Senior Freshwater Ecologist;
You should have a strong combination of the following:
Essential

  • Membership of a professional body or willingness to work towards membership and Chartership if not.
  • Able to undertake some of the following: fish surveys, River Habitat Surveys (with accreditation), Morph, macrophyte and macroinvertebrate surveys.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of fish, macrophyte and/or macroinvertebrate ecology.
  • Excellent understanding of UK and international nature conservation legislation and development of mitigation strategies for protected species and habitats.
  • Experience in preparation and writing ecological sections of EIAs, HRAs or ESIAs, ensuring that legislative guidelines are met.
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team; show initiative, make robust, defensible decisions and work to tight deadlines to meet client needs.
  • Strong report writing skills, attention to detail and ability to write concise reports.


 Desirable
  • Good knowledge of aquatic invasive species and mitigation/control measures.
  • Ecological enhancements, biodiversity net gain and naturebased solutions
  • Demonstrable experience in hydroecology.
  • Ideally, a working knowledge of international best practice guidance, such as the IFC's Performance Standards (particularly in relation to biodiversity and aquatic habitats and species).
  • Good commercial awareness.
  • Willingness to travel for work if required.
  • Current, clean driving licence.
If you meet 80% or more of what we're looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn't know we need.

Job Profile

About the business unit
Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott MacDonald's Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.
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How to apply
Mott MacDonald is Work180 accredited - which means we actively support and encourage women to join our work force

Benefits we offer:

  • Pension matched up to 7%
  • Life insurance
  • An annual professional institution subscription
  • Continuous development opportunities because we want you to thrive
  • Agile/flexible working because life isn't 9
  • Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies for parents and care givers
  • Annual company performance bonus scheme
  • Subject to company performance
  • Flexible benefits that suit you, including cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans.
  • The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes
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Other Information

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and

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