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Job Description

Overview

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

The Ecology team at WSP is a large, friendly and diverse team. We work collaboratively with experts in various fields across the UK, providing extensive project experience and knowledge. Training and mentoring opportunities for everyone allow you to grow your career. If you have a desire to develop your core ecological, project management and consultancy skills while influencing the wider ecology industry, the WSP Ecology team is the place to do it.

Your New Role – What’s Involved?

• Embracing our Health, Safety and Wellbeing culture and creating a safe place for all to work
• Working closely with your team, the Regional Director and the Team Leader to manage workload and oversee technical quality
• Generating opportunities, preparing tenders and overseeing the delivery and management of a range of ecological deliverables (technical, commercial and financial) in support of our clients’ projects
• Providing site- and office-based support to develop and mentor junior team members
• Helping to nurture an enthusiastic, supportive and productive working environment

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate

• Experience across a range of UK habitats and protected species and hold (or have held) survey and/or mitigation licences
• A proven record of supporting clients through devising and delivering survey programmes, developing pragmatic, cost-effective mitigation, gaining the agreement of regulators and supervising implementation on-site
• Experience of Ecological Impact Assessment and writing Environmental Statement chapters
• Experience of Habitat Regulations Assessment
• A proven record of winning work from commercial clients, particularly in the residential, mixed use and industrial sectors
• A passion for leading and supporting ecologists of all grades to develop and progress in their careers at WSP

Why WSP?

With us, you can shape a career as unique as you. We offer opportunities to grow, work with diverse, talented individuals, and leverage our global reach to take on new challenges.

What’s In It For You

• Work-life balance with a hybrid working policy (flexible to work from home two days a week and in modern offices across the UK)
• Inclusivity and belonging – a culture that values diverse backgrounds and authentic selves
• Health & wellbeing support, including Thrive programme, Virtual GP, reasonable workplace adjustments, Gymflex, and menopause support
• Flex your time with the WSP My Hour and flexible working arrangements, additional leave, and bank holiday options
• Your development through training, mentoring, and Chartership support

About Us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms with 72,800 people committed to creating positive, long-lasting impacts through innovation, integrity, and inclusion. In the UK & Ireland, we have over 9,000 professionals dedicated to local communities and supported by international expertise.

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EEO Statement

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria and will arrange workplace adjustments on request.