Binnies are recruiting for a Consultant Ecologist to have a key role in our Chester -based team area within our growing Ecology team (a CIEEM Registered Practice). We have a strong focus on high quality survey and assessment combined with biodiversity enhancement and restoration across our portfolio of work at all scales and sectors including flood, coastal and maritime, water utilities, transport and renewable power. This key role would also support our growing portfolio of work in England and Wales including natural capital projects and Solutions By Nature; our RSK joint venture providing nature-based solutions via blue-green infrastructure to the water industry. You would be a key part of our national Environmental team and work with our ecologists, landscape architects and other specialists to drive the quality of our surveys and assessments across diverse projects including new reservoir development, river restoration, catchment management, SSSI assessment and coastal management. We are already developing new approaches through our Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), GIS and Digital Ecology specialists to optimise the use of technology in collecting data and this role would have the benefit of being supported by and learning from the outputs of these exciting work areas. Depending on your skill sets and interest there would also b...