Senior Ecologist

What if you could shape a career as unique as you?

At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you.

Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

A little more about your role...

As a Senior Ecologist with WSP, you’ll join a large, friendly, and diverse team that puts collaboration, wellbeing, and professional growth at the heart of everything we do.

Flexible working is a core part of our culture, supporting a healthy balance between work, personal life, family and wellbeing, while our strong knowledge sharing ethos ensures you’ll always feel supported.

You’ll be part of an environment where ecologists learn from one another through peer support networks, specialist groups, and open collaboration across all experience levels.

You’ll work alongside environmental specialists across the UK, gaining exposure to multidisciplinary thinking and global expertise.

You’ll deepen your technical ecological skills, build project management experience, and receive structured mentoring and training whether your goal is advancing towards protected species licences or growing into more senior roles via clear progression pathways.

You’ll contribute to large-scale and complex schemes with real influence on biodiversity outcomes at the landscape level.

With room for innovation in survey design, modelling, mitigation planning, and nature-based solutions, you’ll have the opportunity to apply cutting-edge ecological methods while shaping projects with wide-reaching environmental impact.

Above all, you’ll join a team with a strong sense of purpose and take pride in delivering genuinely nature-positive outcomes.

Your New Role What’s Involved?

• Providing technical advice, and planning and leading on ecology surveys including Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, UKHab surveys and protected species surveys.
• Preparing tenders for a range of schemes, and suites of habitat, botanical and protected species surveys.