Location
Opportunities available across Scotland including Inverness, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.

Hours
Flexible working patterns aligned to project needs. Primarily site-based with regular travel and periods away from home. Hybrid working may be possible for non-site tasks.

Salary
Competitive salary offered (details not specified).

About the Role
Tetra Tech is seeking a Senior Ecological Clerk of Works to join our collaborative Ecology team supporting some of Scotland’s most exciting renewable energy, residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. This permanent or fixed-term role offers the opportunity to play a hands-on role in protecting biodiversity while helping clients deliver projects safely, compliantly, and efficiently. You will work within a technically strong, multi-disciplinary environment where your ecological expertise, practical judgment, and communication skills will make a visible impact on project outcomes.

As an Ecological Clerk of Works, you will provide day-to-day ecological supervision and monitoring on large-scale construction and development sites across Scotland. Your responsibilities include ensuring ecological mitigation, protection measures, and site controls are implemented effectively, supporting contractors, clients, and project teams with practical, proportionate solutions. You will contribute to compliant project delivery by carrying out site inspections, supervising ecological surveys, maintaining accurate records, and responding to unexpected ecological issues on site.

Your role will support a wide range of ecological services for renewable energy, residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects, including onshore elements of major wind developments, as well as onshore wind and solar schemes. You will also play an important mentoring role, supporting junior ECoWs and technicians, sharing knowledge, and helping build capability within the wider ecology team.

Core Capabilities
- Apply strong ecological knowledge and field-based experience to deliver effective site supervision and support protected species and mitigation requirements.
- Support delivery of ecological works across small to medium scale projects, maintaining quality and managing priorities.
- Use modern tools and progressive approaches such as digital data capture and mapping to improve delivery.
- Build positive working relationships with clients, contractors, statutory bodies, and other stakeholders through clear communication and professionalism.
- Mentor junior colleagues and contribute to a collaborative team culture.

Experience
- Proven experience as an Ecological Clerk of Works or in a similar ecological consultancy role.
- Strong practical field skills and good knowledge of UK wildlife legislation.
- Ability to work independently on site and make rapid, defensible decisions.
- Experience supporting licensed works, GIS, mapping, or mobile data-capture is beneficial.
- Equivalent work experience may be considered where appropriate.

About You
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to mentor and support junior colleagues.
- Prepared for regular travel and flexible working patterns.
- Professional, proactive, and able to work within a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications
- Degree in Ecology, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.
- Associate membership of CIEEM, or ability to apply for membership.
- CSCS card.
- Full driving licence.
- Beneficial: NatureScot protected species licence, 4x4 training, first aid training.