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

Hours
Full Time - Flexible hybrid working

Salary
Competitive salary and benefits package

About the Role
Join AECOM's dynamic Nature team as a Senior Ecologist and help shape the future of the environment. You will work on a diverse portfolio of ecology programs and projects across sectors such as power and renewables, infrastructure, environment, and transport. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including landscape, GIS, engineering, sustainability, and drainage, you will contribute to projects like large solar farms, cable tunnels, electricity network upgrades, habitats regulations assessments, and masterplanning for new residential developments. Your responsibilities will include supporting the preparation of high-quality, commercially astute bids and tenders, planning and organising ecological project work, ensuring resources and budgets meet programme requirements, delivering consultancy and advisory services, developing pragmatic ecological solutions, communicating effectively with clients and team members, producing ecology chapters for environmental statements and protected species licence applications, and authoring or reviewing project deliverables to ensure high-quality outputs. At AECOM, you will be part of a global team driven by innovation and a commitment to delivering a better world, supported by a flexible hybrid working model and a culture that values your contributions and well-being.

Experience
- Demonstrable experience in planning and delivery of ecological services on projects in the UK or Ireland
- Excellent field skills in at least one specialist area including any protected species licences
- Experience mentoring and supporting ecology team members

About you
- Proactive approach to Health and Safety
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
- Passionate about innovation and delivering pragmatic ecological solutions
- Committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and thriving in an inclusive environment

Qualifications
- Membership of an appropriate professional institution (such as CIEEM) with evidence of working towards Chartership or equivalent