Location
Liverpool, with flexible hybrid working options across UK and Ireland offices including Basingstoke, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol, Leeds, Birmingham, Cambridge and Dublin.

Hours
Full Time - Flexible hybrid working model

About the Role
Join AECOM’s dynamic Nature team as a Principal Marine Ecologist and apply your expertise on national and international projects across diverse sectors such as power and infrastructure schemes (including floating offshore wind), interconnectors, habitat restoration, flood defence, and coastal developments including marinas, jetties, slipways, wharf and port projects. You will work alongside marine and aquatic ecologists and marine EIA specialists to support and grow the marine ecology team and portfolio of high-profile projects. This client-facing role involves technical project delivery, business development, and reporting to the Marine Ecology Lead.

Your responsibilities will include providing expert marine ecological and consenting advice, directing inputs across multiple workstreams, delivering marine ecology impact assessments (including ES chapters, HRA, MCZ, WFD), and supporting licence and permitting applications. You will ensure the highest quality standards in deliverables, tailoring complex scientific information for varied audiences. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams including underwater acoustics, coastal processes, water scientists, marine archaeologists, and EIA colleagues is key.

As a Principal Marine Ecologist, you will contribute to business development through preparing proposals, client presentations, and marketing activities. You will manage projects effectively, including resources, budgets, progress reporting, and subcontractor procurement. Mentoring and developing junior team members is also a vital part of your role.

At AECOM, you will benefit from a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your well-being and career development, including access to technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days, and a flexible hybrid working model to support work-life balance.

Experience
- Comprehensive marine ecological expertise with experience preparing and reviewing specialist technical chapters and impact assessments including EIA, HRA, MCZ, and WFD.
- Detailed understanding of UK marine consenting and licensing regimes with experience liaising with regulatory bodies such as MMO, NRW, Scottish MD, and The Crown Estate.
- Proven ability to provide technical advice and apply advanced scientific practices across diverse marine projects.
- Experience in team coordination, including line management and mentoring junior staff.
- Business development experience including preparing tenders and client presentations.

About you
Confident and effective communicator with excellent writing skills, able to tailor complex scientific information for different audiences. Collaborative team player who thrives in multidisciplinary environments. Motivated to contribute to business growth and capable of managing projects efficiently. Committed to fostering a supportive environment for team development.

Qualifications
Relevant marine ecology qualifications and demonstrable professional experience in marine ecological consultancy. Project management skills with willingness to undertake AECOM accredited Project Management training.