Location
Croydon or London, UK

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, dependent on experience

About the Role
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We deliver impactful projects across diverse industries, driven by our people’s expertise and commitment. As an employee-owned business, we foster an inclusive and empowering environment where everyone can thrive.

Our Environment and Social division provides essential ecological and social services, anticipating client needs across sectors. We are leading the way in Nature Services and seek a Principal Ecologist to join our Ecology Team, helping integrate nature into developments to build a better future.

The Croydon Ecology Team consists of 8 members working on a wide range of projects including flood defence schemes, biodiversity net gain (BNG) strategies and implementation, specialist species surveys, and landscape-scale planning. Projects include key infrastructure such as the Lower Thames Crossing, NHS hospital biodiversity improvements, water treatment nature-based solutions, and Environment Agency schemes.

As Regional Deputy Team Lead, you will support the Regional Lead in managing the Croydon and Reading Ecology Teams, focusing on staff wellbeing, mentoring, career development, and line management. You will collaborate with senior leaders to manage team utilisation, recruitment, training, and project resourcing. Your role will involve office-based work with some site involvement, particularly within your technical specialism.

You will influence projects throughout their lifecycle, from design conception to implementation, promoting best practice and ecological enhancements. This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, proactive team player to grow within a fast-moving, client-focused environment and contribute to the delivery of high-quality ecology services.

Experience
- Over seven years' experience in Ecological Consultancy or equivalent with transferable skills
- Proven project management skills
- Experience in people management is desirable
- Experience preparing costs and text for bids is advantageous
- Willingness to travel throughout the UK

About you
- A dynamic, proactive team player with excellent communication skills
- Ability to effectively communicate with multi-disciplinary teams, clients, and regulators
- Strong report writing skills with experience acting as a checker/reviewer for ecological deliverables
- Commitment to staff wellbeing, mentoring, and career development
- Motivated to work in a growth area of the business and support delivery in a commercial environment

Qualifications
- Degree in Ecology or a directly related subject (higher degree advantageous)
- Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) or equivalent
- Chartered Environmentalist, Chartered Ecologist, or Chartered Biologist status (or ability to achieve within 6 months)
- Technical specialism such as protected species mitigation licences or advanced botanical skills
- Level 1 and 2 Bat Licence is desirable