Jobs in Wigan, United Kingdom

Biodiversity Net Gain Specialist (UK wide) – Jacobs

Jacobs, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

We’re hiring nationwide, with opportunities available in offices across Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Peterborough and Reading. Wherever you’re based, you’ll join a welcoming team and exciting projects.

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable Biodiversity Net Gain Specialist to lead the development and delivery of BNG strategies across our projects. This is a pivotal role in shaping our environmental impact, ensuring compliance with emerging legislation, and driving nature-positive outcomes.

Positions are available on a permanent full-time and part-time, job share or flexible basis.

• Lead on applying a biodiversity net gain approach to projects, including the use of biodiversity metrics and the design and delivery of net gain solutions
• Work in multidisciplinary teams to ensure terrestrial ecology requirements are recognised, acknowledged and designed into projects to maximise outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem services
• Support and engage with our Geospatial team to deliver innovative digital approaches to assessment
• Ensure quality standards by delivering assessments/reports through quality assurance protocols
• Contribute to our broader Nature Positive offering, including natural capital and environmental net gain approaches
• Leverage experience of biodiversity net gain to support other ecology deliverables such as Ecological Impact Assessments and Habitats Regulations Appraisals
• Develop and share skills that build team and individual capability, including engagement with global communities of practice, externally facing communications (conferences, presentations, client meetings) and training events

• Detailed working knowledge of the biodiversity net gain approach, including the Defra Statutory Biodiversity Metric and underpinning policy and legislative drivers
• Experience in designing for biodiversity net gain, including habitat restoration, enhancement and creation techniques
• Technical reporting skills with awareness of national legislation and guidance, including habitat management and monitoring plans
• Effective client, stakeholder and regulator engagement
• Leadership skills in ecological input to projects
• Understanding of project consenting and construction
• Chartered membership of a professional body (or current progression toward chartership)

• Global Career Framework with clear career paths
• Chartership Academy Programme to support professional accreditation
• Employee Networks & Communities of Practice – connect with ecologists in the UK & Ireland and globally
• A culture of collaboration and sustainability with meaningful projects
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance

Our culture emphasizes safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Jacobs is a Disability Confident employer and partners with VERCIDA to attract diverse talent. We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all listed requirements for a role. If you require reasonable adjustments during recruitment, please contact the team.

We encourage feedback on our recruitment process and are happy to provide more information to help you decide to join Jacobs. Details about our hybrid working policy, life at Jacobs, and our Employee Networks are provided on our site.