Senior Site Ecologist

About the role

Amazing infrastructure isn't the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Highways team as a Senior Site Ecologist on our Northern projects and you can build something to be proud of.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Balfour Beatty Head of Sustainability: Natural Environment and project leads, the Senior Site Ecologist will perform the following key activities:

• Lead on delivery of project ecological requirements.


• Develop and implement ecological management plans.


• Build and maintain relationships with regulators, clients and design teams, and internal teams.


• Ensure site compliance with ecological legislation and coach construction teams in applying controls and mitigations in pragmatic, cost-effective ways.


• Ensure the company environmental management system is maintained in line with changing standards and legislation and liaise with senior team lead on changes required.


• Lead investigations and report on ecological incidents.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Excellent knowledge of ecological management and mitigation


• Excellent understanding of ecological legalisation for development


• Good level of commercial awareness


• Full driver's licence and flexibility to travel


• Good understanding of environmental management for construction sites


• Good understanding of the utilities/construction/engineering operating environment


• Literate in MS Office - Word, Excel, Outlook


• Excellent communication skills

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Educated to degree or Masters level in Ecology or related subject


• At least one protected species survey licence and/ or preferably experienced in badger mitigation


• Experience of working on large scale infrastructure construction projects


• Full CIEEM Membership

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Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We're looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com