Assistant Ecologist / Ecologist

Salary: £26,000 – £27,600 per year

Assistant Ecologist – Chester

My client is a highly ambitious consultancy with blue-chip clients primarily based around the local area. They are seeking an Assistant Ecologist who has some experience in Phase 1 Habitat Surveys and Protected Species to join their highly skilled and supportive team, based in Chester. This is a remote role.

With a broad range of top-tier clients, the ideal Assistant Ecologist candidate must be comfortable working in a fast moving, client focused commercial environment.

Assistant Ecologist applicants are required to have a strong academic background in a relevant discipline, experience working for a UK-based environmental consultancy and hold a valid UK driving licence.

It is beneficial for candidates to have experience completing protected species surveys.

The Role:

This exciting role will offer you the chance to deliver ecological consultancy and mitigation works. This will include:

• To take instructions from their manager and senior colleagues and to report back within previously agreed timescales.

• To visit sites and gather accurate technical data on ecological subjects including:

• Bat Potential Surveys.
• Dawn and dusk Bat Surveys.
• Great Crested Newt Surveys and associated field work.
• Ecological Phase 1 surveys.

• To prepare Word, Excel, CAD and other digital documents from my client’s templates and to assist with the preparation of new report subject templates.

• To take accurate site measurements and other relevant information at the same time as ensuring that photographic evidence and any required samples are gathered.

• To report gathered and digital information back to their colleagues and manager for checking and quality control.

• To learn and keep up to date with modern ecological practices and to continually improve their ecological and natural science identification skills.

• To maintain at all times a professional approach, answering customer queries in a prompt and efficient manner, including the safe keeping of all documentation and my cleint’s equipment.

• To portray and promote my client’s image of being a centre of ecological excellence.

• To respect the confidential nature and copyright of my client’s client base, templates and other data.

• And any other activities to support the business of my client.

Company Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Competitive holiday (including Bank Holidays).
• Superb training and career development.
• Contributory Pension Scheme.
• £300p/a CPD budget
• Paid for CIEEM accreditation and support with applications.

We have many more vacancies available on our website. This is a permanent role.

Penguin Recruitment is operating a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.