Careers at Scott Cawley
Are you a dedicated and passionate ecologist looking to join a dynamic team of professionals and make a significant impact in the protection and restoration of biodiversity? Look no further!
ABOUT US
Scott Cawley Ltd is one of Ireland’s longest established specialist ecological consultancies with a reputation as leaders in our field. Our vision is to lead the way in providing solutions for the protection and restoration of biodiversity. With a reputation for excellence, we work on diverse projects across multiple sectors, including transport, pharmaceutical, industrial, energy, utilities, technology and residential.
We believe in growing and retaining our own – and within our growing company there is huge potential for career progression. We’re invested in you and your success, and we place our staff at the heart of our business. We value employee’s wellbeing and healthy work life balance, support continuous professional development and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. With a culture of openness, there is always someone within the company who can provide guidance and support for almost any query. We operate a hybrid working arrangement and different working hour patterns to suit you and our business. We also operate a comprehensive onboarding process to ensure a smooth transition into the company for both you and us. Our team of experts are committed to delivering high-quality service while providing solutions for the protection and restoration of biodiversity.
CURRENT VACANCIES
To meet our growing business needs and future development aspirations, Scott Cawley is seeking talented Principal Ecologists, Senior Ecologists and Senior Consultant Ecologists to join our team of experts. The successful people will become part of a respected and ambitious team, contributing to our vision.
Principal Ecologist & Senior Ecologist
Principal Ecologist
As a Principal Ecologist with 8-10years experience you will be a natural leader and manager who finds satisfaction in team development and fostering a positive culture. You will leverage your technical expertise to deliver a robust ecology service to our clients. You will also establish and maintain excellent technical standards within the company and grow our ecology skills within our team. This senior role involves strategic planning, client liaison, project management, and technical delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes that meet client needs and regulatory requirements. This role will assist with growing our service offering, enhancing our existing portfolio and reinforcing our reputation as a market leader. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on technical excellence, teamwork, autonomy and development of others.
Senior Ecologist
As a Senior Ecologist with a minimum of 5 years experience in ecological consultancy, you will have a range of responsibilities that will make full use of your skillset. You will provide comprehensive ecological consultancy services across the island of Ireland, managing medium to large scale projects including designing, delivering and leading on large-scale ecological survey programs, managing, co-ordinating, mentoring and leading more junior staff, delivery of a full suite of consultancy report, and ensuring the efficient delivery of projects on time and within budget. This role requires a proactive and hands-on approach, strong technical skills in ecology and the ability to work with a range of stakeholder.
If you would like to chat with us about joining our team, you can have an informal chat with our dedicated recruiter for Ireland and the UK Curran Recruitment or you can contact us at jobs@scottcawley.com
Senior Consultant Ecologist
As a Senior Consultant Ecologist, with 4+ years’ experience, you will play a key role in conducting ecological surveys, data digitisation and analysis, writing and contributing to ecological reports. As well as all of the above and you may design, supervise and manage ecological survey programmes and undertake more complex or specialist ecological surveys. More experienced individuals will also manage projects and clients. You will work closely with a team of professionals in-house but also externally on our projects, contributing to the development and implementation of projects that protect and restore biodiversity.
Responsibilities
- Design, supervise and manage ecological survey programmes.
- Conduct ecological surveys, including application of basic and standard survey techniques (i.e., multi-disciplinary, habitats, invasive species, mammals, bats, breeding and winter birds).
- Collate, analyse and interpret survey data as well as digitisation and mapping survey results.
- Prepare non-complex ecological reports including write up of some or all of the following report types; baseline ecological surveys, AA screening reports, preliminary ecological assessment and derogation licence applications/returns.
- Contribute to part of more complex reports such as ecological impact assessment and biodiversity chapters of EIARs.
- Manage projects of an appropriate scale relevant to ability and level of experience.
- Manage and liaise with people outside of the company including clients, design team members, sub-contractors, statutory consultees etc.
Qualifications and Requirements
- An honours degree in ecology, natural science or a related biological discipline. A postgraduate degree will be advantageous but not essential.
- 4+ years’ experience.
- Good field identification skills in at least one area (e.g. botany, birds, mammals) and experience conducting ecological surveys
- Membership of CIEEM at the appropriate grade.
- Full driving licence, use of car and availability to travel throughout Ireland including overnights away from home
See Job Description for further detail.
Salary and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Core benefits include hybrid working model, time off in lieu policy, paid sick leave, generous CPD allowance and individualised annual CPD plan, fieldwork clothing allowance, paid membership of CIEEM, employee assistance programme and wellbeing platform, family leave supports, company pension scheme with employer contribution,
Download a copy of the Senior Consultant Ecologist job advert here.
How to Apply
If you are passionate about biodiversity and possess the qualifications outlined above, we would love to hear from you! A full job description and application form can be downloaded below.
We need the following from you:
- Completed Application Form
- CV
Please submit your completed application form and CV highlighting your relevant experience to jobs@scottcawley.com.
Application Deadline: Midnight on Wednesday 14th August 2024
Interviews: Will be held on Wednesday 28th Aug 2024 and candidates must be available for interview on this date.
At Scott Cawley Ltd we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment that values and supports all individuals. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
We appreciate your interest in joining Scott Cawley and thank you for considering this opportunity.