About The Role
Edinburgh Biodiversity Full Time, Permanent
Pegasus Group is a leading development consultancy that provides planning, design, environmental, economics, and heritage services to a wide range of clients across the UK. We are committed to delivering sustainable, innovative, and high-quality solutions that add value to our clients’ projects. Our new in-house Nature and Biodiversity team will play a critical role in achieving that vision.
As we expand our services, we are looking to appoint Consultant Ecologist’s across our offices to design and implement ecological strategy and delivery across a diverse range of projects with a focus on Biodiversity Net Gain services.
This is a role requiring a strong ecological background and the ability to manage and deliver projects. You will play a key role in multidisciplinary teams and support the technical leads for high-profile projects across various sectors including infrastructure, energy, residential and commercial development.
This is a great chance to join a new and growing team from the beginning.
Key Responsibilities
- Support on a range of ecological projects, as well as managing aspects of projects across a range of sectors (infrastructure, residential, commercial, renewable energy).
- Plan and support on a range of ecological surveys and input into reports and assessments (e.g., PEA, UKHab, protected species, EcIA, BNG Metrics, HMMPs, LEMPs).
- Provide ecological input into Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and planning applications.
- Support the production of BNG assessments using the Statutory Defra metric.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of bespoke BNG strategies across development projects. Including high quality onsite green infrastructure and offsite BNG solutions.
- Ensure compliance with relevant wildlife legislation and planning policy.
- Support with developing client relationships and ensure repeat and referral work.
- Inputs into fee proposals and multidisciplinary tenders.
- Input into project planning, risk assessments, and method statements (RAMS).
Requirements
- A relevant degree in ecology or related environmental discipline.
- At least 2+ years of professional experience in the ecological sector.
- Qualifying membership of CIEEM (or eligibility), working towards Associate membership.
- Knowledge of UK ecology, legislation, and planning system.
- Experience in Biodiversity Net Gain and using the Statutory Biodiversity Metric.
- Proven track record of supporting on delivering ecological projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Working towards protected species licences (e.g. Bats, Great Crested Newt, Hazel Dormouse).
Benefits
We offer an excellent remuneration and overall benefits package.
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