Assistant Consultant- Ecology

WSP is seeking an Assistant Consultant to join their technical support team in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The successful applicant will lead a team of data handling professionals in the WSP GCC Ecology Team, delivering high-quality technical work and supporting the ecology business.

Responsibilities:

• Handle, sort, and prepare data sets.
• Create ecological cartography to nationally recognised standards.
• Calculate habitat losses and gains through spatial data sets.
• Prepare supporting information for investigations of protected species.
• Design habitat mitigation and compensation plans.
• Analyse bat survey data, including sound analysis.
• Manage, interpret, and manipulate large data sets.
• Create geospatial data templates.
• Purchase and maintain datasets.
• Promote knowledge sharing and develop working relations with WSP teams.
• Generate figures for publications and public consultations.
• Provide detailed information for licensing requirements.
• Support marketing and bidding.

Qualifications:

• Experience handling and managing data sets.
• Experience with GIS software and techniques.
• Skilled in spatial data analysis.
• Good team worker with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident and highly motivated with good communication skills.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in ecological consultancy or conservation.
• Database management.
• Spatial analysis and statistical analysis.
• Google Maps, Google Earth Professional.
• Acoustic bat analysis.
• Photoshop or similar.
• Microsoft Applications.

Qualifications:

• Academic qualification in an environmental, data handling, or related discipline.