Safe hands
Engain comprises a talented team of ecologists, environmental scientists and geographers.
Our backgrounds and combined specialist knowledge make us well rounded advisors.
Typically, we work on schemes with construction values ranging from £5M for bespoke residential development - to over £100 million for national infrastructure and mixed-use strategic sites.
Our delivery team
Nikki Wood
CEO
Engain’s chief exec Nikki is highly experienced in managing complex environmental impact assessments for large infrastructure - with various consenting mechanisms.
Matt Davies
Director of Biodiversity Services
An expert on UK and European wildlife legislation, Matt is a pragmatic ecologist and well versed representative at public inquiries and consultations.
Hayley Stevens
Client Service Coordinator
Hayley is diligent and enthusiastic with over 20 years’ experience, of which the past 18 years have been within the Aerospace Industry.
Sam Rogers
Senior Ecologist
Sam has worked as an ecological consultant for over 7 years, working as part of an ecological and multi-disciplinary team. She has worked as project ecologist in a wide range of project types with different aims and objectives, providing advice to deliver the best possible ecological solution.
Ben Lansbury
Principal Ecologist
Ben is a Principal Ecologist with over 8 years’ experience across both private and public sector projects, encompassing residential housing developments, large scale road schemes, cycles routes, railway, mineral and waste schemes.
Rebecca Cox
Assistant Ecologist
Rebecca joins our Biodiversity Team to work on Biodiversity Net Gain, Nutrient Neutrality, protected species surveys and analysis, and reporting including GIS mapping. She has a Masters in Environmental Consultancy and has joined our team in our Bristol area office as an Assistant Ecologist.
Saul Ridley
Assistant Ecologist
Saul has combined the use of remote sensing techniques such as LiDAR, drone imagery, and bioacoustic monitoring with traditional surveying skills to complete a range of research and surveys across the UK and internationally. Additionally, he is well-versed in ecological reporting, having worked on and delivered a variety of documents including Ecological Appraisals and Impact Assessments, Protected Species Mitigation Strategies, Construction Environmental Management Plans, and Biodiversity Management Plans.
Keava Mascott
Assistant Ecologist
Keava has experience supporting a variety of projects, through field surveys, risk assessments, desk studies, identifying key species and GIS mapping. She has further experience with bat analysis, writing reports including mitigation strategies, licence applications, EIA reports and more. She also had experience with husbandry and care of a variety of species of both captive, wild and domestic animals.
Our values
We are purposeful, enthusiastic and efficient team players, engaged with our clients’ project objectives and driven to enrich heritage landscapes and the built environment.
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Our environment
Engain is a growing team based in a collaborative and creative working environment.
We are always interested to hear from consultants with senior experience, students seeking internships, field surveyors and potential technical partners.
History
Environmental Gain Ltd was started in 2003 in the UK, in Bath and Somerset.
Engain has since become established in the UK and Europe for offering comprehensive ecological and environmental services and expertise.
Over the years we have built a solid reputation for being practical, authoritative and friendly professionals.
Who we work with
We are renowned for our project delivery, which is based on great working relationships and in assembling strong teams, often involving trusted associates.
- Project directors
- Architects
- Local authorities
- Regulators
- Utility providers
- Planners
- Technical specialists
- Licensed ecologists
Our clients include
Sector expertise
Join us
We are always interested to hear from those with senior experience, students seeking internships, field surveyors and potential technical partners.