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
Managing Director
Engain’s managing director Nikki is highly experienced in managing complex environmental impact assessments for large infrastructure - with various consenting mechanisms.
Hayley Stevens
Business Administrator
Hayley is a diligent and enthusiastic Administrator with over 20 years’ experience, of which the past 18 years have been within the Aerospace Industry.
Kieron McAuley
Assistant Environmental Planner
Kieron has two and a half years of planning experience. He has a successful track record of writing planning reports and validating planning applications as part of a multi-disciplinary team and assessing out of date planning applications in a quick and effective fashion.
Matt Davies
Director and Head of Biodiversity
An expert on UK and European wildlife legislation, Matt is a pragmatic ecologist and well versed representative at public inquiries and consultations.
Lizy Tinsley
Principal Ecologist and Team Leader
Lizy has 8 years of ecological consultancy experience. She has a successful track record of project delivery as part of an ecological and multi-disciplinary team, and experience acting as technical and project lead.
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.
Emily Wood
Consultant
In 2017 our graduate ecologist Emily won the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management’s (CIEEM) photo competition, with a striking shot of a Bechstein’s bat.
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.
Engain supports The Prince’s Trust, which helps young people change their lives, through education, training and jobs.
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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.