Experience

National Parks and Wildlife Service
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Conservation Ranger for West Kerry

  • Nov 2021 - Present

Fehily Timoney and Company
• Ireland
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Principal Ecologist

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2021


JBA Consulting

• Netherlands
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Ecologist

  • Apr 2019 - Jul 2020

  Since joining TACP, Jean has worked on a wide range of projects, with a particular emphasis on large insfrasructure projects such as road schemes. She is the lead ecologost for two road schemes in the Vale of Glamorgan: the A4226 Five Mile Lane Road Improvements Scheme and the St Athan Northern Access Road. Her role on these schemes involves the detailed design and on-site implementation of ecological mitigation measures as well as liaison with key stakeholders including the Vale of Glamorgan Council, Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales and the local community. She will be responsible for the development of monitoring measures to assess the effectiveness of mitigation measures on both sites. Jean is also the lead ecologist for the Worcester Southern Link Road Phase 4. She wrote the Ecology chapter for the Environmental Statement for the Scheme and has played a key role in developing ecological mitigation and enhancement measures for the project, including the creation of a wetland habitat. Jean worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop a design for the habitat creation area which satisfied requirements for ecological enhancement as well as flood alleviation. This involved liaison with key stakeholders, including Worcester County Council, the Environment Agency, the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust and local landowners. Jean has also worked on a number of landscape-scale wildlife management projects. In 2017, she coordinated the preparation of a Habitat Study for the Our Picturesque Landscape Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a Heritage Lottery funded project, on behalf of Denbighshire County Council. She was also heavily involved in the development of a Natural Resources Management Plan for the Uplands of Southeast Wales. These projects involed the collection, collation, interpretation and presentation of large quantities of ecological data to develop suitable management measures to protect and enhance wildlife and other natural resources. Show less


TACP (UK) Ltd
• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Ecologist

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2019


Self employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ecologist

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2014

  Freelance environmental consultant specialising in the preparation of ecological impact statements, appropriate assessment screening reports and Natura Impact Statements (NIS). Played a major role in detailed habitat mapping projects (to Fossitt Level III) in counties Cavan, Roscommon and Clare. Duties involved project coordination, field work, training and management of staff. Also played a major role in the digitising of field data using MapInfo and ArcGIS 10.2 software packages. Conducted a study of the breeding success of Red-throated divers in Co. Donegal in 2013 on behalf of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Show less


Burren National Park
• Ireland
• Travel Arrangements
• Visitor Guide

  • May 2013 - Sep 2013


RPS Group

• China
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering

• Graduate Scientist

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2009

  Worked extensively within the Waste and Environment section on a broad range of projects, including the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments and Appropriate Assessments. Conducted on site supervision of ecological mitigation measures for badgers, bats and birds on major road schemes such as the M6 Ballinasloe to Athlone and the N18 Gort to Crusheen. Heavily involved in the survey and mapping of habitats as part of a county-wide ecological survey for Clare Co Council. Worked extensively within the Waste and Environment section on a broad range of projects, including the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments and Appropriate Assessments. Conducted on site supervision of ecological mitigation measures for badgers, bats and birds on major road schemes such as the M6 Ballinasloe to Athlone and the N18 Gort to Crusheen. Heavily involved in the survey and mapping of habitats as part of a county-wide ecological survey for Clare Co Council.