Graduate Environmental GIS / Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Consultant

Provides GIS analysis and biodiversity mapping to support environmental, ecology, and landscape projects across the UK.

About FPCR

Established in 1957, FPCR is one of the UK's leading environment and design consultancies. Our multidisciplinary teams work across landscape architecture, ecology, urban design, masterplanning, architecture and arboriculture, delivering award-winning projects throughout the UK.

As an employee-owned business, we are committed to creating an engaging, supportive and rewarding workplace where people can develop long-term careers.

Why join FPCR?

Our team members can develop their career in a supportive environment, working on nationally significant and award-winning projects and collaborating with experts across multiple disciplines.

Benefits include:

• Flexible and hybrid working

• Compressed working week

• Employee Ownership Trust benefits

• Discretionary annual tax-free bonus

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Health cash plan

• Pension contributions

• Salary sacrifice car scheme

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Professional membership support

• Ongoing CPD and training opportunities

About the Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic Graduate Environmental GIS / BNG Consultant to join our growing team at the Lockington Office. This role offers the unique opportunity to provide specialised GIS support to our multi-disciplinary experts in ecology, arboriculture, and landscape architecture. You will play a pivotal role in a diverse project portfolio, ranging from bespoke residential developments to national-scale infrastructure projects, delivering the spatial analysis and cartographic figures essential for our statutory reporting.

The role will involve:

• Data Processing & Management: Transforming surveyor notes and raw field data into high-quality, structured GIS layers for a broad range of field surveys.

• Precision Spatial Analysis: Accurately map GIS data and provide precise calculations using a range of GIS data manipulation techniques.

• Calculate Biodiversity Impact: Quantify habitat losses/gains in accordance with the Statutory Biodiversity Metric, ensuring technical accuracy in all Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) calculations.

• Cartographic Production: Designing and generating precise and clear figures that will be included within professional reports.

• Multi-Disciplinary GIS Support: Acting as a central resource to meet the diverse GIS requirements of our ecology, arboriculture, and landscape teams.

Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• A degree in GIS, related environmental field or equivalent experience.

• A good knowledge of GIS software (preferably QGIS).

• An aptitude for creating maps and presenting datasets that are not only accurate, but clear and professional.

• An attention for detail.

• Good organisational skills.

• Good communication skills.

Desirable, but not essential:

• Experience within an ecological consultancy.

• Experience with Biodiversity Net Gain calculations.

• Experience with QGIS models.

• Experience with Python.

Deadline for Applications 

The deadline for applications is subject to change, depending on level of interest. If you are interested in a position with us, an early application is advised. These will be reviewed as they come in, rather than waiting for the deadline.

Equal Opportunities

FPCR is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.