Principal​/Associate Ecologist

Location/s: Birmingham, UK
Recruiter contact: Steven Johnston

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee‑owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott Mac Donald’s Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients’ needs across all sectors.

Mott Mac Donald are leading the way in Nature Services, and we are looking for people to join our Ecology Team and to play their part in integrating nature into all developments so that together with our clients we can build a better future. We pride ourselves on setting and maintaining high standards and are at the forefront of providing ecological advice.

Our team has written guidance and delivered training on BNG and contributed to CIEEM's raising standards documents.

We've developed innovative tools to more robustly and efficiently collect and manage ecological data to enable our team to focus on really making a difference. We've provided detailed biodiversity advice to improve schools and residential developments, inform developments for utilities companies, and we're delivering nature-based solutions on major infrastructure projects. We have also recently assisted a Government department with a review of habitat reporting methodologies with a view of standardising reporting processes and enhancing collaboration between Arm’s‑Length Bodies.

We have a large portfolio of projects and a healthy forward-order book bringing with it fantastic opportunities for ecologists at all levels.

Our West Midlands ecology team, consisting of 8 members from Graduate to Senior Associate Level, are based at our Birmingham Office near to Snow Hill Station. We also work very closely with the rest of the Ecology Team. Across the team we have a wide range of skills and licences. Joining our team at Principal/Associate Ecologist level you will likely spend the majority of your time office-based but may still get involved in some site work, especially in your area of technical expertise.

Although you will be a member of the West Midlands ecology team, you will also be connected to a much larger team of ecologists. There are excellent opportunities to progress your career through promotion, as well as develop a key role within our ecology team. The role will suit a dynamic, proactive team-player who wants to work in a growth area of the business and help support the delivery of ecology services in a fast-moving, client-focused, commercial environment.

You will have responsibility for staff wellbeing, mentoring, and career development for the West Midlands ecology team and will line‑manage some of the team members. You will work with the Regional Lead, Area Leader and UK Nature Services Team Leader to manage utilisation, the appointment of people for specific roles, training and recruitment needs. You will hold regular operational team briefings/meetings for effective team management and communications.

The projects you will be working on can span all stages of a project’s life cycle, from design conception to implementation; giving opportunities to…