Principal Marine Mammal Consultant

**About The Role**:
Are you an experienced marine mammal consultant, with working knowledge of related UK and Irish legislation? Are you looking to dive into a new opportunity where you can lead on a variety of projects and help to shape the future of marine mammal consultancy?

**About the Role**:
As you progress in this role, you’ll become a trusted advisor to clients and stakeholders offering expert insights to support clients at project and strategic levels, as well as mentoring and guiding junior staff across the marine sector and related teams through constructive feedback and coaching. Alongside this, you will work with the Associate Director to influence strategic directions, shaping current and future workstreams and expanding our technologies and services to deliver technical excellence worldwide. As part of our dynamic team, you will work collaboratively to promote innovation and continuous improvement in the Marine Science division.

You will be involved in all aspects of tender preparation including writing proposals, setting budgets, programmes, and scope, as well as coordination and review of tender proposals. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in business development, maintaining and extending relationships with existing clients, as well as securing and managing new work, and attending and presenting at appropriate events including networking events and conferences.

**About You**:
**You will have**:

- A degree (preferably MSc), in a relevant Offshore/Marine science discipline
- Excellent written and oral communication, organisational and time management skills
- Experience within EIAs and the production of Environmental Statements for large infrastructure projects, or experience evaluating EIAs on behalf of a competent authority or consultee
- Working knowledge of UK and Ireland legislation with regards to expert topic (Marine Mammals)
- Considerable experience working with and developing relationships with regulators and stakeholders
- To be able to provide technical advice and presentations to clients and colleagues as required.
- Professional accreditation.
- Established track record of experience in a fast-paced environmental consultancy
- Project management experience delivering programmes, large projects, high profile and/or complex projects within budget and to a high standard.

You will be offered the chance to work on a variety of projects; many of our employees have worked on projects that have been of personal interest to them. We match this with a commitment to continuous development and learning to support your career. We also offer benefits to look after you, from private medical insurance for all employees, access to mental health first aiders and comprehensive income protection if you cannot work. We also offer superb flexible working options, balancing work with your life.

**Next steps**

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive team. If you can’t tick every box on our job description, then we are still keen to hear from you and are open to supporting your development. That may be working part time or supporting you to gain experience in a specific area - we are a growing company and are able to adapt roles to reflect individual skills.

**About Us**: The APEM Group is a global environmental consultancy, we work with a range of clients including large corporations and governments to help them understand and solve a wide variety of environmental projects in the UK and globally. Our successful pioneering work has enabled us to grow and combine forces with other businesses who share our ethos and integrity. At our core, our people are working towards the protection of the environment across the globe.