Senior aquatic ecologist

Job Details

Working at Sweco means becoming part of Europe's largest architectural and engineering network. You have the knowledge of 24,000 colleagues at the touch of a button at your fingertips. Within the Water business unit, we work with 80 driven professionals on the water tasks at home and abroad. The department is a national department and consists of people who work in water management, water chain and water safety, among other things. Sweco provides solutions to protect our country against flooding now and in the future, to maintain or bring about the level of fresh water supply and water quality and to improve the ecological quality of our surface waters.

The Netherlands faces major challenges: the transition of the rural area, achieving the WFD objectives, housing construction task, climate change and increasing biodiversity. As a senior advisor on water quality and aquatic ecology, you are involved in, for example, the redesign of stream systems, but also in the design of new residential areas or purification swamps. You advise our customer on the assessment systems and the Water Framework Directive system. You are also familiar with the relevant water quality tools –en models and know how to apply them. In close interaction with our hydrologists, you know how to translate your system knowledge of water systems into clear, practically applicable advice and solutions for the customer. Your clients will mainly be water boards, provinces and Rijkswaterstaat.

Requirements

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  A completed bachelor's or master's degree, towards Aquatic Ecology, Land and Water Management, Biology, Environmental Sciences or Physical Geography

• At least ten years of relevant work experience in the case of a commercial party, preferably in the case of a consultancy or engineering firm

• A good network in the field and the ability to generate work for yourself and the team in which you work

• Ambition and the willingness to invest in your own future and that of your team, where you enjoy being both substantive and process-oriented

• Daring to look across borders, you are curious, enterprising and customer-oriented

Contact Information

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If you have any substantive questions or are interested in Sweco, please contact Ron Buitelaar, team manager, on 06-51258820 or ron.buitelaar@sweco.nl. Questions about the application process can be asked to Kirsty Bushoff, via 06-57029598 or kirsty.bushoff@sweco.nl.

https://www.sweco.nl/solliciteren/?vacancy=40001