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Senior Ecologist – Nature Team | AECOM
Company Description
[Work with Us. Change the World.]
At AECOM, we're dedicated to delivering a better world. Through projects like improving transportation, ensuring energy reliability, safeguarding clean water, or transforming urban landscapes, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to tackle complex challenges and create lasting legacies for future generations.
There’s never been a better time to join AECOM. With global infrastructure investment surging, our expertise is in high demand. Bring your bold ideas and dreams—and become part of a global team of over 50,000 professionals, including planners, engineers, scientists, and digital innovators, delivering projects with tangible positive impacts worldwide.
We’re one global team united by our mission: deliver[ing] a better world. Join us.
About the Role
Are you ready to join a team of talented ecologists and shape the future of environmental sustainability?
Join AECOM’s dynamic Nature team as a Senior Ecologist across our UK&I offices (Cambridge, Basingstoke, Croydon, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, Dublin, and Cork—other locations may also be considered).
As an immediate hybrid-working model team, you’ll contribute to award-winning ecology programs and projects, building long-term partnerships with key clients across sectors including:
- Power & Renewables
- Infrastructure
- Environment & Transport
- Collaboration with landscapers, GIS specialists, engineers, sustainability, and drainage teams
Recent work ranges from some of the UK’s largest solar farm developments, energy transition projects, habitats regulations assessments, and masterplanning of residential developments for local authorities—delivering that has a visible, positive impact.
Key Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Bids & Tenders: Support preparation of high-quality, commercially-driven proposals for ecological services, particularly in energy, transport, and water sectors.
- Project Leadership: Plan, schedule, and manage ecological projects—ensuring resources, budgets, and deadlines align with both programme and budget requirements.
- Client Engagement: Provide high-calibre ecological consultancy to internal and external clients, including through quality-check and review processes.
- Problem-Solving: Develop technically robust and pragmatic solutions to complex ecological challenges.
- Team Collaboration: Work effectively across ecology, GIS, and engineering teams, as well as with clients and development control professionals.
- Reporting & Deliverables:
- Author or technically review protected species license applications.
- Contribute to environmental statement chapters for design/approval processes.
- Professional Stakeholding: Advise on ecological feasibility and compliance, assisting in regulatory processes.
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Requirements
To thrive in this role, you’ll need to bring:
- Relevant Experience: Demonstrated expertise in planning and delivery of ecological services in the UK or Ireland.
- Technical Proficiency:
- Strong knowledge of wildlife conservation principles and regulatory requirements.
- Appropriate membership (e.g., CIEEM or related) and a commited path to Chartership.
- Fieldwork strength in at least one specialist area (including protected species licences).
- Safety & Leadership: A proactive approach to Health & Safety, along with a willingness to mentor junior ecology team members.
- Cultural Fit: Passionate about innovation, community impact, and turning bold ideas into reality.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe different perspectives enrich our work. If you have a disability that requires accommodations to apply, please contact: ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com.
Minimum requirements are also open to discussion—transferable skills are welcome.
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Why Join AECOM?
Come grow with us. Join a Nature team of ~230+ professionals, from research-focused ecologists to global leaders in impact assessment, habitat creation, ecosystem restoration, and management.
AECOM thrives on: ✅ Inclusivity and growth mindset – an environment where ideas are valued, and potential is nurtured. ✅ Tools and opportunities: Career development, AECOM University, flexible hybrid working, and industry-leading practice networks. ✅ Broad benefits for your career and well-being: tailored compensation packages, from training activities to volunteering days.
At AECOM, our global scale and public-traded status unlock resources to deliver transformational work, responding to issues like climate change and urbanisation with purpose-driven innovation.
Additional Information
- Explore AECOM’s culture via social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
- Recruiter for questions: Melissa Moody (LinkedIn).
- Legal Disclaimer: As part of our mission to safeguard our recruitment processes, we require new hires to complete an in-person Day 1 onboarding at AECOM offices.
About AECOM
Managed secure, inclusive, and purpose-driven. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm with $16.1 billion revenue in 2025 and a passion for sustainable, equitable outcomes. Decades of expertise support projects across global infrastructure, energy, and environmental sustainability.
We don’t just engineer infrastructure—we uplift communities and people. Now through hybrid-working freedom, cutting-edge technology, and a global mindset—let’s create a better tomorrow.
For full details, visit [aecom.com] or email: ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com.
AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Designated protected characteristics and accommodations matter to us—we believe in each person’s potential and will foster yours.
RL: J10142442 | Business areas: Environment | Strategic Unit: Europe & India | Career: Science Group | Hybrid Work Model.
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