Aquatic Ecologist Graduate

AECOM's Environment business provides environmental management services for feasibility, impact analysis, and operational compliance, as well as remediation, restoration, and re-use of impacted property.

The Graduate Aquatic Ecologist will support the delivery of consultancy and advisory services, including a wide range of fieldwork and site work opportunities, to both internal and external clients to a high level of technical quality and to programme and budget.

• Supporting the delivery of existing and new contracts for the collection and analysis of aquatic survey data, including fish, macroinvertebrates, crayfish, macrophytes, riparian mammals, and River Habitat Survey.
• Assisting with a wider range of terrestrial ecology surveys for the right candidate.
• Working as part of the existing network of AECOM ecologists and water scientists within the UK and Ireland.
• Communicating effectively with line managers, project managers, clients, project teams, and other members of the Aquatic Ecology and Water Environment team.
• Good knowledge of current environmental legislation, including the Water Framework Directive.
• Compliance with internal business management procedures, including health and safety and technical quality of all advice and outputs.
• Contribute to maintaining internal and external client relationships, including providing urgent ecological response and/or advice as required.
• Collaborating with colleagues in wider AECOM teams on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Assisting with other administrative duties that add value to the management and development of the team.

• A degree in Ecology or a related discipline, such as Freshwater Biology, Marine/Ecology/Zoology.
• Previous commercial and/or regulatory experience is an advantage.
• Understanding of aquatic ecology and surveys, including fish, macroinvertebrates, crayfish, macrophytes, riparian mammals, and/or River Habitat Survey.
• Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to structure and prioritize work effectively through close cooperation with the team.
• Solid attention to detail.
• Strong numeracy.
• Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally and in writing.

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