Associate Director

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**Job Description** Start here. Grow here.**

Are you ready to join a team of talented ecologist’s and shape the future of the environment?

Join our dynamic Nature team as an Associate Ecologist in Birmingham, Nottingham, Cambridge, Basingstoke and Croydon (flexible office locations across the UK), and benefit from our flexible hybrid working model. At AECOM, we’re at the forefront of innovation, championing nature-based solutions from large - scale ecological surveys to integrating nature into decision
- making and investment planning.

The role offers the opportunity to develop your experience as part of our highly experienced team, delivering groundbreaking projects that can deliver meaningful biodiversity gains. Our supportive and growing team provides excellent career support and development and our wider group of technical experts includes EIA specialists, arborists, planners, engineers, and landscape architects, fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration across the busines.

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Here’s what you’ll do:_**
- Lead the planning and delivery of ecological inputs for both internal and external clients ;
- Produce and technically review a range of ecological assessments including Preliminary Ecological Appraisal; Protected Species Baseline Reports; Ecological Impact Assessments; Habitats Regulations Assessment; and Biodiversity Net Gain Calculations;
- Provide technical leadership to support the delivery of proportionate and pragmatic solutions;
- Lead consultation and engagement with clients and key project stakeholders including planning authorities, statutory bodies and the public;
- Play a key role in the continued development of our technical capabilities and encourage the embedding of innovation/research;
- Lead the production of bids and tenders for ecological services;
- Mentor and support both junior staff and peers.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry

**Come grow with us.**

Join our dynamic Natural business with over 150 professionals, including 30 based in Basingstoke, Cambridge, and Croydon. Our Ecology team features national and global leaders across the UK and Republic of Ireland, specializing in species licensing, impact assessment, habitat creation, ecosystem restoration, enhancement, and management. Our Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) experts shape policy, guide practical decisions, and foster collaborative designs for positive environmental outcomes.

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** Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?**
- Here’s what we’re looking for:_
- Membership of an appropriate professional institution and working towards or obtained Chartered Ecologist or Chartered Environmentalist status, and an holder of protected species survey and/or mitigation licences;
- Excellent knowledge of relevant wildlife legislation and policy, and reporting skills;
- Experience of leading and managing ecological surveys/licensing/impact assessment (as relevant to your areas of specialisms) as demonstrated by suitable professional experience;
- Experience in managing projects, project budgets and leading stakeholder discussions, and bidding/tendering
- Experience of reviewing/verifying technical work and supporting wider team members;

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe woul