Senior – Associate Aquatic Ecologist – Perth

4 weeks ago

Perth, Australia Geoscience Ireland Full time

Job Details: Senior – Associate Aquatic Ecologist – Perth

Job Title: Senior – Associate Aquatic Ecologist – Perth

Vacancy No: VN4434

Employment Type: Permanent

Contract Type: Full-Time

About the business and the role
SLR is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With close to 850+ 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.

An exciting opportunity now exists for a skilled Senior-Associate Aquatic Ecologist with at least 5 years' consulting experience to join our Perth office. In this full-time permanent role, you will be responsible for all aspects of project delivery including proposal preparation, leading fieldwork, laboratory work, data analysis and report writing as well as mentoring our keen junior freshwater ecologists. This role offers the opportunity to work as part of a highly motivated team of technical specialists who are truly passionate about Aquatic Ecology.

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

1. Contribute your technical leadership skills in aquatic environmental services and be recognised for your specialist knowledge.
2. Laboratory experience i.e. sorting, enumeration, identification, sample preparation etc.
3. Design, lead and contribute to projects across freshwater environments, in order to achieve timely and high-quality outcomes.
4. Technical report writing.
5. Undertake aquatic/water quality fieldwork in remote areas.

Skills and experience
The successful candidate must have:

1. Relevant bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science or a related field, with specialised study in freshwater ecology desirable.
2. 5 years' experience as either an aquatic ecologist, biologist, zoologist or water quality specialist – with knowledge of scientific data collection in aquatic ecosystems.
3. Excellent data analysis skills using uni- and multivariate techniques, and proven ability to prepare reports to a high standard.
4. Experience in project management including budgeting and client liaison from project inception to completion.
5. Drivers Licence is essential and candidates without this will not be considered.
6. Experience in macroinvertebrate identification to species level will be favoured.
7. An enthusiastic and dedicated approach.

Our Benefits
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.

You can find a comprehensive list here.

Next Steps
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.
Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.

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