Consultant Aquatic Ecologist

**Company Description**
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**Start here. Grow here.**

Are you passionate about protecting, enhancing and restoring the aquatic environment?

We are looking for an experienced Consultant Aquatic Ecologist to join the Aquatic Ecology Team at AECOM. We have multi-disciplinary offices throughout the UK including Leeds, Nottingham, Basingstoke, Dublin and Glasgow, 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 team.

You will join a growing, friendly, and highly motivated team, and contribute to a diverse range of project, these include the Environment Agency and Natural England, Water Companies, renewable energy projects, nationally significant infrastructure projects, and many others. We deliver a diverse range of projects, such as: baseline data collection and monitoring for major infrastructure and utility projects, fish passage and weir removal projects, fish rescue and translocation, water quality monitoring for regulators and the private sector, pollution response surveys, drought monitoring - the list goes on

**Here’s what you’ll do**:

- Collect and/or process freshwater macroinvertebrate samples in the laboratory, undertaking benthic macroinvertebrate surveys, assisting with fieldwork and sample collection (potentially macroinvertebrate, macrophytes, phytobenthos, fisheries, water quality etc.)
- Assist with the production of Environmental Impact Assessment documents in line with CIEEM guidelines.
- Support with data entry, analysis, and processing for freshwater projects, contributing to survey reports and ecological appraisals. Contribute to desk studies and literature reviews, data capture, collation and presentation.
- Deliver consultancy and advisory services to a high level of technical quality, prioritising safety and security in all that you do.
- Work with other environmental specialists and disciplines on important projects, large and small.

**Come grow with us.**

Become part of our dynamic Nature business, which boasts around 230 professional experts including national and global leaders located across the UK&I, from species licence holders to experts in impact assessment, habitat creation, freshwater ecology, ecosystem restoration, enhancement, and management. Our Aquatic Ecology team is 20+ specialists distributed around the UK; we have laboratories in Nottingham and Leeds, and a southern hub in Basingstoke. At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
**Qualifications**
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Here’s what we’r_**e looking for**:

- Knowledge of current environmental legislation, including the Water Framework Directive.
- Experience of aquatic ecology surveys - such as fish, macroinvertebrates, crayfish, macrophytes, riparian mammals, River Habitat Survey, etc.
- Member of CIEEM (or similar professional body), or eligible to qualify for this status

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you
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**About AECOM**

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program