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AFRY

Engineering, design, and advisory for sustainability.

Senior Environmental Consultant - Natural Environment

Risk, Regulatory & Legal AdvisoryPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Relevant academic degree in biology, ecology, nature conservation, environmental science, or equivalent.
  • Extensive experience with nature-value inventories and natural-environment investigations.
  • Experience leading and quality-assuring larger or complex natural-environment assignments.
  • Advanced expertise in species protection and impacts on protected species and habitats.
  • Experience conducting species inventories, such as vascular plants, birds, bats, amphibians, and reptiles.
  • Experience with Natura 2000 investigations and impacts on protected areas, species, and habitat types.
  • Good knowledge of the Environmental Code, species protection, and relevant nature conservation legislation.
  • Experience with natural-environment assessments in environmental impact assessments, detailed development plans, infrastructure projects, or permitting projects.
  • Experience with protection, compensation, and restoration measures.
  • Experience in dialogue with authorities, consultations, and preparing documentation for permits and exemptions.
  • Ability to work as a senior specialist and support colleagues in natural-environment matters.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and quality-assure natural-environment investigations and nature-value inventories.
  • Assess nature values, species, habitats, and ecological relationships.
  • Conduct species-protection investigations and species inventories.
  • Provide strategic advice on the natural environment and biodiversity.
  • Assess natural-environment impacts in environmental impact assessments, environmental assessments, and permitting processes.
  • Design protection, compensation, and restoration measures.
  • Serve as a specialist, assignment lead, or senior advisor on complex projects.
  • Engage in dialogue with clients, authorities, and other stakeholders.
  • Coordinate specialists across different species groups and aquatic environments.
  • Contribute to quality, colleagues’ development, client relationships, and work practices.

Desired Qualifications

  • Advanced species expertise in one or more species groups.
  • Limnological expertise and experience with ecological assessments in aquatic environments.
  • Experience with water operations and natural-environment issues in aquatic environments.
  • Experience with ecological compensation, restoration, or follow-up.
  • Experience with nature reserves, protected areas, or management plans.
  • Experience working for a municipality, county administrative board, or other authority in nature conservation and environmental permitting.

About the Company

AFRY

Engineering, design, and advisory for sustainability.

AFRY provides engineering, design, and advisory services across infrastructure, energy, and industry to advance sustainable development. It assembles multidisciplinary teams to offer end-to-end support, including planning, design, engineering, feasibility studies, and long-term advisory and implementation. It differentiates itself with a global footprint and an integrated, full-lifecycle offering that covers from concept to operation, demonstrated by large-scale projects like floating solar PV. Its goal is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society through value-driven, long-term partnerships with clients.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Solna kommun, Sweden
Founded
1895

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