WSP

3 months ago

Associate Ecologist

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Job Summary

Experienced consultant ecologist stepping into an Associate role to lead projects, mentor colleagues, and influence best practices within WSP’s UK Ecology team. You’ll work across habitats and protected species, manage tenders and workstreams, supervise field and office delivery, and help develop junior ecologists while contributing to major UK projects.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead project delivery and contribute to team leadership within the Ecology group.
•Mentor junior ecologists and support professional development.
•Generate new opportunities and prepare tenders, while overseeing ecological workstreams (technical, commercial, financial).
•Provide site and office support to ensure high technical standards and safe working practices.
•Contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team environment and uphold health, safety and wellbeing culture.

Key Requirements

•Experience across a range of UK habitats and protected species, with survey and/or mitigation licences (current or held previously).
•Proven track record of supporting clients from devising survey programmes and designing pragmatic, cost-effective mitigation, to gaining regulatory support and supervising implementation on-site.
•Experience delivering Ecological Impact Assessments and writing robust ES chapters.
•Knowledge and experience of Habitats Regulations Assessment.
•Demonstrable success in winning work, particularly with commercial clients in residential, mixed-use, and industrial sectors.

Experience:EcologyHabitatsProtected speciesCons Consultancy

Skills:LeadershipMentoringCommunicationStakeholder managementProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GISHD GISSurveying

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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