Principal Ecologist

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Beca

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1920

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

💰 $108.1k Grant - Beca on 2024-07

Construction • Logistics • Healthcare

Beca is a multidisciplinary engineering and professional services firm that delivers engineering, digital transformation and sustainability solutions for asset-intensive clients across the Asia‑Pacific region. The company provides services in energy, water, earthquake and contaminated‑land engineering, asset and portfolio management, and digital innovations such as digital twins to help planners and clients make informed decisions. Beca positions itself as a B2B partner focused on improving infrastructure outcomes, climate adaptation and long‑term value for communities and clients.

📋 Description

• Provide specialist ecological advice across major infrastructure, renewable energy, water sector and environmental projects • Provide technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of ecological projects • Guide assessment approaches and review technical outputs • Ensure high standards of quality across ecological work • Act as a trusted adviser to clients, project teams and stakeholders • Deliver robust ecological advice and help shape sustainable outcomes • Lead and contribute to strategic pursuits, proposals and tenders • Build relationships with clients, regulators, iwi, contractors and multidisciplinary project teams • Partner with Beca specialists to develop integrated scientific, engineering and environmental solutions • Strengthen collaboration with the Australian Ecology team • Champion technical excellence in biodiversity policy, legislation and industry best practice • Contribute to the growth and reputation of Beca's ecology practice • Mentor others and help develop the next generation of ecologists

🎯 Requirements

• Degree-qualified ecology professional • Significant consulting experience • Recognised technical expertise in terrestrial and/or freshwater ecology • Successful delivery of complex projects and ecological assessments • Deep knowledge of New Zealand environmental legislation, policy and regulatory frameworks • Strong analytical thinking, sound technical judgement and pragmatic problem-solving skills • Experience providing technical leadership, peer review and quality assurance • Ability to mentor others, build capability and champion technical excellence • Established professional network • Ability to build trusted client relationships, win work and contribute to ecology services growth • NZ working rights • Current driver's licence • CEnvP Ecology Specialist accreditation or progress towards it preferred • Hearing, Board of Inquiry or Environment Court experience advantageous • Specialist expertise in freshwater ecology, ornithology and/or botany highly regarded

🏖️ Benefits

• Employee-ownership model with share ownership available for eligible employees • Range of employee benefits designed to reward and recognise employees • Opportunity to work on nationally significant and technically challenging projects • Collaboration with specialists across environmental engineering, planning, hydrogeology, digital and other disciplines • Opportunity to influence the future direction of the ecology practice • Opportunity to contribute to expanding ecology services across Australia and the Pacific • Supportive team environment • Career ownership and development opportunities