Environmental Consultant - EIA - Marine Mammals
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Environmental Consultant - EIA - Marine Mammals
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Ltd is seeking a Senior Environmental Consultant to lead marine mammal assessments for offshore EIA projects. This full-time, permanent role is based in Aberdeenshire with a competitive salary.
Job Details
- Employer: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Ltd
- Location: Aberdeenshire
- Salary: Competitive
- Closing date: 1 Jun 2026
- Sector: Consultancy
- Role: Consultant
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Hours: Full Time
Job Description
This is a great opportunity to join a growing consultancy as a Senior Environment Consultant. You will provide scientific, consenting, advisory and strategic consultancy, often in collaboration with the other discipline–led divisions.
Responsibilities
- Lead and quality assure Marine Mammal chapters for EIAs and HRAs;
- Provide technical leadership across marine mammal impact assessment, underwater noise, survey methods, and mitigation design;
- Support project delivery on a wide range of offshore consenting work, including wind, tidal, carbon capture and subsea infrastructure projects;
- Project manage scopes and liaise with clients and stakeholders;
- Support us in maintaining best practice standards, client relationships, and industry leadership.
Requirements
Essential Experience & Qualifications
- Experience as an environmental consultant in offshore wind, tidal, or marine energy consenting or equivalent experience
- Strong track record in authoring EIA and HRA marine mammal assessments for offshore projects, as well as protected species licensing
- Master's degree or higher in marine biology, ecology, zoology, quantitative ecology, or related field
- Proven expertise in marine mammals and underwater sound, and a strong understanding of stakeholder concerns including those of regulators and nature conservation bodies
- Solid understanding of survey and monitoring techniques
- Good working knowledge of mitigation measures to reduce impacts on marine mammals
- Confident communicator with excellent analytical and writing skills
Desirable Skills
- Experience with population modelling and/or collision risk modelling
About Us
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] have been matching purposeful people with purpose–led organisations for 30 years. We partner with our clients and candidates on roles that build an understanding of climate change, promote sustainability and create inclusive and responsible organisations, working towards a sustainable world for us all. Committed to inclusiveness in the workplace, we aim to increase diversity across all areas and therefore welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, or whether or not they have a disability. Let's help build a better world, together.