Principal Ecologist

Overview

As a Principal Ecologist, you will lead ecological consultancy delivery across a diverse UK portfolio, shaping environmental outcomes on power, renewables, infrastructure and transport projects. You’ll guide multi-disciplinary teams, manage budgets, and drive technically robust solutions. You’ll author and review ecology chapters for environmental statements and licences, while growing our technical capabilities. This role blends leadership with hands-on project delivery in a collaborative, hybrid-working environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Career development opportunities
• Flexible hybrid working model
• Technical practice networks
• AECOM University
• Volunteering days

Responsibilities

• Lead and support delivery of ecological consultancy services for internal and external clients
• Plan, schedule and organise project phases, ensuring resources, budgets and controls meet programme and budget targets
• Develop robust, pragmatic solutions to complex ecological issues
• Lead and support production of ecology chapters for environmental statements and protected species licence applications
• Author or technically check project deliverables to ensure high quality outputs
• Support development of our technical capabilities

Key requirements

• Degree (or equivalent) in ecology or an associated subject
• Membership of a professional institution and working towards or obtained Chartered Ecologist or Chartered Environmentalist status, and holders of protected species licences
• Experience leading and managing ecological surveys/licensing/impact assessment
• Experience in work-winning, project management, budgets and stakeholder discussions
• Experience reviewing technical work and supporting wider team members
• Stakeholder engagement
• Leadership and team coordination
• Communication and collaboration
• Ecological surveys
• Licensing and impact assessment
• Environmental statements (EIAs)

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