Principal Ecologist

WSP
Glasgow
Workplace: HybridFull-timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Mentoring","Project management","Teamwork"]

Join the WSP Ecology team as a Principal Ecologist in the UK. Lead and mentor ecologists, manage workload and technical quality, oversee ecological deliverables and tenders, and drive client engagement across residential, mixed-use and industrial projects while shaping the future of ecological consultancy within a collaborative, safety‑driven environment.

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WSP
2 months ago

Principal Ecologist

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Job Summary

Join the WSP Ecology team as a Principal Ecologist in the UK. Lead and mentor ecologists, manage workload and technical quality, oversee ecological deliverables and tenders, and drive client engagement across residential, mixed-use and industrial projects while shaping the future of ecological consultancy within a collaborative, safety‑driven environment.
Location: Glasgow
Workplace: Hybrid
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community

Key Responsibilities

  • •Embrace health, safety and wellbeing culture and create a safe place for all to work.
  • •Work with the Regional Director and Team Leader to manage workload and oversee technical quality.
  • •Generate opportunities, prepare tenders and oversee the delivery and management of ecological deliverables (technical, commercial and financial) in support of clients’ projects.
  • •Provide site- and office-based support to develop and mentor junior team members.
  • •Foster an enthusiastic, supportive and productive working environment.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience across a range of UK habitats and protected species and hold (or have held) survey and/or mitigation licences.
  • •Proven record of supporting clients through devising and delivering survey programmes, developing pragmatic, cost-effective mitigation, gaining the agreement of regulators and supervising implementation on-site.
  • •Experience of Ecological Impact Assessment and writing Environmental Statement chapters.
  • •Experience of Habitats Regulations Assessment.
  • •Proven record of winning work from commercial clients, particularly in the residential, mixed use and industrial sectors.
Experience:EcologyEnvironmental consultancy
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentoringProject managementTeamwork

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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