Principal Ecologist - Hybrid & Project Lead

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is hiring a Principal Ecologist to join our Nature team across multiple UK locations with a flexible hybrid model. The role focuses on leading ecological consultancy, licensing, and impact assessments, with collaboration across landscape, engineering and sustainability teams.

You will supervise ecological surveys, licensing, and environmental statements, while developing pragmatic solutions and strengthening our technical capabilities.

Qualifications

• Degree in ecology or related subject (or equivalent) is required.
• Membership of a professional institution and working towards or obtained Chartered Ecologist/Chartered Environmentalist status.
• Experience leading ecological surveys/licensing/impact assessment and budget/stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support delivery of high-quality ecological consultancy and advisory services to both internal and external clients.
• Oversee plan, schedule and organise all phases of ecological project work, ensuring necessary resources, budgets and controls are in place to meet both programme and budget requirements.
• Support development of technically robust and pragmatic solutions to complex ecological issues.
• Lead and support production of ecology chapters for environmental statements and protected species licence applications.
• Author or technically check project deliverables to ensure high quality outputs.
• Support the continued development of our technical capabilities.

Skills

Ecology

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in ecology or related subject

Chartered Ecologist or Chartered Environmentalist status

Holder of protected species licences

Job description

AECOM is hiring a Principal Ecologist to join our Nature team across multiple UK locations with a flexible hybrid model. The role focuses on leading ecological consultancy, licensing, and impact assessments, with collaboration across landscape, engineering and sustainability teams.

You will supervise ecological surveys, licensing, and environmental statements, while developing pragmatic solutions and strengthening our technical capabilities.