Biodiversity Manager - Infrastructure Project

Description

• Provide land management advice, habitat restoration advice, and oversee habitat creation projects.
• Implement assurance to the latest DEFRA standards on biodiversity net gain.
• Embed sustainability requirements and relevant standards with delivery partners.
• Carry out extended Phase 1 habitat/UKHab surveys on sites, and BREEAM reports for key clients.
• Undertake biodiversity assurance activities when required.
• Support enhanced environment steering groups, reporting into periodic performance reviews to engage partners in biodiversity opportunities and management.
• Write and carry out technical assurance reviews of ecology reports.
• Support colleagues with the commissioning of ecology surveys, including preparing technical scopes for sub-consultants.
• Monitor, assure, manage and update the requirements of the BNG Plan, including the biodiversity management process, performance measures, and KPIs.
• Advise on biodiversity offset options and likely impacts for programme-wide interventions.
• Support the delivery and update of the sustainability strategy document.
• Identify and celebrate sustainability best practices and successes.
• Support and lead stakeholder engagement for biodiversity offsets opportunities in conjunction with delivery partners, communications teams, sponsors, local authorities, and special interest groups.
• Work collaboratively with technical authorities to share knowledge on biodiversity management.
• Chair periodic biodiversity forums with delivery partners to drive performance on delivering BNG.
• Support work-winning through bids, solutioning, client liaison, and raising the company's profile externally.
• Manage correct reporting of biodiversity data with DEFRA's latest methodology.
• Conduct biodiversity net gain assessments, including the use of biodiversity metrics and design and delivery of net gain solutions.
• Lead the development of delivery of BNG Plans across programme to drive 10% BNG. This includes agreeing project outcomes and ensuring their delivery by the project team.
• Be a technical expert and promote innovation in the area of biodiversity.
• Coordinate regular biodiversity reporting and Power BI reporting.
• Support environmental and social appraisals (ESA) for the programme if required.
• Develop and deliver training across the programme as required.
• Work with project teams to deliver best practices in protecting and enhancing ecology.
• Support work winning through bid support, innovation, client liaison, and external profile-raising of Mace/Mace services.
• Perform GIS mapping.
• Advise clients on delivering their strategic ecology priorities, including writing policies and developing portfolio/estate-wide strategies.
• Participate in early design layout workshops, applying mitigation hierarchy principles.

Requirements

• At the same time this person should be a pro-active generalist, able to cover all major issues of sustainability with all relevant stakeholders.
• Degree in Ecology, Conservation, or related subject.
• Chartership (or actively working towards Chartership) with the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM).

Benefits

• Safety first - Going home safe and well

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance