Strategic Ecologist

We are looking for an experienced ecologist to work on some of EMEC’s largest and most strategic projects. This is a role that combines strong ecological expertise with strategic thinking, long-term projects and practical delivery.

You will build close working relationships with a small portfolio of major clients and develop a detailed understanding of their operations, environmental commitments and long-term biodiversity and land management goals. Working alongside the Project Managers who lead the overall relationships and contracts, you will turn those ambitions into practical strategies, plans and interventions.

Working across EMEC’s Project Management, Ecology and Land Management teams, you will provide ecological expertise throughout the life of major projects. This could include establishing ecological baselines, developing biodiversity strategies and action plans, identifying and prioritising opportunities, developing habitat management and monitoring approaches, and working with delivery teams to put plans into practice.

This is a role for someone who can see the bigger picture while understanding what it takes to make it happen. You will need to interpret complex ecological information, understand client needs and operational constraints and work with project teams to turn ecological objectives into effective delivery and longer-term benefits for nature.

Alongside your principal major project responsibilities, you will remain part of EMEC’s wider ecological delivery, undertaking other ecological consultancy and project work selectively according to business and client needs. This provides variety in the role and allows you to maintain and develop your broader technical ecology skills.