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Senior Aquatic Ecologist
8 months ago
Company Description
**Work with Us. Change the World.**
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
**Job Description**:
We are looking for an experienced Senior Aquatic Ecologist to join our Water Environment Team. We have multi-disciplinary offices throughout the UK, and you would play a key role in providing technical expertise and undertaking surveys for new and existing projects, as well as in the continued growth and development of our successful team.
You will work closely with other members of the Aquatic Ecology, Water Environment, Ecology, and multi-disciplinary teams to support a coherent nationwide approach providing expert advice to our external and internal clients. You’ll join a growing, friendly, and highly motivated team, and contribute to a diverse range of projects: baseline data collection and monitoring for major infrastructure and utility projects, fish passage and weir removal projects, fish rescue and translocation, habitat restoration for regulators and the private sector, pollution response surveys, water quality investigations, etc.
You will have a good understanding of many areas of freshwater ecology, including survey design, mitigation, and reporting, as well as wider consideration of aquatic ecology in Planning and Impact Assessment. They will be able to analyse and interpret survey data and provide robust technical opinion based on this, including for Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA).
**Role Responsibilities**
- Provide aquatic ecology input into EcIA, planning, mitigation, and multi-disciplinary projects.
- Author technical reports and work with multi-disciplinary teams to provide specialist input.
- Undertake data analysis and processing.
- Produce EcIA documents in line with CIEEM guidelines.
- Manage aquatic ecology input into projects, including survey design and costing.
- Play an important lead role in a team of multi-skilled aquatic ecologists in AECOM’s nationwide offices and laboratories.
- Support the wider environmental business.
**Qualifications**:
- A degree in Aquatic Ecology or related discipline (e.g. Freshwater/Marine Biology/Ecology/Zoology).
- Member of CIEEM, CIWEM, IFM, or similar professional body or eligible to qualify.
**Required Experience**
- Have an understanding and experience implementing industry standard monitoring techniques and analyses for aquatic ecology (macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, river habitats etc.) and associated consenting/permitting requirements.
- Be familiar with legislation relating to the aquatic environment and its implementation, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
- Experience of the EcIA/EIA process, from baseline data collection (desk-based and field surveys) to impact assessment and mitigation design.
- Experience of WFD compliance assessment.
- Travel to site.
**Desirable Attributes**
- Experience of fish pass and screening design, installation, and monitoring, including legislative drivers and best-practice guidance.
- Knowledge and experience of using novel monitoring techniques.
- Wider aquatic ecology surveys, River Habitat Survey, River Condition Assessment for Biodiversity Net Gain, etc.
- Understanding and experience of industry standard WFD-compliant monitoring techniques and analyses for macroinvertebrates, macrophytes, and/or phytobenthos.
- Experience of HRA and Appropriate Assessment.
- Specific training relevant to the role, e.g., RYA Powerboat Handling Level 2, Water Safety, 4x4 driving, trailer towing, etc.
- CSCS Card.
Additional Information
**HERE’S WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM US**
**Freedom to grow**
Freedom to grow is the name we’ve given to our new way of working at AECOM. It’s not defined by a policy or contract - quite the opposite It’s the permission, or empowerment, for you to find the working style that suits you best, balancing that with other commitments in your life, so you can thrive and bring your best self to work.
**Flexible working options**
We offer flexible, hybrid work options through our freedom to grow philosophy, which supports you in finding the balance you need to thrive and deliver your be