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We want our team members to love their time at EDP, to grow as professionals and find that perfect balance between their lives and their careers. We want them to be their best, to do their best, and to make wonderful memories during their time with us.

We champion community by operating in a way that’s always Team First… whether we’re collaborating to solve complex challenges or cementing our working relationships on one of our great socials.

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Current opportunities

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a HSEQ Assistant to join our exceptional Business Support Team. This is a varied, fast-paced, and integral office role with some flexibility of Hybrid working. As an EDP HSEQ Assistant you will actively support the HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment and Quality) team by providing effective and professional HSEQ services across the entire EDP business.

The role is on a full-time basis (37.5 hours per week over 5 days) hybrid office days and working from home as well as working flexibly.

The Role

You will manage the day-to-day administration and practical support for HSEQ matters including overseeing the HSEQ inbox and signposting the team to relevant information.

The HSEQ Assistant workload is extensive and at times reactive, but there will be more routine duties that will need to be completed on regular cycles be it weekly, monthly, yearly etc.

The HSEQ Team is part of the Business Support Team, whose main aim is to offer that ‘Team First Service’ to the wider EDP Team. The HSEQ Team is vital in ensuring the success, health, safety, and wellbeing of our Team Members; they are our internal clients, and we need to ensure they receive the best service with any HSEQ admin tasks, queries, projects etc.

Your Skills

It is essential that you have GCSEs including Maths and English at Grade C or above (or equivalent) and be confident with the Microsoft Office suite.

It is essential that you have experience with Health & Safety, Environment and/or Quality or ideally, all these areas.

You will be positive, self-motivated, adaptable, proactive, and reactive.

You will be solution focussed whilst delivering the role and have a passion to uphold compliance across HSEQ within EDP, putting our team first.

EDP Benefits

We offer a very competitive benefits package, which includes: three whole team socials a year; 5% employer pension contributions; private health insurance; life assurance; 30 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays and birthday holiday); TOIL system; hybrid and flexible working; a profit share bonus scheme; and many more!

What do you need to do now?

To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter to the HR Team - teamedp@edp-uk.co.uk.

We will be reviewing applications as they are received, with the intention to appoint as soon as possible.

We are an equal opportunities employer and can also offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements.

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The Opportunity

Are you seeking a new challenge? We are looking for a personable, innovative, and proactive Principal/Associate level ecologist to join our passionate, dynamic, and friendly team!

The Role

Benefiting from working in a multidisciplinary consultancy team, you will be responsible for project management across a range of projects varying in size, types, and complexities, providing effective technical support to your colleagues and clients alike, whilst delivering excellent client care. You will be a self-motivated, pragmatic, and solution-focussed individual with proven experience in consultancy and be willing to contribute to a supportive work environment, such as through the line management and mentoring of colleagues. Technical strengths in botany, Biodiversity Net Gain, ornithology, and/or Habitats Regulations Assessment are particularly sought after.

Your Skills

You will have a relevant degree and a thorough understanding of the current planning system and environmental legislation. You will have developed a high level of technical expertise and project management experience in ecological consultancy and be a member of CIEEM. Whilst establishing a solid professional reputation in your current role, you will be aspiring to develop further your expertise within a multidisciplinary consultancy whilst strengthening your client base and commercial understanding of the business. You will be effective at working on your own and as part of a 30+ strong ecology team located across our three offices, assisting in the delivery of training, mentoring and line management of the team. A full, valid UK driving licence is essential and access to a vehicle for business use preferred.

Learning and Development

We will always invest in our team, and we have excellent learning and development opportunities for all our team members to help you grow and develop personally and professionally. This includes an extensive internal training programme to expand knowledge of our multi-disciplinary projects and roles within these.

EDP Benefits

The salary for this post is to be agreed based on qualifications and experience and will form part of an excellent benefits package, including 5% employer pension contributions; private health insurance; life assurance; 30 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays and birthday holiday); TOIL system; hybrid and flexible working, a profit share bonus scheme; carbon offsetting for every employee; and many more!

What do you need to do now?

To apply, please email your CV and a covering letter to the HR Team - teamedp@edp-uk.co.uk.

We will be reviewing applications as they are received, with the intention to appoint as soon as possible.

We are an equal opportunities employer and can also offer family friendly and flexible working arrangements.

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