Senior Aquatic Ecologist

Senior Aquatic Ecologist Full-time State/Province: Hampshire Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Limited Business Line: Environment Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: UK - Basingstoke 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 over 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.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Aquatic Ecologist to join the Aquatic Ecology Team at AECOM. We have multi-disciplinary offices throughout the UK and Ireland 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. Key responsibilities will be to co-ordinate and undertake surveys, author reports, develop monitoring strategies, and provide specialist input to multi-disciplinary teams. The appointee would work closely with other members of the Aquatic Ecology, Water Environment, and multi-disciplinary teams to support a coherent nationwide approach providing expert advice to our external and internal clients. Here’s what you’ll do: You would contribute to projects for a range of clients by: Providing aquatic ecology input into EcIA, planning, mitigation, and multi-disciplinary projects; Authoring technical reports and working with multi-disciplinary teams to provide specialist input; Undertaking data analysis and processing; Production of EcIA documents in line with CIEEM guidelines; Managing aquatic ecology input into projects, including survey design and costing; Playing an important lead role in a team of multi-skilled aquatic ecologists in AECOM’s nationwide offices and laboratories; Supporting the wider environmental business. Come grow with us. You will 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, habitat restoration for regulators and the private sector, pollution response surveys, water quality investigations, etc. 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. 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 Here’s what we’re looking for: Understanding and implementing industry standard monitoring techniques and analyses for aquatic ecology and associated consenting/permitting