Senior Ecologist

Senior Ecologist

**Location**:
Swansea, GB

**Department Name**:
Wales & Western Region

**About Network Rail**:
**About Network rail**

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.

Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter.** **When you're part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions. **Watch our video to find out more**

The Wales & Western region includes more than 2,700 miles of railway and we serve communities and businesses of Wales, the Thames Valley, West of England and the Southwest Peninsula.
Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

In Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.

Am reilffordd rhwydwaith

Yn Network Rail, rydym yn rhan o deulu mawr sy'n gwasanaethu miliynau o deithwyr a defnyddwyr cludo nwyddau ledled y DU bob dydd. Mae ein gwasanaeth yn effeithio ar filiynau o bobl ac rydym yn ymdrechu i ddod yn fwy effeithlon wrth i ni wella, cynnal a gweithredu ein rhwydwaith.

Mae ein teithwyr a'n defnyddwyr cludo nwyddau wrth galon popeth a wnawn. Rydym yn helpu i gysylltu pobl â'u ffrindiau a'u teuluoedd a chael nwyddau â'u cyrchfan yn ddiogel ac yn effeithlon. Rydym yn sefydliad lle mae pobl o bwys. Pan ydych chi'n rhan o'n tîm, rydych chi o bwys i ni ac rydych chi o bwys i filiynau. Gwyliwch ein fideo i ddarganfod mwy

Mae Rhanbarth Cymru a Gorllewin yn cynnwys mwy na 2,700 milltir o reilffordd ac rydym yn gwasanaethu cymunedau a busnesau Cymru, Cwm Tafwys, gorllewin Lloegr a Phenrhyn y De -orllewin.
Mae ein huchelgais i fod yn ymatebol i deithwyr a defnyddwyr cludo nwyddau yn ein gyrru bob dydd ac mae gennym ni'r pŵer i wneud y peth iawn i'r rhai sy'n defnyddio'r rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd. Rydym yn mynd ati i herio arferion anniogel ac yn cymryd cyfrifoldeb am fynd i'r afael â risgiau, datrys materion ac amddiffyn diogelwch a lles.

Am ein pobl a'r broses recriwtio - rydym yn gyflogwr cynhwysol o ddewis ac rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan bawb

Rydym yn annog ein cydweithwyr i weithio'n hyblyg, gan ein bod yn gwybod nad yw patrymau gweithio traddodiadol bob amser yn ffitio. Os ydych chi am ystyried gweithio'n hyblyg, rhowch wybod i ni a byddwn yn gwneud ein gorau i helpu a buddsoddi yn eich gyrfa gyda ni, tra bod gennych gydbwysedd bywyd gwaith iach.

Yn Rhanbarth Cymru a Gorllewin, cewch gyfle i ymuno â Proud, ein cynllun gwobr a chydnabyddiaeth lle gallwch ddweud diolch a chydnabod cydweithwyr ledled y rhanbarth sydd wedi dangos gwerthoedd ac ymddygiadau rhagorol.

Rydym am helpu i ddarparu rheilffordd sy'n ddiogel, yn ddibynadwy, yn fforddiadwy ac sy'n darparu gwasanaeth gwych i gwsmeriaid i bawb. I gael mwy o wybodaeth am reilffordd rhwydwaith cliciwch yma

**Brief Description**:

- The Senior Ecologist will play a key role in implementing the internal Standards and policies in relation to the Sustainable Land Use Programme and managing the lineside estate. This role will support a small team of Ecologists, with the goal of improving the management of Ecology across the South Wales area and aid subsequent delivery of maintenance works with the aim of running and safe and reliable railway._
- Deliver advice and provide ecological expertise to key internal stakeholders and customers, including provision of specialist technical advice and guidance to provide assurance as to whether Network Rail is compliant with Wildlife legislation, policy and internal Standards. Project management is also an aspect of this role, and also providing advice and input towards mitigation licensing for protected species._
- We are looking for an experienced Ecologist for this role, who will have substantial knowledge in the field of Ecology with the ability to therefore provide technical advice and support to other Ecologists who they will line manage._ _The applicant would need to therefore be experienced in fieldwork and able to_ _monitor and evaluate the condition of the lineside habitat