Senior Aquatic Ecologist

AECOM
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: []

Provide aquatic ecology input to Environmental Impact Assessment (EcIA) and planning/mitigation activities across multi-disciplinary projects. Author technical reports and manage aquatic ecology workstreams, including survey design and costing. Conduct data analysis and produce EcIA documents in line with CIEEM guidelines, ensuring Water Framework Directive (WFD) compliance and aquatic environment legislation is implemented. Lead within a team of aquatic ecologists supporting baseline monitoring, fish passage, weir removal, habitat restoration, and water quality investigations.

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Senior Aquatic Ecologist

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Job Summary

Provide aquatic ecology input to Environmental Impact Assessment (EcIA) and planning/mitigation activities across multi-disciplinary projects. Author technical reports and manage aquatic ecology workstreams, including survey design and costing. Conduct data analysis and produce EcIA documents in line with CIEEM guidelines, ensuring Water Framework Directive (WFD) compliance and aquatic environment legislation is implemented. Lead within a team of aquatic ecologists supporting baseline monitoring, fish passage, weir removal, habitat restoration, and water quality investigations.
Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide aquatic ecology input into EcIA, planning, mitigation, and multi-disciplinary projects.
  • •Author technical reports and deliver specialist aquatic ecology input to multi-disciplinary teams.
  • •Undertake data analysis and processing for aquatic ecology work.
  • •Produce EcIA documents in line with CIEEM guidelines.
  • •Manage aquatic ecology input into projects, including survey design and costing, and play a lead role within the aquatic ecology team.

Key Requirements

  • •Understand and implement industry-standard monitoring techniques and analyses for aquatic ecology and associated consenting/permitting requirements.
  • •Understand and implement aquatic environment legislation, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
  • •Have experience with the EcIA/EIA process from baseline data collection (desk-based and field surveys) through impact assessment and mitigation design.
  • •Have experience with WFD compliance assessment.
  • •Hold a full UK driving licence.
Experience:Aquatic ecologyEnvironmental impact assessmentEnvironmental permittingWater qualityHabitat restoration
Licenses:UK driving licence
Languages:English

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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