# Principal Ecologist

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Greater Manchester
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Principal Ecologist to join our Ecology team in Greater Manchester.

The successful candidate will have a desire to develop their core ecological, project management and consultancy skills whilst also having the opportunity to influence the wider ecology industry.

Key responsibilities include:

- Embracing our Health, Safety and Wellbeing culture and creating a safe place for all to work

- Working closely with your team, the Regional Director and the Team Leader to manage workload and oversee technical quality

- Generating opportunities, preparation of tenders and over-seeing the delivery and management of a range of ecological deliverables

- Providing site- and office-based support to develop and mentor junior team members

- Helping to nurture an enthusiastic, supportive and productive working environment.

Requirements:

- Experience across a range of UK habitats and protected species and hold (or have held) survey and/or mitigation licences;

- A proven record of supporting clients through devising and delivering survey programmes, developing pragmatic, cost-effective mitigation, gaining the agreement of regulators and supervising implementation on-site;

- Experience of Ecological Impact Assessment and writing Environmental Statement chapters;

- Experience of Habitats Regulations Assessment;

- A proven record of winning work from commercial clients, particularly in the residential, mixed use and industrial sectors;

- A passion for leading and supporting ecologists of all grades to develop and progress in their careers at WSP;

## Skills

### Required
- Ecological Impact Assessment
- Habitats Regulations Assessment
- Environmental Statement chapters
- survey and mitigation licences

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