Job Description:Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:With a growing pipeline of diverse project work we have a new opportunity for a Principal or Senior level Flora Ecologist to join our Queensland ecology and wider ecology team. Join a high performing team, that put quality and culture at the forefront, working on both specialist ecology and major infrastructure projects.
Role accountabilities:- Providing technical ecological advice and report deliverables on a range of projects, primarily in QLD and northern NSW, but there are opportunities to work across our national ecology team and internationally
- Ground-truthing of Regional Ecosystems and threatened flora surveys, BioCondition and BAM plots and other aspects of flora assessment and management
- Contributing to the leadership and senior support of the national ecology team, especially within Queensland
- Involvement in business development and the development of winning proposals
- Proactively managing projects or components of projects, quality assurance and development of client relationships.
Qualifications & Experience:You are an experienced flora ecologist with a passion for Australia’s ecosystems and a desire to contribute to a multi disciplinary consultancy.
Essential Criteria- Tertiary qualifications in ecology or other relevant degree
- At least 5 years experience in botanical surveys, preferably in QLD and NSW
- Suitably qualified or eligible to be suitably qualified for protected plants surveys in QLD (as per DES requirements in Flora Survey Guidelines – Protected Plants)
- Knowledge of, and experience in ground-truthing of Regional Ecosystems and BioCondition surveys
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Leadership and collaboration skills
- Experience in impact assessment within the QLD and Commonwealth legislative systems
Desirable- BAM accreditation and knowledge of NSW legislation and vegetation communities
- An ability to think outside the box and develop innovative solutions to complex problems
- Post graduate degree in relevant area
Why Arcadis?We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.Together, we can create a lasting legacy.Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & BelongingWe want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.#LI-JR2#ResilienceAustralia#EnvironmentAustralia
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