Senior / Principal Ecologist

🌿 Senior / Principal Ecologist

📍 Location : Ireland | 💼 Discipline : Environmental Planning & Sustainability

🕓 Work Model : Hybrid | 🧭 Seniority Level : Senior / Principal | 📅 Full-Time

🌍 Lead the Future of Sustainable Infrastructure

At Ayesa , we design and deliver complex infrastructure solutions that respect, protect, and enhance the natural environment. We are seeking an experienced Senior or Principal Ecologist to play a key role in the delivery of environmental services across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure and utility projects.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of infrastructure in Ireland—supporting national development goals while protecting ecologically sensitive areas. If you're an ambitious ecologist ready to take the next step, lead teams, and influence major public infrastructure projects, we want to hear from you.

🔍 What You'll Do

🌿 Project & Technical Leadership

• Deliver and oversee ecological services including EcIA, NIS, EIA , and planning application support
• Manage end-to-end environmental inputs for infrastructure projects , from feasibility through to construction
• Coordinate baseline studies, constraints mapping , and impact assessments
• Author and review Natura Impact Statements (NIS) and Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIARs)
• Design practical, achievable mitigation measures to reduce environmental risks

📊 Team & Client Management

📈 Strategic Development

✅ What You Bring

🎓 Qualifications & Credentials

🧠 Skills & Experience

🎁 What’s in It for You

✅ Competitive Salary

🏡 Hybrid Work Model (2–3 days from home)

🕓 Flexible Hours 37.5 per week (Core : 10am–4pm Mon–Thu, 10am–3pm Fri)

💰 Pension Matching & Financial Planning Support

🛡️ Income Protection & Life Assurance

📚 Professional Development and Chartership Support

🤝 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

🌱 Sustainability & Innovation-Focused Culture

🎉 Socials, Recognition Awards & Wellbeing Initiatives

🌴 Generous Annual Leave with Additional Days Based on Service

🤝 We’re Inclusive by Design

Ayesa is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value and celebrate diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to age, disability, gender identity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background or neurodiversity. We believe that a diverse workforce fosters innovation and stronger outcomes. We are committed to inclusive hiring practices, providing reasonable adjustments for applicants and employees with disabilities, and ensuring equal access to opportunities for learning, development, and progression across our organisation.