Location
Liverpool

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
As an Ecological Consultant with WSP, you will join a large, friendly, and diverse team where collaboration, learning, and wellbeing are central to the culture. Flexible working supports a healthy balance between work, personal life, family, and wellbeing. You will benefit from a strong knowledge-sharing environment with peer support networks, specialist groups, and open collaboration across all experience levels. Working alongside environmental specialists across the UK, you will broaden your experience through multidisciplinary learning and exposure to global expertise. Structured training, mentoring, and clear progression routes will enable you to develop your technical ecological skills, grow your project management capabilities, and work towards protected species licences.

You will gain hands-on experience on a range of large-scale and complex projects, helping to shape meaningful biodiversity outcomes and contribute to nature-positive solutions. There is scope for innovation in survey design, modelling, mitigation planning, and applying cutting-edge ecological methods. You will be supported to explore and develop your strengths while making a real impact at a landscape scale. Above all, you will be part of a team with a strong sense of purpose, taking pride in contributing to projects that deliver genuine environmental benefit.

Your key activities will include:
- Planning and undertaking ecology surveys including Preliminary Ecological Appraisals and protected species surveys
- Preparing tenders and a range of ecological deliverables such as Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, protected species survey reports, method statements, and management plans
- Conducting Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessments
- Working closely with clients, project teams, and GIS specialists
- Applying the mitigation hierarchy and contributing to the design of mitigation, compensation, and enhancement measures
- Client liaison and project management
- Consultation and negotiation with regulators and stakeholders
- Mentoring junior team members
- Helping to nurture an enthusiastic, supportive, and productive working environment
- Utilizing a generous training and career development budget for in-house and external training

Experience
An appropriate academic qualification and/or experience in a related discipline. Professional experience within ecological consultancy or a regulatory environment. Knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) principles and guidance, and experience conducting BNG assessments. Understanding of digital data collection tools such as Coreo, Fieldmaps, and Survey123. Clear, accurate report-writing skills and the ability to produce robust ecological assessments. Familiarity with relevant ecology policy and planning guidance.

About you
Strong communication skills, solution-focused and proactive. Passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive team environment. Enthusiastic about collaboration, learning, and wellbeing. Motivated to contribute to meaningful environmental outcomes and work on landmark projects.

Qualifications
Membership of CIEEM or working towards it.