Consultant Ecologist

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand.

We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

Are you ready to join a team of talented ecologists and shape the future of the environment? Join our dynamic Nature team as a Consultant Ecologist in our growing Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Dublin locations (other locations may be considered), while enjoying our flexible hybrid working model. At AECOM, we’re at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of Ecology programs and projects through long‑term partnerships with key clients.

Our Nature team works on a mix of large infrastructure projects in the energy, water, renewables, defence and transport sectors, alongside managing smaller local projects, and supports the wider AECOM Nature team on national and international projects.

• Organise and carry out desk studies and field‑based habitat, botanical, protected and non‑native invasive species surveys;
• Undertake the analysis, evaluation, interpretation and presentation of ecological data, including supporting production of Ecological Impact Assessments and design of mitigation strategies;
• Deliver protected species and habitat surveys safely; analyse and evaluate results, impact assessments, and design and implement successful mitigation strategies;
• Perform the role of an Ecological Clerk of Works on construction projects.

Become part of our dynamic Nature business, which boasts around 230 professional experts, including national and global leaders located across the UK&I, from species licence holders to experts in impact assessment, habitat creation, ecosystem restoration, enhancement, and management. AECOM values inclusive and forward‑thinking environments where your contributions are valued.

• Experience working in an ecology‑related role in the public and / or private sector, designing, coordinating / leading field surveys;
• Developed knowledge of UK and EC wildlife legislation and policy, particularly relevant to Wales, and the Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) process;
• Experience in botanical identification, undertaking Phase 1 Habitat / NVC surveys and / or protected species surveys, preferably bats or dormouse;
• Adaptable and flexible approach to work to meet peaks in demand (ecology roles typically involve occasional longer or unsociable hours and a degree of working away from home for days or weeks at a time); and
• Strong report‑writing skills, with demonstrable experience producing a range of reports and providing ecological advice to clients and stakeholders.

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AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to programme and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑ and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and…