WSP

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Senior Ecologist

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Job Summary

Join a supportive ecology team to deliver nature-positive outcomes on large-scale, complex projects across the UK. You’ll lead and plan ecology surveys (PEAs, UKHab, and protected species), prepare tenders, and contribute to key deliverables including EIAs, EcIAs, HRA documents, and protected species licence applications. The role also involves client liaison, project management, and consultation/negotiation with regulators and stakeholders, plus mentoring and structured training.

Location: United Kingdom

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Provide technical advice and plan/lead ecology surveys, including Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, UKHab surveys, and protected species surveys.
•Prepare tenders across schemes and suites of habitat, botanical, and protected species surveys.
•Contribute to ecological deliverables such as Ecological Management Plans, Protected Species Reports, EcIAs, Biodiversity chapters of EIAs, and Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRA), including European Protected Species licence applications.
•Manage project delivery and maintain client liaison to support successful outcomes.
•Consult and negotiate with regulators and stakeholders, and provide mentoring and training to the wider ecology team.

Key Requirements

•An appropriate academic qualification in a related discipline and membership of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (mentoring available for upgrade to Full Membership).
•Protected species license(s) or other specialist skill sets relevant to ecological consultancy.
•Experience undertaking PEAs, UKHab surveys, and protected species surveys.
•Experience producing fee quotations and tenders and contributing to technical ecological reports.
•Strong communication skills with a solution-focused, proactive attitude.

Experience:Environmental consultancyProtected speciesEcological surveysEnvironmental impact assessments

Skills:CommunicationSolution-focusedProactiveTeamworkStakeholder management

Licenses:Protected species license(s)

Certifications:Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (full membership upgrade)

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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