Consultant Ecologist

Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

**Job Description**:
AECOM are looking for a consultant ecologist to join our vibrant team based in Northern Ireland. We offer the scope to undertake the full range of ecological consultancy services, including specialist habitat and species surveys, impact assessment, providing advice on biodiversity mitigation and developing habitat management plans across a broad range of exciting projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career within an established and successful business that has welfare and wellbeing as core values. We promote a healthy work-life balance and AECOM encourages agile-working and flexible home-office location. We offer the benefits of both working for a large multi-disciplinary organisation, as well as a close-knit ecology consultancy. With over 160 ecologists based across the UK, we offer mentors at a personal level to help guide the development of your skills and career. At AECOM you can go as far as your ability and desire will take you To make this happen we provide you with the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse workforce of highly talented professionals on regional, national and even international projects that impact our world for the better.

As a consultant ecologist at AECOM you’ll be reliable, hard-working, organised and pro-active, in order to help you manage what will often be a busy workload. You will enjoy working with other ecologists on a range of ecological surveys and assessments, as well as excellent report-writing skills. The ability to process data and create and manage large datasets would be an advantage, as would experience of using mobile mappers and GIS.

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Work as part of the existing network of AECOM ecologists within an integrated team on challenging multi-disciplinary projects, mostly in North West England and North Wales;
- Communicate effectively and professionally;
- Assist with winning and delivering an exciting portfolio of ecological surveys and assessments on time, to a high standard and within budget;
- Conduct desk and field-based habitat and species surveys;
- Perform the role of an Ecological Clerk of Works on construction projects;
- Undertake analysis, evaluation, interpretation and presentation of ecological data, including through supporting production of Ecological Impacts Assessments and design of mitigation strategies;
- Provide robust, proportionate advice to clients on a wide range of ecological issues;
- Comply with internal business management procedures, including in relation to health and safety and technical quality

**Qualifications**:
**The person we are looking for will ideally have**:

- A proactive and careful approach to Health and Safety;
- Strong client focus and team player values;
- Previous relevant experience working within an ecology team;
- Committed to continuing professional development including through membership of CIEEM (or willingness to become a member);
- A strong sense of ownership in both your time management and the work you produce;
- Professional, organised and thorough approach to work with a keen eye for detail;
- Phase 1 Habitat and/or protected species survey skills;
- Ecological Clerk of Works experience;
- Relevant species / mitigation survey licences or evidence of working towards these;
- The ability to work within time restrictions and meeting deadlines; and
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing, as well as someone who responds well to constructive feedback.

Additional Information

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization y