Are we recruiting?
Yes! UES are currently recruiting Senior / Principal Ecologists, office-based Project Ecologists, Ecologists, Graduate Ecologists, Seasonal Ecologists and team support staff of all levels of experience. Positions are available on a full or part-time basis working from both the office in Knutsford or remotely.
UES also regularly work with sub-contractors and can offer flexible part-time and seasonal work for both Graduate Ecologists and seasoned Ecologists.
A career with UES offers great opportunities for professional and personal development. We provide significant on-the-job opportunities to learn and develop your ecology skills and our ecologists get to work on a range of surveys at a variety of sites across the country. Working at UES comes with numerous benefits and a generous CPD allowance.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary
- Discretionary service bonus
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme (after 3 months service)
- Flexible approach to working hours and working from home
- Time off in lieu (TOIL)
- Company phone or phone allowance
- Competitive holiday allowance plus the day off for your birthday
- Funded professional body membership (such as CIEEM)
- Funded protected species licence accreditation
- Opportunities for career development and training
- Cycle to work scheme
- All expenses paid Christmas party
Training
Employees are encouraged to develop their careers and interests with a generous CPD allowance. Attending external training courses, in-house training and our expert consultants allow our employees to progress their careers quickly. In 2022 our employees attended courses such as:
- Invertebrate identification for biotic assessment (Freshwater Biological Association)
- Bat trapping, handling and identification training event in Stourhead (Greena Ecology)
- PSYM and aquatic invertebrate identification training (Lee Knight)
- UKHab training course (Kent Wildlife Trust)
- Bat hibernation trapping training event in Devon (Greena Ecology)
- Bat research trip in Zante, Greece (Greena Ecology)
- In-house botanical training weekend in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
- Grasses, sedges and rushes course (Field Studies Council (FSC))
- QFIELD for Ecologists (CIEEM)
- Identifying freshwater invertebrates with microscopes (FSC)
- Field ecology of mosses, liverworts and hornworts (FSC)
- Field identification of stonefly larvae (FSC)
- Dragonfly larvae and exuviae identification with microscopes (FSC)
- Solitary wasp identification with microscopes (FSC)
- Small dung beetle identification with microscopes (FSC)
- Field identification of centipedes (FSC)
All new starters are also offered the following training opportunities:
- Flood and swift-water first responder rescue training: DEFRA Level 2 (INRAD)
- Field identification skills certificate (BSBI)
- Register of land-based operations (ROLO) operative health, safety & environmental awareness course (required for a CSCS card)
- Asbestos awareness training
- Emergency first aid at work
- Confined spaces training
- Tree climbing and aerial rescue (NPTC CS38)
If you are interested in working with UES please send a CV and your address to enquiries@ues.org.uk and we will be in touch.