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Job Description

Company DescriptionAt AECOM, were delivering a better world.We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether its improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. Were one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world. Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business. We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career. When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and lets get started. Job title: Marine Species Data Analyst, NEOM Marine Data Management:

• Contribute to developing and managing a comprehensive database of coastal and marine habitats, species and subspecies in NEOM waters to support evidence-based conservation management.
• Establish and maintain updated digital inventories of coastal and marine habitats, species and subspecies in NEOM waters based on available literature, datasets and field observations.
• Develop and maintain updated checklists of coastal and marine habitats, species and subspecies of particular conservation significance, including: endemic, rare, geographically-isolated, threatened (red list), flagship, invasive (black list) as well as commercially and culturally-important habitats and taxa.
• Utilize Geographical Information System (GIS) softwares for creating and managing spatial data sets and producing spatially explicit maps and files.
• Model marine species distribution, range and population dynamics to inform the spatial conservation management planning of marine species in NEOMs waters.
• Identify and utilize new data sources, software, and analysis tools and implement emerging systems and new technologies to collect, process, store, and analyze data pertaining to marine habitats and species.
• Contribute to the routine maintenance of NEOMs digital interfaces (e.g. internet portals and mobile applications) to ensure that they are uploaded with the most updated information on coastal and marine habitats and species.
• Prepare, compile, and sort documents for data entry, and check source documents for accuracy, where necessary.
• Enter data from source documents into prescribed computer database, files, and forms.
• Generate files, indices and maps, and information records using appropriate database software and computer programs.
• Produce high quality maps and images to support assembling high-quality presentations and communication materials.
• Create opportunities for education and stewardship among NEOM staff, residents and the wider public in relation to the richness and diversity of marine life in NEOM.
• Support the day-to-day delivery of projects implemented by the Marine Species Conservation Unit including data collection, information management, spatial analysis, modelling, cartographic and web-based applications.
• Support team members of Marine Division in the development of effective and innovative baseline assessments, long-term monitoring, rigorous evaluation, and transparent reporting of NEOMs marine areas to ensure sustainable, evidence-based management and conservation.
• All other duties as assigned by the line manager.

Budget Management:

• Support Leas, Species Management in managing annual budgeting cycles and processes.
• Be accountable for the effective utilization of allocated budget.
• Develop strategic initiatives to improve work effectiveness and efficiency with a constant focus on driving value to NEOM and anticipating and mitigating business, environmental and reputational risks.

Policies, Processes and Procedures:

• Development of day-to-day marine species conservation workflows and relevant data production and management policies.
• Review and integrate current and emerging best practices in day-to-day management and resources to ensure NEOMs programs align with and exceed best-in-class standards.
• Understand, track, and incorporate technologies relevant to improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of the Marine Species Conservation and Management Program.
• Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Stakeholder Management:

• Establish and maintain inter-departmental and external stakeholder collaborative relationships.
• Build alliances with internal and external stakeholders of environment and resources to maintain a current understanding of their expectations and behaviours to optimally support decision-making, anticipate changes in these requirements and maintain user-feedback processes.

People Management:

• Take responsibility, in collaboration with the Lead - Species Management, for building and maintaining a high-performance Species Conservation Unit.
• Promote a high-performance working environment embracing NEOMs values

QualificationsAdditional InformationWith infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and theres never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together - your growth and success are ours too. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each persons potential, and well help you reach yours. Join us and lets get started. ReqID: J10084969 Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa Career Area: Science

Keyskills :
Environmental Scientist - Marine

About Company

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical expertise and innovation, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.3 billion in fiscal year 2021.