Principal Ecologist

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**ocation**:Melbourne, VIC

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**bout the Opportunity**

Working as part of our national Ecology team, you will play a key role in further developing Umwelt’s profile for ecological projects across Victoria and expanding our service delivery in this discipline. This will also involve promoting the Melbourne office ecology presence for Umwelt.

With support from the Regional Manager - Victoria and the Ecology Manager South East Australia, you will lead the Victorian Ecology team’s direction and development, including identifying, winning, leading, managing and completing a wide range of ecological projects and taking ownership of all aspects of project delivery to provide a fully integrated outcome in a manner that maintains and enhances Umwelt’s reputation.

You will have a strong business development function leveraging from Umwelt’s strong ecology reputation and from your existing relationships and ability to form strong and lasting relationships with clients.

**About Umwelt**

With almost three decades of experience and eight locations nationwide, we are a team of vibrant professionals with experience across a range of sectors including renewables, infrastructure, defence, regulation and policy, resources, and the urban development sector. We provide fully integrated environmental and social assessment and management services including concept and feasibility, technical assessment, consultation, approvals, delivery, operation, and decommissioning.

At Umwelt, workplace culture is paramount. Our people are our most important asset, and we are committed to providing a workplace that supports our team to grow with a collaborative and supportive environment and engaging project opportunities. Continue to expand your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed as part of a consultancy that puts its people first.

**About you**

We are looking for a Principal Ecologist who has the following:

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- ertiary qualifications in a relevant field with 10+ years’ relevant experience. S
- ubstantial ecological experience in one or multiple of the following sectors: infrastructure, defence, resources and extractive industry, or commercial development. C
- onsiderable consulting experience and/or a combination of consulting and client/regulator side ecology experience. D
- xperience delivering biodiversity values and constraints assessments, rehabilitation monitoring, surveys, and impact and offset assessments. E
- xperience leading ecology surveys, assessments, and reporting. A
- bility to develop and maintaining positive relationships with a range of stakeholders including peers, clients, and government agencies. A
- bility to work in a professional team as well as autonomously. H
- ighly motivated with a strong team commitment. W
- illingness to support the development and implementation of the growth strategy for the ecology workstream in Victoria. A
- bility to prepare successful large tender/proposal documents. K
- nowledge of infrastructure and renewables sectors.

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- **hat we offer**

Our people are our number one asset, and we are committed to providing a workplace that supports our team to grow. As part of our team, you will be offered:

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role working alongside highly experienced professionals that can support you to grow and develop professionally. O
- pportunities to work nationally across a range of sectors on diverse and technically challenging projects. F
- lexible work arrangements to support a work/life balance. A
workplace culture of learning and personal development, with a mix of in-house and externally hosted training opportunities offered as well as mentorship. E
- stablished and well considered wellbeing tools and initiatives and hands-on training. C
- ompetitive remuneration based on skills and experience.

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- **iversity and Inclusion**

Our vision is to make a difference for our clients, our people, and the world around us. We rely on the diversity and unique experiences that each of our employees bring to deliver on this vision. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity in the workplace.

We support and promote a family-friendly working environment, and we offer a range of family-friendly work practices that allow our team members to balance their work commitments with their family responsibilities. This includes flexible work arrangements, paid parental leave and additional #MeDays, as well as a range of established and well considered wellbeing tools and initiatives.

**Join our team**:

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