Assistant Site Ecologist
CompanyBalfour Beatty plc
Location
Colchester, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/28/2026
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£41,700
(£21.38 per hour)
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Description
About The Role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Site Ecologist to join the Bramford Twinstead Network Optimisation (BTNO) project, within our Power Transmission and Distribution business.
The BTNO project is a flagship Power Transmission upgrade for National Grid and enable new wind and nuclear power to connect to the grid. You will be part of a large Environment and Ecology team, assisting on site and providing support and advice to Contract and Operational teams on ecological items, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. You will understand and work with Clients to ensure their ecological requirements are complied with, and support on site mitigation and delivery of works.
The role will be largely based from our new office facilities in Assington, Suffolk. We offer some flexible working and subsistence arrangements for those working away from home
What you'll be doing
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Site Ecologist to join the Bramford Twinstead Network Optimisation (BTNO) project, within our Power Transmission and Distribution business.
The BTNO project is a flagship Power Transmission upgrade for National Grid and enable new wind and nuclear power to connect to the grid. You will be part of a large Environment and Ecology team, assisting on site and providing support and advice to Contract and Operational teams on ecological items, meeting legal and company standards and helping deliver a culture of continual improvement. You will understand and work with Clients to ensure their ecological requirements are complied with, and support on site mitigation and delivery of works.
The role will be largely based from our new office facilities in Assington, Suffolk. We offer some flexible working and subsistence arrangements for those working away from home
What you'll be doing
- Provide advice and site support to operational teams on ecological matters.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of ecological management plans
- Maintain relationships with regulators, clients and design teams
- Ensure on site compliance with ecological legislation and coach teams in applying controls and mitigations.
- Ensure the company environmental management system is maintained in line with changing standards and legislation and liaise with senior team lead on changes required.
- Investigate and report ecological incidents
- Assist with habitat suitability assessments and protected species surveys
- Strong knowledge of environmental management and mitigation
- Educated to degree level in Ecology, Environmental Management or related subject.
- Understanding of ecological matters and environmental law
- Commercial awareness
- Full UK driver’s licence and flexibility to travel
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and
the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com