Senior Ecologist

Overview

As a Senior Ecologist in our Nature team, you will support delivering high-quality ecological services across UK projects, shaping environmental outcomes for energy, transport and water sectors. You’ll help plan and bid on opportunities, lead ecological work streams, and contribute to environmental statements and licensing. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop robust ecological solutions and mentor colleagues, all within a flexible hybrid setup that supports work-life balance.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• flexible benefits
• well-being programs

Responsibilities

• Support bid and tender preparation for ecological services in energy, transport and water sectors
• Plan and organise all phases of ecological work with budgets and resources to meet deadlines
• Deliver high-quality ecological consultancy and reviews to clients
• Develop robust, pragmatic solutions to complex ecological issues
• Communicate effectively with ecology team, projects, and clients
• Produce ecology chapters for environmental statements and protected species licence applications
• Author or check project deliverables to ensure quality outputs

Key requirements

• Experience planning and delivering ecological services on UK/Ireland projects
• Strong understanding of wildlife conservation
• Membership of a professional institution with progress toward Chartership (e.g., CIEEM)
• Excellent field skills in at least one specialist area including protected species licences
• Proactive Health and Safety mindset
• Mentoring and supporting ecology team members
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Ecology field surveys
• Environmental statements and licensing (protected species)
• Habitat assessment and impact assessment

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