Senior Ecologist
Location: Sheffield (hybrid working)
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 DOE
What's on Offer
£30,000 - £40,000 DOE
Hybrid and flexible working
Clear career progression within a growing consultancy
Support with licences, training and professional development
The chance to work on exciting, large-scale and impactful projects
Are you ready to take the lead on high-profile, meaningful ecological projects? Our client is a forward-thinking and fast-growing environmental consultancy with a strong reputation for delivering innovative, sustainable solutions across the UK. With an expanding portfolio of major developments, they are now looking for a Senior Ecologist to strengthen their Sheffield-based team.
This is a brilliant opportunity to step into a senior role where you'll shape projects from the earliest design stages through to delivery, influence sustainable outcomes, and mentor the next generation of ecologists.
The Role
You will be trusted to lead complex projects, provide expert technical input and ensure ecological best practice is embedded across everything our client delivers. This is a hands-on role combining leadership, fieldwork and high-level reporting.
Your responsibilities will include:
Leading Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, habitat surveys and protected species surveys
Designing and delivering mitigation and enhancement strategies
Producing, reviewing and signing off high-quality technical reports, including Ecological Impact Assessments
Acting as a key point of contact for clients, planners and multidisciplinary project teams
Supporting and mentoring junior ecologists to help them grow
About You
You will be an experienced ecological consultant who enjoys responsibility, problem-solving and helping projects achieve positive outcomes for nature.
You will ideally have:
A degree in Ecology or a related discipline
Several years' experience in ecological consultancy
Strong working knowledge of UK wildlife legislation and planning policy
Experience managing projects and leading ecological inputs
Protected species licences (bats, GCN, etc.)
A full UK driving licence
Please call James Hardie at Penguin Recruitment for more info