Senior Consultant, Ecology/Biodiversity

Company Description

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. We have more than 18,000 experts working across our global operations in 35 countries with thousands of experts working across 70 offices in the Americas. Our experts are leaders in their fields, developing and delivering innovative solutions in diverse markets including Buildings, Transport, Planning & Urban Design, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, and Management Consulting. We invite you to contribute to a more sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow.

Job Description

• Preferred locations include Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, or Raleigh, NC. 
• Hybrid from any Ramboll office in the US or remote will be considered for the right candidate.

Are you eager to develop your excellence in an inclusive, collaborative, and empowering community? Are you excited about joining a company that strives to make a difference – for its employees, clients, and society? Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature?

Ramboll is seeking an experienced Ecologist or Biodiversity Specialist. Our biodiversity and ecology team supports clients with a wide range of environmental issues including biodiversity and ecosystem services, nature-based solutions, risk and impact assessment, and ecological data science. This job will require travel to field sites, conferences, and internal meetings. Travel may be national or international and may be up to 20% of time.

If this sounds interesting to you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity for you. Join our Environment and Health department as our new Senior Consultant and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As our new Senior Consultant, you will be part of an interdisciplinary team providing innovative and sustainable solutions to an international client base. 

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Conducting comprehensive literature reviews about specific topics
• Summarizing technical documentation
• Gathering, harmonizing, and analyzing different types of data from multiple sources
• Implementing various types of statistical models and generating figures and tables
• Writing of reports, white papers, and peer-review manuscripts
• Planning environmental sampling and monitoring studies
• Collecting field data and overseeing data collection
• Presenting results to clients and stakeholders
• Actively participating in a growing network of Ramboll sustainability practitioners that span our services across environment/health, energy, and water

Your new team

As part of the team, you will be part of a creative group, filled with people who are really excited about solving clients’ problems and creating sustainable solutions for them. You will work with all levels of technical expertise from entry level team members to members with decades of experience, many of whom are subject matter experts in their own fields. And you will engage in a continual learning environment through coaching, mentoring, and on the job tasks.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. While we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

• M.S., or Ph.D. in a discipline relevant to ecology and biodiversity such as terrestrial or marine ecology, wildlife or restoration ecology, forestry, environmental science, or bioinformatics.
• At least 2 years of ecological or related experience (graduate work accepted), including field work.
• Experience with environmental or ecological data science and proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably R or Python).
• Experience with interactive dashboards (Shiny or PowerBI).
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Outstanding problem-solving and organizational skills.

What we can offer you

• Interesting and diverse projects
• The opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest professionals in your field
• Flexible work arrangements
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent health and retirement benefits
• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Appreciation for the unique person you are
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Inspiration from colleagues, cl