Location
Nationwide, with a base in London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable, competitive director level salary

About the Role
Join Wood PLC, a global leader in engineering and consultancy, as an experienced Associate Director/Technical Director within our UK biodiversity team. This role is strategically important as we expand our portfolio of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and pursue ambitious growth objectives. You will manage and deliver biodiversity inputs across a wide range of complex projects in sectors including low carbon and hydrogen, transport, renewables, nuclear, power, waste, minerals, and property.

As part of a diverse and passionate team of around 70 specialists, you will provide innovative and technically excellent ecology and ornithology advice, leading biodiversity elements of major development projects through all phases from business development to delivery. You will represent Wood and its clients to key stakeholders, including regulators, local authorities, NGOs, and the public.

Wood prides itself on a people-first culture that champions diversity, inclusion, and equality. This role offers the opportunity to work autonomously, providing thought leadership and driving market-leading services while identifying new business opportunities to support continued growth and innovation within the biodiversity team.

Key responsibilities include delivering technical and consenting advice related to Development Consent Orders (DCOs) and significant infrastructure projects, leading ecological assessments and Habitat Regulations Assessments (HRA), managing quality, schedule and budget, mentoring junior staff, and networking across the wider consultancy business to enhance multidisciplinary collaboration.

Experience
- Significant senior/director level experience delivering major infrastructure projects in the UK and ideally overseas
- Proven leadership of biodiversity contributions (including HRA) to DCO projects, with Expert Witness or Examination experience preferred
- Team leadership experience within project and wider technical discipline contexts
- Detailed knowledge of the biodiversity services market and trends, with insight into adapting to evolving challenges

About you
- Ambitious, driven, and solution-focused practitioner passionate about technical excellence
- Enthusiastic about new challenges and central to the growth and technical development of the biodiversity team
- Strong communicator capable of engaging with diverse stakeholders and mentoring junior staff
- Committed to diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace

Qualifications
- Ideally holds an industry-recognised status
- Experience with Habitat Classification and Biodiversity Net Gain is desirable