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Career
Opportunities
Latest
News - April 2008
Archived
News
Career
Opportunities
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Recruitment
- 1x Senior Ecologist
- April 2008
Title:
1x Senior Ecologist
Location: Tetbury
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: £25k -
£33k
Contact; jobs@keyenv.co.uk
We
are offering an exciting
opportunity for one
Senior Ecologist to
join a relatively new,
yet highly successful
consultancy and to have
a genuine influence
on the growth and direction
of this expanding firm.
We
are looking for a versatile,
highly motivated and
experienced individual
to bring new dimensions
to our existing team.
The successful candidate
will be a graduate with
over four years consultancy
experience, be a full
member of IEEM and hold
one or more NE survey
licenses. They should
also have a proven track
record in project management,
environmental impact
assessments/statements
and have excellent written
and verbal communication
skills along with the
ability to lead and
mentor other team members.
A
strong understanding
of the commercial sector
is essential combined
with skills in client
communication and project
delivery. It is important
that the successful
candidate is able to
develop and promote
the technical discipline
and to develop new market
areas.
For
the right candidate
there is excellent potential
for career progression
to Company Associate,
at which point a profit
share scheme would be
awarded.
For
further information
please call us on 01666
503687.
Please
send your covering letter
and CV's to Keystone
Environmental Ltd, The
Old Barn, Park Farm
Buildings, Beverston,
Tetbury. GL8 8TT or
by e-mail to jobs@keyenv.co.uk
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Recruitment
- UK Subcontractor List
- Yr 2008
Title:
UK Subcontractor List
Location: Tetbury
Job Type: Subcontractor
Salary: Hourly rate
Contact; jobs@keyenv.co.uk
We
are currently compiling
a list of subcontractors
that are looking for
work throughout the
UK. The list will enable
us to resource projects
with appropriately skilled
staff as and when they
occur. The list will
include Ecological Consultants
and Contractors.
Ecological
Consultants
We
are looking for consultants
with specialist experience
and protected species
licenses.
Ecological
Contractors
We
are looking for enthusiastic,
hardworking and capable
individuals to assist
with a range of diverse
and exciting ecological
contracting projects.
The work available requires
the candidate to either
possess a background
in agricultural/mechanical
engineering or landscape
management or similar.
Ideally, the candidates
should also possess
a good all round practical
aptitude that can be
applied to solve problems
encountered in a variety
of situations. The position
will have a strong focus
on ground working activity
and a high degree of
manual work, therefore
candidates must be prepared
to meet the challenge
of carrying out tasks
which are often physically
demanding in nature.
A
prior knowledge of ecology
and conservation skills
would be an advantage.
A willingness and ability
to rapidly take on board
the principals and constraints
of working with protected
species is essential.
The
Application
Please
state what periods of
the year you are looking
for work and the area
of the UK you would
like to work within.
As well state if you
are looking for Ecological
Consultancy or Contracting
work.
Please
send your covering letter
and CV's to Keystone
Environmental Ltd, The
Old Barn, Park Farm
Buildings, Beverston,
Tetbury. GL8 8TT or
by e-mail to jobs@keyenv.co.uk
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Latest
News
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Team
Expansion
Keystone
are pleased to welcome
the addition of an Ecological
Contractor to the current
team, who brings arboricultural
and tree climbing skills
to the company.
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Archived
News
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Team
Expansion
Keystone
are pleased to welcome
the addition of a Consultant
Ecologist, four Graduate
Ecologists to strengthen
are team with the start
of the survey season.
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Team
Expansion
Keystone
are pleased to welcome
the addition of another
Senior Consultant Ecologist
and an Ecological Contractor
to the current team.
This strengthens our
ability to cover larger
schemes and the number
of projects we can deliver
overall whilst simultaneously
maintaining the high
standards and rapid
response times for which
we are known. The new
addition to the ecological
contracting team brings
expertise in estate
management and arboricultural
management to our experienced
terrestrial and aquatics
team.
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Team
Expansion
Keystone
are pleased to welcome
the addition of another
Consultant Ecologist
and three Graduate Ecologists
to the current team.
This strengthens our
ability to cover larger
schemes and the number
of projects we can deliver
overall whilst simultaneously
maintaining the high
standards and rapid
response times for which
we are known. To meet
the demands of the ever
expanding ecological
department we have also
made a new addition
to the admin department.
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Taking
the Right Lines
Building
on the Link-Up approval
Keystone has held since
2006 all our field staff
are now Personal Track
Safety (PTS) trained
and certified thereby
enabling us to meet
the ecological requirements
of our clients in the
rail sector.
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Successful
Newt Hunting
After
an extremely busy start
to the field season
we have now completed
17 projects surveying
for Great Crested Newts
in 60 ponds. This feat,
totaling an incredible
96 survey days/nights
was only achieved by
the dedication, perseverance
and hard work of our
field team supported
by our admin department.
Of the sites surveyed
29 ponds over 13 sites
were found to support
Great Crested Newts.
Needless to say the
team is working hard
on the preparation of
mitigation strategies
which will form the
backbone of a large
number of Natural England
disturbance licenses
for the purpose of development.
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Quarries,
Housing & Wildlife
- a Win, Win, Win Situation
Chinnor
Quarry in Oxfordshire
is a 72 hectare former
cement works which Keystone
are working with Taylor
Wimpey (formerly Taylor
Woodrow Developments)
on to restore and create
a 6 hectare housing
development nestled
within a vast expanse
of recreational ground
and wildlife habitat.
Keystone have successfully
guided Taylor Wimpey
on land appraisals and
the acquisition process,
and are now working
closely with Oxfordshire
County Council, South
Oxfordshire District
Council and Natural
England to devise a
restoration strategy
that retains and enhances
wildlife for the enjoyment
of future residents
and in areas with no
or restricted access,
for wildlife alone.
Despite
the complexity of issues
such as the presence
of great crested newts,
reptiles, barn owls,
bats, wintering birds,
breeding birds, orchids,
a geological SSSI and
developing chalk grassland
Keystone have produced
a strategy that addresses
these issues smoothly
thereby ensuring the
development and restoration
programme proceeds on
time and within budget.
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Rain
Stops Play
Ironically
the heavy rain at the
end of July has resulted
in the postponement
of our team canoeing
weekend on the River
Wye. Although many people
would have appreciated
a canoe on the wettest
weekend known to man
the canoeing centre
refused to let us near
one. Weather permitting
we will be re-scheduling
for August when we might
have some sunshine for
the BBQ and camping
expedition that was
meant to follow the
canoeing trip.
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Going
Batty
With
the Great Crested Newt
season over we turned
our attention to bats.
Many surveys have been
completed but the wet
summer has taken its
toll on bats this year
resulting in poor breeding
success and a number
of deaths being recorded
in roosts where this
hasn't been experienced
before.
Numerous
projects this year have
involved emergence surveys,
followed by activity
transects and dawn surveys.
Despite the strain of
these all night sessions,
relief has been sought
in local all night kebab
shops and supermarkets
who do a mean box of
doughnuts. This combination
of sleep deprivation,
coffee and teeth rotting
food has turned out
to be a great recipe
for team building and
some good laughs have
been had by all.
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New
Bat Survey Guidelines
Now Published
The
Bat Conservation Trust
has launched the long
awaited Bat Surveys
- Good Practice Guidelines.
These provide guidance
on how and when to survey
for bats and will function
as an industry standard
that ensures all consultants
work on a level playing
field. It is pleasing
to see that the survey
efforts we recommend
closely match those
in the guidelines. Consequently
our clients should see
little or no alteration
to the surveys and associated
costs we put forward.
If
you are working on sites
with buildings and trees
that will be affected
in any way by development/land
use change we would
be happy to provide
a brief and fee proposal
to ensure your legal
obligations in respect
if bats are met. Alternatively,
if you require monitoring,
research or training
please contact us to
discuss your requirements
in greater detail.
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Licensing
Changes and Additional
Protection to European
Protected Species
Amendments
to The Conservation
(Natural Habitats, &c.)
Regulations 1994 were
due to be made in April
2007 but have now been
postponed to August
2007.
These
amendments clarify the
situation where European
Protected Species are
concerned. As a result
of a European Court
Judgement in 2005, which
showed that the UK was
not fulfilling the Habitats
Directive due to defences
in Regulation 40 &
43(4), the defense in
Regulation 40 will be
removed. However, the
threshold on the level
of disturbance will
be raised, although
if a licence is granted
there will be a new
offence of breaching
licence conditions,
an important move as
developers, not the
ecologist, will be named
on the licence and the
offence carries a maximum
sentence of six months
imprisonment and/or
a £5,000 fine.
In
addition, the reasoned
statements will become
more rigorous and conditioning
work within planning
permissions will not
be permitted.
In
summary, changes to
The Conservation (Natural
Habitats, &c.) Regulations
1994 are as follows:
1)
New offence of non-compliance
with licence
2)
Defence of dwelling
houses for bats roosts
and incidental result
of a lawful operation
to be removed
3)
Increased thresholds
for disturbance
4)
Developers/land owners
to be licence holders
and therefore responsible
for any breach in a
licence
5)
Method statements to
be divided into background
and mitigation so that
only the mitigation
section needs to be
re-submitted for approval
if amendments to the
strategy are required
6)
Local Planning Authorities
must complete EPS consultation
documents to demonstrate
that the three criteria
required to obtain a
licence are fulfilled.
Clearly
the alterations are
complex therefore please
contact us if you would
like an explanation
of how these changes
might affect your business
and how we can help
you meet your legal
obligations whilst avoiding
costly programme delays.
Our extensive licence
application expertise
will ensure your scheme
receives approval in
the shortest possible
time.
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ECOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS BUILT
ON TRUST
Keystone
Environmental Ltd, The Old Barn, Park Farm Buildings,
Beverston, Tetbury, Glos. GL8 8TT
T: +44 (0)1666 503687 F: +44 (0)1666
503118 E: info@keyenv.co.uk
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version 3.4
last updated 29/04/08
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© 2008 Keystone Environmental Ltd. All rights
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