Senior Ecologist

About us

MKO is Ireland’s largest Planning and Environmental consultancy.

Our team of 200 experienced professionals work across the planning, environmental, ecology and related fields.
We deliver challenging and complex projects for our clients and have an unrivalled track record of success. We add real value to our client’s projects through our multi-disciplinary expertise and a broad range of nationwide experience.

Our success and growth rests entirely on the knowledge, skills, ambition and integrity of our people, and we value these qualities most highly. We are forward-thinking and work with a can-do attitude, which nurtures people, ideas and opportunities to help maximise potential.

Through our work, we aim to leave a legacy we can all be proud of.

Job Description

We are recruiting a Senior Ecologist to deliver challenging projects within our Ecology team, one of Ireland’s largest, full-time professional ecology practices and works nationwide. The successful candidate will work on projects across the renewable energy, transport, water and infrastructure sectors and a range of private sector developments. The available position will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects utilising the skills they may have acquired through formal training, personal interest and previous work experience.

The role offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious professional to work on projects across the country.

The key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Scoping, planning and undertaking ecological surveys in the terrestrial, freshwater or marine environments.
• Project managing ecological surveys, ecological impact assessments and other ecology projects from inception to completion, including interaction with project stakeholders, clients and other project team members.
• Preparing written ecological reports, impact assessments, management plans, etc, as the output of field survey efforts, including mapping, data collation, etc.
• Preparing the scope of work and fee proposal documents for new projects.
• Delivering fit-for-purpose project outputs within set deadlines.
• Managing project budgets to ensure the scope of work is completed in the allocated time, variances are highlighted and project invoices issued.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and project stakeholders.
• Reviewing outputs from other Ecology team members and providing guidance and mentoring for more junior team members.
• Prioritising assigned workload while balancing client expectations, available resources and project deadlines.

• A third-level qualification in ecology, botany, natural sciences, or other related fields that give the candidate the necessary skills to fulfil the role.
• A minimum of 8 years post-graduate experience in fulfilling similar functions, ideally in a similar consultancy role.
• A broad range of ecological experience on large-scale projects in key sectors.
• Excellent report writing skills and proven project management abilities.
• A specialism in one field of ecology with a broader working knowledge of other inter-related fields.
• An excellent understanding of the EU Habitats and EIA Directives in so far as they relate to project-based ecological impact assessments being undertaken by an ecological consultancy.
• Demonstrable ability to manage the busy and varied ecological workload of a team of ecologists.
• Full driving licence.

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