HydroEcologist WIDE

Hydro Ecologist UK WIDE – Manchester, United Kingdom

As a Principal Hydro ecologist at Jacobs, you’ll apply your expertise to assess the ecological impact of water abstraction across the UK, helping shape sustainable water management strategies. Your work will directly support river restoration, strategic resource planning, and performance auditing for major water companies. Collaborating with specialists in freshwater ecology, hydrology, hydrogeology, and geomorphology, you’ll be part of an interdisciplinary team solving complex environmental challenges.

Lead sustainability assessments under the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP), using tools like RICT and applying Water Framework Directive standards to interpret ecological data. Design and develop ecological monitoring programmes, analyse large environmental datasets, and apply statistical methods to support low flow investigations and stakeholder engagement.

• Extensive relevant industry experience, ideally specialising in hydro ecology.
• Experience in Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) investigations or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience working on low flow investigations.
• Ability to design ecological monitoring programmes.
• Experience in analysing large environmental datasets, using statistics.
• Application of Water Framework Directive standards and thresholds including classification of ecological monitoring data.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement.
• Chartered membership of a professional body (or sufficient experience to obtain chartership).

• Up to 10% company contribution into their pension.
• Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
• Opportunity to buy/sell annual leave.
• Free employee medical cover and digital GP service.
• Enhanced parental leave pay.
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefit provided by Carrot.
• Hybrid working.
• Part-time roles.
• Flexible working hours.

As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.