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Associate Director/Team Lead (Ecology) – Birmingham Job in Birmingham, West Midlands
Job Description
Do you consider yourself to be talented and ambitious with aspirations to be a future leader with one of the UK's leading consultancies? If so, we would like to hear from you.
Our client has an excellent reputation for delivering projects and is in the enviable position of having a healthy orderbook. As a result they are looking to bring an experienced and talented Associate Director into their Birmingham office to build on current successes and support the ongoing growth of the current team.
As a key member of their team, you will gain invaluable experience within all aspects of the business, including project delivery, business development, financial management and marketing. This role will see you become involved in the early engagement at the due diligence or feasibility stage, with a focus on pre-planning protected species surveys, assessments and mitigation design through to post planning works.
Responsibilities:
Managing a team of Engineers and Technicians,
Supervision and mentoring of junior members of staff,
Attendance at client and design team meetings,
Preparation of fee proposals and support on major bids,
Involvement in business development activities,
Carrying out conceptual designs and planning the design process,
Participation in our in-house sub-committees.
Requirements:
A degree in civil engineering or other relevant degree,
At least 15 years' commercial consultancy experience and have Full Membership of CIEEM and/or Chartered Ecologist status,
Experience of people and project management,
Ability to lead and develop a local team and interface with the national team,
Understand the Southwest market and opportunities for growth,
A working knowledge of ecological legislation and the planning process in the UK. Demonstrable knowledge of a wide range of ecological taxa, survey methods/ assessment types (including a working knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain and Ecological Impact Assessment) and protected species licencing,
Demonstrable knowledge of the EIA and HRA process,
Ideally Public Inquiry expert witness skills and experience,
Experience in directing large scale survey programmes, digital data collection, and validation,
Ideally have experience in both linear infrastructure and property development projects,
General working knowledge of health and safety requirements, with specific reference to those associated with rail infrastructure work,
Experience in a variety of planning mechanisms, including the Transport Works Order Act, Development Consent Orders, and the Town & Country Planning Acts.#
Ability to work autonomously with excellent communication (including technical report writing) skills and an ability to prepare fee proposals/tenders.
Able to provide pragmatic, commercially aware ecological advice to our portfolio of major clients
Hold a full UK driving licence.
On offer for the Associate Director:
Competitive salary and benefits package
Annual salary reviews
Generous basic holiday allowance of 26 days (rising to 31 days with the accrual of loyalty days) in addition to bank holidays
Fantastic training and development culture
Opportunity to be client facing and to run exciting and varied projects
Opportunity to undertake business development and marketing activities
Fast tracked career progression for the right dynamic candidates
The successful candidate will be an individual who aspires to help shape the future of this company and will therefore have the ability to be creative, motivate a team and impress clients. An added benefit of this role is that our client encourages an agile working approach with the opportunity for a mix of office and home working to suit individual needs.
For more details and an opportunity to be considered for this fantastic role please send an updated CV to Graham Ventham or call him on (phone number removed)
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
Category: Engineering
Job Title: Associate Director/Team Lead (Ecology) – Birmingham
Salary: £65000 – £75000/annum Plus Benefits
Benefits: Full Time
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
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