Thomson environmental consultants: The independent, employee-owned consultancy, chosen by successful clients, admired by competitors, and the place to work preferred by top specialists.

With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering our clients exceptional outcomes across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.

Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, marine ecology, habitat management, arboricultural services, geospatial and data management, environmental impact assessments.

Our people make us who we are; we are commercial but not corporate, guided by our values of Respect, Integrity, Support and Excellence. Career growth and development is highly valued at Thomson, and we nurture talent, leading to rapid career-progression opportunities. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external trainings, 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 are welcoming applications on an ongoing basis for Assistant Ecologists to join us for the 2022 Ecological season, working in our terrestrial Ecology teams throughout the UK.

This is a great opportunity to learn professional survey and mitigation techniques, in a range of species and habitats, and to gain experience of working in a busy independent environmental consultancy. Many of our previous seasonal Assistant Ecologists have gone on to secure permanent positions with us, and have since progressed to senior technical and commercial roles within the business.

We would like to hear from hardworking graduates with a degree in ecology, environmental science, zoology or another related field. You may be a fresh graduate or may have undertaken previous ecological surveying, in a voluntary or paid capacity. We’re particularly keen to hear from those who hold a GCN or bat licence or are proactively working towards gaining licences.

You’ll need to be have a car, full UK driving licence, and be willing to travel and stay away from home regularly. Ideally, you will be located within 1 hour’s commute from our offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Guildford, Leeds or Manchester, or be willing to relocate.

If you wish to have a conversation with one of the Recruitment Team about this opportunity, please contact: [email protected]