Environmental and geospatial consultancy for ecology, water, and renewable energy projects
APEM is an environmental consultancy built around geospatial analysis, aquatic science, and ecological survey work. The tech stack—GIS, HEC-RAS, Flood Modeller, R, Python, ArcGIS, QGIS—reflects deep domain specialization in hydrology and spatial modeling rather than general software development. Active hiring across research, engineering, and data roles, combined with stated pain points around scaling delivery and staffing gaps, suggests the firm is expanding capacity to handle larger, multi-year environmental assessment programs (renewables, water infrastructure, habitat management).
Notable leadership hires: Operations Director
APEM Ltd is an environmental and geospatial consultancy headquartered in Stockport, UK, with 201–500 employees. The firm serves clients in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecology, offering services in aquatic science, aerial survey, bird and fish survey, remote sensing, water quality analysis, and environmental impact assessment (EIA). Current project work spans water quality monitoring, tidal and wind-farm assessments, habitat management, and regulatory compliance (Water Framework Directive and Habitats Regulations assessments). The firm works with specialized software—HEC-RAS, Flood Modeller, ArcGIS, QGIS, R—and is actively hiring across research, engineering, and data teams to manage complex, multi-year programs.
APEM's core tools are GIS, HEC-RAS, Flood Modeller, ArcGIS, QGIS, R, Python, SQL, and AutoCAD. Also uses Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Shiny for dashboarding.
Current projects include tidal power assessment, onshore wind-farm collision risk modeling, water quality monitoring, habitat management for renewables, EIA chapters, and Water Framework Directive assessments.
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