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Senior Ecologist

Job reference

180382_1773243714

Company Name

Penguin Recruitment

Salary

£35000 - £42000 per annum

Location

Guildford

Industry sector

Environment

Job type

Permanent | Full Time

Job start date

ASAP

Posted date

11/03/2026

Closing date

01/04/2026

Senior Ecologist

£35,000 - £42,000

Guildford

A prestigious environmental consultancy is pursuing an experienced Senior Ecologist to join their expanding team based in Guildford. This is an exciting opportunity to join a respected, high-quality delivering ecological consultancy, who are working on exciting projects across the UK. The team provides an array of services including but not limited to ecological surveys, habitat management, biodiversity advice and impact assessments.

Benefits of this Senior Ecologist position include:

* Competitive Salary £35,000 - £42,000

* Generous Annual leave and other exciting benefits

* Exciting career progression development

* Annual bonus and enhanced pension scheme

Key senior ecologist responsibilities:

* Conduct and deliver ecological surveys

* Mentor junior ecologists, contributing to team development

* Generating high quality technical reports such as PEAs and ECIAs

* Plan and coordinate seasonal survey programmes and fieldwork

* Maintain accurate survey data, records and project documentation

What is required of our Senior Ecologist?

Proven experience working as an ecologist is necessary with strong knowledge of UK wildlife legislation and planning policy. A full UK driving license, experience working with protected species surveys and ecological reporting is also required. You must also live in or near Guildford and have a full right to work in the UK.

If you meet the criteria and want to take your career to the next level, apply to this senior ecologist position now!

We have many more vacancies available on our website. Please refer to www.penguinrecruitment.co.uk. This is a permanent role. Penguin Recruitment is operating as a Recruitment Agency in respect to this position.