Senior Ecological Consultant - Cardiff

Our core purpose is to enable nature and business to thrive together. Our brand mission is to be chosen by clients as their preferred specialists and regarded by people in our industry as the company to work for. We aim to be the most innovative, pragmatic and fast-growing environmental consultancy in the UK. With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.

Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, hydrology, marine laboratory, arboricultural services, geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping, environmental impact assessments.

The position involves driving your team's financial success by preparing compelling tenders, efficiently managing projects, and fostering strong relationships with clients. Your contributions will support the company's vision and values by delivering high-quality technical work within specified timelines and consistently upholding the company's standards of excellence.

Some of the duties include:

• Overseeing and guiding a small team of Ecological Consultants and Assistant Ecologists.
• Leading and managing large, complex projects, ensuring seamless execution from start to finish.
• Handling technically challenging tasks, including EPSL applications, EcIA chapters, and habitat regulation assessments.
• Delivering high-quality reports and outputs for clients, consistently meeting or exceeding project deadlines and budget constraints.
• Cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with clients, ensuring continued trust and satisfaction.
• Documenting relevant professional experience and leveraging it to advance toward obtaining protected species licenses.
• Taking ownership for the quality of survey work by providing leadership and direction to the field team.
• Ensuring clear and effective communication by keeping project managers and team leads informed of all critical project developments.
• Maintaining active membership with CIEEM.

Salary: from £34,000 per annum, dependent on skillset.

Requirements include being an experienced Ecologist with an ecological or related subject degree, being technically competent with an in-depth knowledge of ecology, legislation and survey techniques, and holding protected species licences. A clean, valid UK driving licence and access to a car insured for business use are also required. Applicants with ornithological skills, botany skills or a bat mitigation licence are especially encouraged to apply, though these are not essential. All applicants must be based in the UK with the Right to Work in the UK.

At Thomson, we strive to be the very best at what we do, both in the eyes of our customers and our colleagues. We believe in One Thomson; we draw on and value every individual's unique skills and experience to come together and support each other in delivering an exceptional service. Our people are our greatest asset. We want Thomson to be a great place to work, where everyone feels supported to be the best they can be. We are proud of our friendly, supportive culture. We live and breathe our RISE (Respect, Integrity, Support, Excellence) values. Your opinions matter to us; we are constantly evolving.

We promote a healthy work-life balance to ensure we have an engaged, productive and happy team. We are flexible and committed and welcome new challenges. We recognise the importance of training and developing our team as well as offering a competitive pay and reward package. Involving ourselves in our local communities is important to us and we are proud of our continued achievements in fundraising for charity. We work hard but have fun too. We are passionate about career development so we make sure we nurture talent. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external training, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration. We can offer you the opportunity to contribute to and lead on high-profile, once in a lifetime projects.

You will enjoy benefits including: 25 days annual leave, healthcare cash plan, enhanced stakeholder pension scheme, life insurance, discounted gym membership, paid professional memberships, clothing allowance, outstanding performance rewards, long service awards, free parking and regular local and company social events.

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomson is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.