Current Vacancies

The role of Consultant is a position of responsibility within the company, directly reportable to the Principal Consultant / Director of the Company.  The role may require attendance at sites and meetings across the UK, some periods away from home are required as a part of the role.   You will be expected to represent the company at all times in a professional manner.

Main Duties and Activities:

• Undertake site visits across the UK to undertake site works and project managing environmental, geotechnical and contaminated land site investigations.
• Prepare reports concerning, contaminated land and geotechnical investigations both quantitative and qualitative using all current risk assessment methodologies.
• Provide reports / photographs concerning, site progress, site conditions and any health and safety issues, where required;
• Provide assistance to Graduate Engineers as required;
• Provide input of information at monthly meetings, and assisting with update to reports and library database of all new legislation.
• Submission of quotations to clients.
• Preparation of rates for Company Accountant to invoice;
• Liaising with clients, professional advisors, contractors and general public.
• Undertaking the design and management of geotechnical and contaminated land assessments from inception through to completion.

Any other duties consistent with the job description that may be required from time to time.

General Office and Personnel Procedures:

• Site data and documents pertaining to projects must be uploaded daily over Geosphere Environmental Ltd’s Cloud System.
• The employee should contribute to the required office culture, conduct and discipline to encourage enjoyable, productive and efficient working of all personnel.
• The employee’s sound working relationships with the team and other employees within the multi-disciplinary environment.
• Provide assistance with regards to marketing the company across the UK where and when required.
• Attend/present CPD courses and be responsible for your own personal development.
• Keeping the office, workshop, vehicles and company property clean and in good order.
• Attend work progress meetings at designated offices, when requested by senior staff.
• Recruitment is carried out in line with safe recruitment practices such as DBS checks.

  If this is the role for you:

Please apply by emailing your CV and a covering letter to Stephen Gilchrist at info@geosphere-environmental.co.uk

Pre-requisite: A Level 2 Bat Licence is preferable, but not required for application

Salary: up to 35K depending on level of experience

GEL has a fantastic opportunity for an Senior Ecologist / Principal Ecologist to join our thriving and growing ecology team.

The ideal candidate will have broad experience and knowledge of UK ecology including ecological survey, legislation, biodiversity policy, licensing methods and ecological mitigation techniques, including their delivery. You will also have experience in preparing and ideally reviewing reports and documentation to support planning applications, depending on the level appointed. This role would suit a proactive individual who wants to work in a growth area of our business and help support the delivery of ecological services in a client focussed commercial environment.

Depending on the appointed level, you will:

• Work closely with other members of the team and colleagues in other technical disciplines, delivering ecological support on a variety of projects with opportunities to manage (or task manage) a range of exciting projects.
• Act as project lead, designing, and leading multi-species surveys (including bats, reptiles, badgers, great crested newts, otter and water vole etc).
• Conduct technical reporting (including Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, UK Habs surveys, protected species reports, Ecological Impact Assessments, Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments and others) and review reports.
• Provide support on bid writing.
• Mentor junior staff in order to support the growth and development of the ecology team.

As the successful candidate you will ideally:

• Hold relevant degree qualification;
• Be a member of CIEEM;
• Have excellent fieldwork skills with experience of a range of fauna and flora survey methods;
• Have knowledge of relevant UK and European environmental legislation;
• Hold a level 2 bat licence;
• Have the ability to undertake surveys, often with quickly changing schedules;
• Be willing to work outside normal office hours as required;
• Write reports in a timely and technical fashion;
• Have the ability to use own initiative and be proactive;
• Hold a full clean UK driving licence.

Preferably, You Will Also Have:

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in ecological consultancy or related work.

If this is the role for you:

Please apply by emailing your CV and a covering letter to Katie Linehan at info@geosphere-environmental.co.uk

The role of Principal Arboricultural Consultant is a responsible position within the company directly reportable to the Technical Director or Directors of the Company. The role may require attendance at sites and meetings across the UK, some period away from home are required as a part of the role. You will be expected to represent the company at all times in a professional manner.

Main Duties and Activities:

• Undertake site visits across the UK to undertake arboricultural assessments and supervision as required.
• Maintaining high standards of delivery of arboricultural consultancy through keeping up with technical standards and current guidance and providing technical review for arboricultural reports.
• Working outside of normal office hours to assist on ecology surveys if workload requires.
• Provide supervision (where required) of trainee arboriculturalists/work experience detail when requested.
• Preparation and submission of fee proposals.
• Liaising with clients, professional advisors, contractors and general public.
• Acting as job manager for QA purposes as determined by the Technical Director.
• Undertaking the design and management of arboricultural assessments and method statements from inception through to completion.
• Any other duties consistent with the job description that may be required from time to time.

General Office and Personnel Procedures:

• Site data and documents pertaining to projects must be uploaded daily over Geosphere Environmental Ltd’s Cloud System.
• The employee should contribute to the required office culture, conduct and discipline to encourage enjoyable, productive and efficient working of all personnel.
• The employee’s sound working relationships with the team and other employees within the multi-disciplinary environment.
• Provide assistance with regards to marketing the company across the UK where and when required.
• Attend CPD courses and be responsible for your own personal development.
• Keeping the office, workshop, vehicles and company property clean and in good order.
• Attend work progress meetings at designated offices, when requested by senior staff.
• Staff have use of pool vehicles to attend site surveys.  These are not to be used for personal use to and from home.
• Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices such as DBS checks.

Qualifications/Experience Required

• RQF Level 3 qualification in Arboriculture or above.
• Professional membership of the Arboricultural Association (or application pending).
• Communication skills to allow effective liaison with planners, developers, professional advisors, contractors, landowners, the general public and others.
• Organisational, project management and report writing skills.
• A full driver’s licence valid in the UK.

The role of Senior Arboricultural Consultant is a responsible position within the company directly reportable to the Technical Director.  The role may require attendance at sites and meetings across the UK, some period away from home are required as a part of the role. You will be expected to represent the company at all times in a professional manner.

Main Duties and Activities:

• Undertake site visits across the UK to undertake arboricultural assessments and supervision as required.
• Maintaining high standards of delivery of arboricultural consultancy through keeping up with technical standards and current guidance and providing technical review for arboricultural reports.
• Working outside of normal office hours to assist on ecology surveys if workload requires.
• Provide supervision (where required) of trainee arboriculturalists/work experience detail when requested.
• Assistance in the preparation and submission of basic fee proposals.
• Liaising with clients, professional advisors, contractors and general public.
• Acting as job manager on basic projects for QA purposes as determined by the Principal Arboriculturalist or Technical Director.
• Undertaking the design and management of arboricultural assessments and method statements from inception through to completion.
• Any other duties consistent with the job description that may be required from time to time.

General Office and Personnel Procedures:

• Site data and documents pertaining to projects must be uploaded daily over Geosphere Environmental Ltd’s Cloud System.
• The employee should contribute to the required office culture, conduct and discipline to encourage enjoyable, productive and efficient working of all personnel.
• The employee’s sound working relationships with the team and other employees within the multi-disciplinary environment.
• Assist with marketing the company across the UK where and when required.
• Attend CPD courses and be responsible for your own personal development.
• Keeping the office, workshop, vehicles and company property clean and in good order.
• Attend work progress meetings at designated offices, when requested by senior staff.
• Staff have use of pool vehicles to attend site surveys.  These are not to be used for personal use to and from home.
• Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices such as CRBN checks.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience Required

• RQF Level 3 qualification in Arboriculture or above.
• Eligibility for professional membership of the Arboricultural Association.
• Communication skills to allow effective liaison with planners, developers, professional advisors, contractors, landowners, the general public and others.
• Organisational, project management and report writing skills.
• A full driver’s licence valid in the UK.

Passionate about ecology? Looking for a varied work load? Considering that first step in your career which could lead to more?

We are looking for a Graduate Ecologist to join our ecology team. Work would be varied both in the field and in the office providing excellent experience for any ecologist.

Message us and send in your CV to find out more.

This role would suit a proactive individual who wants to work in a growth area of our business to gain experience of ecological consultancy both in the field and in the office environment.

In this exciting role, you will:

• Assist in ecology/biodiversity services, working in a multi-disciplinary environment (undertake desk studies, assist in protected species surveys).
• Compile, analyse, evaluate and interpret survey data.
• Be exposed to the full breadth of ecology works in a short space of time.
• Produce and contribute to technical reports including Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Ecological Impact Assessments, Biodiversity Net Gain Assessments and others.
• Gain insights into the planning system.
• Learn project management skills.
• Be taught the necessary skills for you to advance your career in ecology.

To be considered for this role, you must have:

• A relevant degree qualification.
• Fieldwork skills with experience of a range of fauna and flora survey methods.
• Knowledge of relevant UK and European environmental legislation.
• A flexible approach to work and a willingness to develop new ecology field skills, including during unsocial hours (e.g. overnight bat surveys).
• The ability to use own initiative and be proactive.
• A full clean UK driving licence.

Graduate Ecologists are required to be based from our Brightwell Office.
Salary: Competitive depending on experience

If this is the role for you:

Please apply by emailing your CV and a covering letter to Katie Linehan at info@geosphere-environmental.co.uk