Senior Ecologist (Keystone Environmental)

We are seeking Senior Ecologists to join our Ecology Team in Gloucestershire.

This position is based at our head office location just outside Tetbury in the heart of the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. The office is situated not far from Stroud, recently voted the best place to live in the UK.

Your primary responsibilities would be:

Project management of small-medium scale projects

Technical report writing (at senior level)

Assisting with client liaison, quotes, and budget management

Resource and workload planning

Leading complex surveys, including supervision of in-house and external staff

Supporting and contributing to the Ecology Team’s vision and objections

The successful applicant will also have the unique opportunity to work alongside our in-house habitats team, who work directly with our ecology team, to develop and deliver bespoke mitigation and enhancement schemes that provide genuine and lasting benefit for wildlife.

Core requirements:

Project management experience

Technical report writing experience (at senior level)

Ability to identify risks and opportunities, avoiding/minimising the former and capitalising on the latter

Experience of leading, mentoring and organising surveyors

An excellent working knowledge of UK and European legislation and the planning system

Ability to balance and manage priorities, and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues whilst working under pressure

Fee proposal capabilities

Additional beneficial experience:

An area of specialism (aquatic, botany, ornithology, invertebrates and bats of particular interest)

Holder of one or more survey and/or development licences

Sound experience of using the BNG metric

Experience of design and implementation of practical, innovative, and achievable mitigation strategies for protected species

Capable of higher-level technical writing (e.g. ES ecology chapters)

What Sets us Apart and What Does the Future Hold for Keystone

The business has been successfully running for 20 years, adapting to change, and maintaining growth turnover and commercial stability. It operates across all industry sectors on projects at all scales including some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects. In addition, the company takes on specialist conservation driven projects and is rapidly expanding its BNG services, which builds on an enviable track record of success in habitat creation, restoration, and mitigation from both a design and practical implementation perspective. The projects are delivered nationally from the head office in Gloucestershire.

Keystone differs from other consultancies in that it includes an in-house Habitats contracting team, which means the ecologists truly benefit from the practical knowledge of what mitigation, habitat creation, restoration and management schemes work, and ecologists can see the fruits of their labour translate into reality on the ground.

The team has a professional family feel and strives to ensure that fun is part of working life whilst ensuring the outstanding company reputation for excellence in all fields is maintained. Quarterly staff appreciation days are routinely held.

What We Provide

Competitive salary pending experience

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Option for hybrid working

Company vehicles for meetings and site attendances

Quarterly staff appreciation events

Community incentives and volunteering opportunities

Continued growth and career progression including annual CPD & training budget

Company pension and sick pay

Private medical insurance

Access to internal Mental First Aid Qualified staff

Idyllic office location in the Cotswolds with on-site parking