Principle Ecologist - Galway, Ireland

To meet our growing project workload and help us design and apply innovative approaches to our projects, we are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Principal Ecologist to head up and grow our ecology services in our Galway Office in the West of Ireland. Joining us, you will have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to strategic infrastructure and high-profile projects. We are offering the right candidate an excellent salary and a unique profit-sharing opportunity.

About Us

Entrust is a fast-growing multi-disciplinary planning and environmental consultancy that offers services across the UK & Ireland from its offices in Galway and Liverpool. Established in 2008, we have 23 full employees including experienced town planners, engineers and operations personnel. We specialise in infrastructure town planning, including in the renewable energy, grid infrastructure and wireless telecoms sectors.

Over the past number of years in Ireland we have delivered consent for 13 utility scale Solar PV and Battery Energy Storage System projects, including the largest single solar farm in Ireland at 657 acres. The total combined consented projects equate to >1GW Solar PV, 500MW BESS, or enough electricity for c. 180,000 homes and an annual carbon displacement of 346,000 tonnes per annum.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Leading ecological services on strategic infrastructure and renewable energy projects, managing project programmes and budgets

  • Proactively bringing in new business and growing a new ecology department including building a team

  • Managing work enquiries, preparing bids and building client relationships

  • Collaborating with our multi-disciplinary teams and undertaking stakeholder engagement

  • Planning, co-ordinating and undertaking field surveys, analysing and interpreting survey results using approaches such as biodiversity net gain or natural capital

  • Designing and co-ordinating ecological mitigation schemes

  • Authoring and checking a range of ecological reports (Preliminary Ecological Appraisals/Ecological Impact Assessments/Appropriate Assessments & Natura Impact Statements/ Biodiversity Management Plans/Net Gain/Species Survey Reports/Management Plans)

About You

Ideally, you would have the following qualifications / memberships:

  • Membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM)

  • Ideally 5 years relevant post qualification experience

  • A degree in ecology

  • Demonstrable excellent ecological knowledge

  • Strong commercial skills to bring in new business

  • Capability to undertake wide range of different species surveys and wide range of ecological reports

  • A full, clean UK/Ireland driving licence.

Personal Qualities

  • Must be dynamic

  • Must be an excellent communicator

  • Must be able to deal confidently with clients, staff reports and senior managers

  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

  • High level of personal integrity and commitment to upholding company values

  • Flexible approach with ability to multi-task and prioritise

  • Positive outlook and approachable manner

  • Highly motivated to achieve personal and organisational goals

  • Comfortable working in a team or individually as required

What we offer:

  • Competitive Salary package (based on experience)

  • Competitive Benefits package (incl health & pension)

  • Bonus - details of an exciting bonus scheme to be confirmed upon successful application.

  • A very supportive and collaborative working environment with the rest of our team members.

If you’re interested in this role, please forward an up-to-date CV and cover letter to simonne@entrust-services.com or joanne@entrust-services.com or call Simonne at  +353 (0) 91 342 511 or Joanne at +44 (0) 151 458 3345 in confidence