Location
Croydon (Flexible hybrid working model with other locations considered including Newcastle, Manchester, Cambridge, Liverpool, Basingstoke, Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Edinburgh)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Join AECOM’s dynamic Nature team as a Principal Ecologist and help shape the future of the environment. You will lead and support the delivery of high-quality ecological consultancy and advisory services to internal and external clients across a diverse portfolio of projects in power and renewables, infrastructure, environment, and transport sectors. Your role will involve overseeing all phases of ecological project work, ensuring resources, budgets, and controls are in place to meet programme and budget requirements. You will develop technically robust and pragmatic solutions to complex ecological issues, lead the production of ecology chapters for environmental statements and protected species licence applications, and author or technically review project deliverables to ensure high-quality outputs. You will also support the continued development of our technical capabilities within a team of around 230 experts in arboriculture, forestry, groundwater, surface water, and ecology. At AECOM, you will thrive in an inclusive, forward-thinking environment with access to career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days, and a flexible hybrid working model that supports work-life balance.

Experience
Proven experience leading and managing ecological surveys, licensing, and impact assessments. Demonstrated ability in work-winning, managing projects and budgets, and leading stakeholder discussions. Experience reviewing technical work and supporting wider team members.

About you
Committed to delivering high-quality ecological consultancy with strong leadership skills. Able to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders. Enthusiastic about innovation and continuous professional development. Inclusive and supportive of diversity, including neurodiversity.

Qualifications
Degree or equivalent in ecology or a related subject. Membership of an appropriate professional institution and working towards or holding Chartered Ecologist or Chartered Environmentalist status. Holder of protected species survey and/or mitigation licences.