Graduate Environmental GIS / Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Consultant

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Graduate Environmental GIS / Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Consultant

Posted Date 04-06-26

Location Head Office - Lockington Hall

Department Ecology

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About the role:

We are seeking an enthusiastic Graduate Environmental GIS / BNG Consultant to join our growing team at the Lockington Office. This role offers the unique opportunity to provide specialised GIS support to our multi disciplinary experts in ecology, arboriculture, and landscape architecture. You will play a pivotal role in a diverse project portfolio, ranging from bespoke residential developments to national scale infrastructure projects, delivering the spatial analysis and cartographic figures essential for our statutory reporting.

The role will involve:

• Data Processing & Management: Transforming surveyor notes and raw field data into high quality, structured GIS layers for a broad range of field surveys.
• Precision Spatial Analysis: Accurately map GIS data and provide precise calculations using a range of GIS data manipulation techniques.
• Calculate Biodiversity Impact: Quantify habitat losses/gains in accordance with the Statutory Biodiversity Metric, ensuring technical accuracy in all Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) calculations.
• Cartographic Production: Designing and generating precise and clear figures that will be included within professional reports.
• Multi Disciplinary GIS Support: Acting as a central resource to meet the diverse GIS requirements of our ecology, arboriculture, and landscape teams.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A good knowledge of GIS software (preferably QGIS).
• An aptitude for creating maps and presenting datasets that are not only accurate but clear and professional.
• Good organisational skills.

Desirable, but not essential:

• Experience within an ecological consultancy.
• Experience with Biodiversity Net Gain calculations.
• Experience with QGIS models.
• Experience with Python.

Education: A degree in GIS, related environmental field or equivalent experience.

Starting Salary: £25,500

This is a full time position with core working hours 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday.

Benefits include flexible working, a compressed working week, pension contributions, a health cash plan, a bike to work scheme and a discretionary annual tax free bonus.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.