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 key 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 chance for a Flora Ecologist to join our National Ecology team in Queensland. Join a high performing team, that put quality and culture at the forefront, working on both specialist ecology and major infrastructure projects.
The role offers the opportunity to work with and mentored by recognized biodiversity specialists, both locally and globally. With work spanning across specialist and infrastructure projects, the role offers a dynamic and varied workload.
This could include:
- Conducting field surveys
- Analysing environmental impact
- Preparing reports and recommendations for clients and working on conservation and restoration initiatives.
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 proposals and undertaking business development where applicable
- Proactively managing projects or delivering components of projects, quality assurance and development of client relationships.
Qualifications & Experience:
At Arcadis, we are committed to creating a positive impact for biodiversity and communities. As a Flora Ecologist, you will have the chance to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry, delivering innovative solutions that support environmental sustainability and conservation.
Be part of a team that values technical excellence, personal growth, and team collaboration. To excel in this role, you will bring:
- Tertiary qualifications in ecology or other relevant degree
- At least 3 years of consulting experience in botanical surveys within Queensland
- A strong botany focus, ideally being suitably qualified to perform protected plant surveys as per Queensland’s DES Flora Survey Guidelines
- Experience with the ground-truthing of Regional Ecosystems and leading BioCondition surveys
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are critical for preparing reports, engaging with stakeholders, and presenting findings
- Strong collaboration skills to work effectively within a team and with multi-disciplinary professionals
- Demonstrated impact assessment experience within the Queensland and Commonwealth legislative systems.
Desirable & favorable experience:
- BAM accreditation and/or knowledge of NSW legislation and Plant Community Types
- Road project experience
- QLD renewable experience
- An ability to think outside the box and develop innovative solutions to complex problems
- Post graduate degree in relevant area
- Experience in survey/flora experience in NSW (gives us flexibility to potentially bring them south to assist in the northern parts of NSW).
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 skill-based approach, where you can hardness 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 & Belonging: We 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. Veterans and spouses are invited to apply. #LI-BS2
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