Graduate Ecologist & Environmental Consultant
- Environment & geoscience
- Dublin
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Atkins Ireland is a member of SNC-Lavalin, one of the world’s leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland.
We have an opportunity for a Graduate Ecologist & an Environmental Consultant to join our Environment team, based in our Dublin office. The candidate should be self-motivated, enthusiastic, hardworking, flexible, willing to take responsibility and comfortable working as part of a team.
The role will involve site survey attendance, optioneering, report writing, environmental / ecological desk-based assessments, liaison and co-ordination with other disciplines and assistance with the preparation of environmental reports for a broad range of infrastructure projects in Ireland, particularly in the water and transport sectors.
Atkins offers excellent career prospects as part of a multidisciplinary consultancy business both in Ireland and internationally. We are Engineer’s Ireland CPD Employer of the Year and this role comes with significant benefits in terms of technical development and progression towards Chartership.
Duties will include:
- Playing a role in the delivery of a broad range of infrastructure projects in Ireland.
- Ability to work within a team environment and under own initiative to achieve project goals.
- Undertaking ecological / environmental site surveys as required (under guidance).
- Preparation of environmental / ecological desk-based assessments.
- Preparation of AA Screening reports / EIA Screening reports.
- Apply technical capabilities including the development of skills in GIS.
Key Experience & Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Flexible approach with ability to be able to multi-task and prioritise when necessary.
- Positive outlook and approachable manner.
- Well-motivated, able to work as part of a team or alone when required.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
- Ability to use initiative and have excellent problem-solving capabilities.
- Good written and verbal communicator in English.
- Ability to comply with Quality Assurance Management Systems.
About Us:
At Atkins we put Sustainability at the heart of our business strategy. We possess a significant breadth of knowledge and depth of skills and experience for the ultimate benefit of our clients. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. Together with our clients, we’re always striving to find better ways to get things done. We are a certified CPD Accredited employer with Engineers Ireland and we were named Engineers Ireland CPD Employer of the year in 2021.
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