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Principal Ecologist

AECOM Birmingham Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

Join AECOM's dynamic Nature team as a Principal Ecologist in Birmingham, with opportunities to work across multiple offices. As a Principal Ecologist, you will lead and support delivery of high-quality ecological consultancy and advisory services to internal and external clients.

Responsibilities include:

  • Leading and supporting delivery of ecological projects
  • Overseeing plan, schedule and organisation of ecological project work
  • Supporting development of technically robust and pragmatic solutions to complex ecological issues
  • Producing ecology chapters for environmental statements and protected species licence applications
  • Authoring or technically checking project deliverables

Requirements:

  • Degree in ecology or an associated subject
  • Membership of a professional institution and working towards or obtained Chartered Ecologist or Chartered Environmentalist status
  • Experience of leading and managing ecological surveys, licensing and impact assessment
  • Experience in work-winning, managing projects, project budgets and leading stakeholder discussions

Benefits include:

  • Career development opportunities
  • Flexible hybrid working model
  • Technical practice networks
  • AECOM University
  • Volunteering days

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Skills

Required

  • ecology
  • environmental impact assessment
  • protected species survey
  • mitigation licences
  • project management

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