Director of AI | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Natural Language Processing | Large Language Models

We are looking for a Team Leader that can grow these services further as well as diversify into other areas that maximises our Leading with Science® strategy such as:

• Landscape scale habitat creation and restoration
• Environmental data analysis and digital technology
• Climate change adaptation and resilience
• Ecosystem services
• Aquatic ecology

Key Responsibilities1. Leadership and Management

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to the Nature team growing the team, expanding our capabilities, taking responsibility for succession planning and diversifying our offering.
• Full P&L accountability for the discipline delivering profitable performance and ensuring the implementation of risk, financial and cost controls.
• Compliance with commercial and operational governance processes.
• Play a full role in your capacity as a member of the ESP Senior Management Team (SMT).
• Development of business plans for innovative opportunities, R&D proposals and diversification opportunities.

2. Project Direction and Management

• Oversee the planning, scoping and execution of Nature projects ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, policies and guidelines.
• Have a strong understanding of contract law.
• Allocate resources effectively, monitor project progress and focus on timely delivery of high-quality reports ensuring an excellent customer experience and ensuring project lifecycle governance and compliance.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate team and project activities. This includes with ESP SMT and financial support teams.
• Drive a strong culture of H&S for the team.

3. Technical Expertise

• As the technical expert and leader of the Nature team, ensuring the team consistently delivers technically excellent work.
• Provide industry thought leadership.
• Provide expert guidance and support to the Nature team.
• Championing professional development for all.
• Encourage a culture of innovation.
• Demonstrate an understanding of technical considerations and overlap with other environmental teams such as Planning, Sustainability, EIA and Air Quality.

4. Business Development

• Lead major tenders and frameworks across ESP and wider Tetra Tech.
• Lead and co-ordinate business development and client relationship management, promoting Nature team services and the wider business, to actively raise our profile both internally and externally.
• Develop your own portfolio and pipeline of fee-earning work and client relationships.
• Promotion of the Nature team demonstrating thought leadership through published articles, papers and conference slots.
• Responsible for managing executive level and partner relationships.

We are seeking a visionary Director of Nature to lead, manage, and expand our talented team of ecologists and arborists. This role demands a motivated leader who can secure an increasing market share of high-profile projects, all while fostering a culture of purpose and integrity., * Exceptional communication and influence across diverse audiences.

• Proven ability to unite vision with practical, results-driven delivery.
• A degree in Ecology or a related discipline. A post graduate qualification is preferred such as CEcol or CEnv.
• Membership of CIEEM, preferably with Fellow status.
• Extensive experience in environmental/ecological consultancy with a track record of successfully leading a large team of Ecologists and Arborists managing a diversity of projects across a number of sectors.
• Excellent interpersonal, business development and communication skills and with ideally a wide client base.
• Expert witness and conference presentation experience.
• International experience.
• Experienced in developing innovative research proposals and seeing them through to publication/delivery.

We offer a competitive salary, contributory pension, healthcare cover, and a range of flexible benefits. We are open to discussing:

• Reduced hours
• Remote or hybrid working
• Term-time-only arrangements
• Flexible start/finish times
• Compressed hours

Our aim is to provide solutions that help you achieve the best possible work-life balance.

Additional benefits include volunteer days, birthday leave, and a wide selection of flexible benefits tailored to individual needs.

Be part of an elite team, renowned in the industry for technical excellence and innovation. Tetra Tech is the only firm to have secured the coveted CIEEM 'Large Consultancy of the Year' award twice (2023 and 2025) and the CIEEM Large Scale Mitigation project award in 2023. We are looking for a leader ready to make a significant impact on sustainable projects nationwide. The Nature team sits within the Environment, Sustainability and Planning (ESP) team of Tetra Tech. The role will involve team leadership, strategic planning and growth, project direction, technical delivery, client management and will offer an opportunity to influence and have impact across the business. Tetra Tech Nature features a 100-strong team of ecological and arboriculture consultants delivering surveying, assessment, and advisory services across the UK and internationally. Our work encompasses everything from small planning applications to large-scale infrastructure projects and expert witness roles. We work with clients across diverse sectors including defence, local authority, transport, retail, housing, commercial buildings, industry, water, renewables, data centres and developers. The team work on projects based across the UK and internationally. The team has established workloads and has an excellent reputation operating with high technical standards and driving thought leadership through involvement in industry working groups, seminars and conferences. With energy, insight and the right strategic leadership, the team offers a solid position on which to develop and build an exciting future alongside the other parts of ESP and the Tetra Tech organisation. Our award-winning team supports local to national projects through feasibility, planning, construction, post construction phases and beyond. Our services include: * Ecological and Protected species surveys and licensing * Habitat Regulation Assessment * Natural capital and ecosystem services analysis and assessment * Ecological impact assessment and mitigation * Biodiversity net gain assessment and offsetting * Water and nutrient management * Habitat mapping and botanical surveys * Invasive species surveys * Ecological clerk of works * Arboriculture, Tetra Tech is a leading technical, engineering, and environmental consultancy delivering data-driven, market-leading solutions across water, environment, infrastructure, energy, and international development. We deliver locally, with deep understanding of regional needs, and we're backed globally by extensive international expertise. Across the UK and Europe, we have over 6,000 employees and more than 50 offices. Our unique organisational structure enables us to respond with the agility of a small business while leveraging world-class resources from across Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and North and South America. Our People Our people are at the heart of everything we do. They help our clients succeed, our business prosper, and the communities we work in thrive. Maintaining our position as a market leader means attracting and supporting the very best talent. We foster a collaborative environment that encourages high performance, innovation, and creativity-empowering individuals to make a meaningful impact. Our Way of Working We take pride in delivering projects effectively for clients, and achieving this often means working together-whether in offices or on site-to ensure the best outcomes. However, where possible, we also advocate for flexibility in how, when, and where you work. There is no one-size-fits-all approach; each team determines the working pattern that suits their needs. We trust our people and focus on outputs rather than inputs. Face-to-face collaboration remains important for relationship building, project delivery, appraisals, and personal development. Meeting with colleagues and clients in person-whether in office environments or on site-continues to be a core part of how we work. Inclusive Recruitment At Tetra Tech, we want everyone to feel they truly belong. Our aim is to create a workplace where every person is valued, respected, and able to thrive. Everyone is welcome, and opportunities should be shaped only by attitude, capability, and collaborative spirit. Be yourself-without apology.