💼 Full-Time Position

Principal Ecologist - Bats

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RPS Group
📍 Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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Location
Southampton, United Kingdom
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Posted
June 09, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Principal Ecologist - Bats


We are searching for an experienced Principal Ecologist - Bats at our Southampton facility.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:  

We're looking for a Principal Ecologist to join our ecological team, delivering master planning inputs, ecological appraisals, botanical, BNG and protected species surveys and studies, mitigation design and construction and post-construction supervision and monitoring.

We’re looking for someone based in Southern England (Southampton, Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, Plymouth although other locations will be

The ideal candidate would be an established ecological consultant (Class 2/3/4 bat licence/specialist harp traps and radio tracking; bat mitigation licenses; designing and implementing bat mitigation plans; bat house with experience working in ecological consultancy and with the following key skills:

Very good communication (written and verbal) ...