Job description

Senior / Principal Aquatic Consultant

Nationwide, UK (Homebased)

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Are you an Aquatic professional, with experience with flow gauging, pollution investigations, macroinvertebrate surveys, fish passage investigations, abstraction impact assessments, invasive non-native species surveys, crayfish surveys, habitat walkover surveys and river restoration advice, electrofishing surveys and intertidal surveys in addition to multiple EIA, HRA and WFD assessments, looking for a great new role?

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We're looking for a Principal and / or Senior grade Aquatic Consultant to join a respected environmental consultancy based at one of their offices in England or Scotland, including home working. If this sounds like you, read on!

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The role

Depending on your level of experience your responsibilities will be;

• Co-ordinating the production of tenders

• Project management, report writing and delivery

• Financial management of projects

• Managing and mentoring junior members of the team (for more senior grades)

• Designing and implementing mitigation strategies

• Meeting with clients and representing our team at conferences and other industry events

• Co-ordinating and leading (or assisting for more junior grades) aquatic surveys including:

• habitat assessments (e.g. fisheries habitat, RHS and RCS)

• fisheries surveys (e.g. electrofishing, seine netting, fyke netting)

• river restoration and fish passage assessments and options appraisals

• macroinvertebrate sampling,

• crayfish surveys,

• water and sediment quality investigations

• pollution response and investigations

• spot flow gauging

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Requirements

You must;

• be suitably qualified, with an undergraduate level degree

• have a high level of technical competence in both desk and field based activities

• have experience in a commercial environmental setting

• be proficient IT and report-writing skills

• have the ability to communicate with clients, stakeholders and peers

• have the ability to travel throughout the UK and occasionally work from other offices, potentially including overseas.

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Why this role?

Our client is a leading Environmental and Sustainability consultancy providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. They are growing fast thanks to their diverse operations, entrepreneurial spirit, and open management style. Our client offers the opportunity to connect to a growing community of experts and specialists who regularly collaborate to deliver projects and support each other across business units.

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Interested?

Get in touch today by clicking the apply button above, or send an email to Tom at: tjherbert@allen-york.com to find out more or to arrange a confidential chat.

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