Senior Ecologist in Cardiff

Join to apply for the Senior Ecologist role at Thomson environmental consultants. We are a fast-growing environmental consultancy committed to delivering exceptional outcomes across a range of services, including terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, hydrology, marine laboratory, arboricultural services, GIS and mapping, and environmental impact assessments.

Responsibilities

• Senior Ecological Consultants (SECs) often serve as line managers, overseeing and guiding a small team of Ecological Consultants and Assistant Ecologists.
• Lead and manage large, complex projects, ensuring seamless execution from start to finish.
• Handle technically challenging tasks, including EPSL applications, EcIA chapters, and habitat regulation assessments.
• Deliver high-quality reports and outputs for clients, consistently meeting or exceeding project deadlines and budget constraints.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring continued trust and satisfaction.
• Document relevant professional experience and leverage it to advance toward obtaining protected species licences.
• Take ownership for the quality of survey work by providing leadership and direction to the field team.
• Ensure clear and effective communication by keeping project managers and team leads informed of all critical project developments.
• Maintain active membership with CIEEM.

Salary

From £34,000 per annum, dependent on skill set.

Requirements

• To be considered you will be an experienced Ecologist with an ecological or related subject degree.
• You will be technically competent, with an in-depth knowledge of ecology, legislation and survey techniques with advanced field skills in one or more specialist areas as well as holding protected species licences.
• You will also hold a clean, valid UK driving licence and have your own car or access to a car which will be insured for business use.
• We would be especially interested in hearing from applicants with ornithological skills, botany skills or a bat mitigation licence. However, none of these are essential.
• All applicants must be based in the UK with the Right to Work in the UK.

Working at Thomson

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, ‘nothing is too much trouble’ 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 in 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 fund-raising 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.

Benefits

• 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
• Regular local and company social events

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to and join Thomson.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Consulting

Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom