WSP

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Principal Ecologist

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Job Summary

Lead ecological consultancy work for a collaborative Ecology team, overseeing technical quality and managing workload with senior stakeholders. Drive delivery of ecological outputs across technical, commercial, and financial areas, including generating opportunities and supporting tenders. Provide site- and office-based support to mentor junior team members. Bring expertise in UK habitats and protected species, ecological impact assessment, habitats regulations assessments, and practitioner-level survey/mitigation licensing.

Location: Manchester

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Communications, PR & Community

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Create a safe work environment aligned with Health, Safety, and Wellbeing culture.
•Work with your team, Regional Director, and Team Leader to manage workload and oversee technical quality.
•Generate opportunities and prepare tenders, and oversee delivery and management of ecological deliverables for clients.
•Provide site- and office-based support to develop and mentor junior team members.
•Help foster an enthusiastic, supportive, and productive working environment.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote WorkGym MembershipPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Experience across UK habitats and protected species, and hold (or have held) survey and/or mitigation licences.
•A proven record supporting clients by devising and delivering survey programmes, developing cost-effective mitigation, coordinating regulator agreement, and supervising on-site implementation.
•Experience of Ecological Impact Assessment and writing Environmental Statement chapters.
•Experience of Habitats Regulations Assessment.
•A proven record winning work from commercial clients, particularly in residential, mixed use, and industrial sectors.

Skills:MentoringLeadershipClient managementCollaborationTechnical oversight

Licenses:Survey licencesMitigation licences

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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