Job Description

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a Senior Ecologist to join our Transportation team based in Penrith or Salford. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans and even more.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea, or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.

Location: Salford or Penrith with remote/hybrid working available
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime (part-time working available, just let us know)
Salary: Up to \xc2\xa345k + 26 days of annual leave + Benefits

Responsibilities

As a Senior Ecologist, you\xe2\x80\x99ll support the Senior Environmental Manager on ecological issues relating to Kier Highways schemes.

Your day to day will include:

• Advising clients including National Highways and Kier Highways colleagues on ecological matters
• Liaising with designers and contractors regarding ecological elements of schemes.
• Project management of ecological schemes and production of reports where appropriate

Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior Ecologist is great for you if you have:

• Relevant degree and experience of ecology in the highways/construction industry and experience of working with protected species
• Holding protected species licenses such as GCN, bat, dormouse, white clawed crayfish license
• Membership or working towards membership of a professional body i.e. CIEEM

We\xe2\x80\x99re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don\xe2\x80\x99t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We\xe2\x80\x99re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

• new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
• A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
• 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
• Kier\xe2\x80\x99s Green Car Scheme

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We\xe2\x80\x99re proud of the steps we\xe2\x80\x99ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\xe2\x80\x99s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 22 August 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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Kier Group