Senior Ecologist

At SLR we Make Sustainability Happen. SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With 1,000+ staff in APAC alone, we provide consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific issues to a diverse and growing base of business, regulatory and governmental clients. We celebrate a 'One Team Culture', where bringing together diversity of thought and expression is key to building the best team to deliver excellent results.

Our Perth office has a mixture of technical specialists across a range of disciplines and due to the exciting projects in the pipeline for 2025, the Ecology & Biodiversity team is seeking their newest members They are a friendly bunch who work well together with a strong team culture. We are keen on speaking to Senior Ecologists (Botany or Zoology) with the confidence and ability to hit the ground running in a busy and enthusiastic environment.

Job tasks and responsibilities

You will be confident in your technical ability and have a positive attitude to do the following tasks:

• Providing high quality service and advice in your area of expertise to clients and colleagues, in both office-based and fieldwork activities.
• Participate in field survey programs to collect a variety of different ecological data.
• Interpretation and application of environmental legislation to projects across a variety of different sectors.
• Development of technical reports detailing the outcomes of field survey programs and implications for environmental impact assessment and management.
• Assisting in preparing tenders and proposals.
• Integrating your technical work into multidisciplinary assessments and project teams.
• Make independent studies, analyses, interpretations, conclusions and decisions, and prepare reports outlining the findings of these studies.
• Travel to remote areas, including interstate, to conduct field survey programs.

The successful candidate must have:

• An appropriate tertiary qualification in Science, Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Natural Resources or in another related field.
• 4+ years' experience in an ecological role in the environmental consulting sector or an equivalent role in Government, including undertaking ecological surveys and report production.
• Experience in undertaking flora and fauna field surveys and monitoring programs.
• Good knowledge of Western Australian flora and fauna.
• Mature report writing and computer skills, with demonstrated ability to prepare high quality written material for publication.
• Proven ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple tasks.
• Proven project management experience in relation to client management and budget control.

Our West Australian team has ecologists with varying expertise and experience, and we focus on providing the necessary internal and external training to upskill our staff. We provide mentoring and a clear career development pathway that could fast track your career in environmental consulting. We also offer opportunities to work interstate on exciting projects within Australia alongside our other 100+ ecologists within APAC.

SLR is a great place to work and we are proud of our unique culture where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you're working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted with gender diverse interview panels to the best of our ability. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.