Senior Water Engineer

Job Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is looking for a Senior Water Engineer to join our Resilience Water Team in Southern California.

The Senior Water Engineer will lead and manage regional project delivery and pursuits within the municipal water / wastewater market. This role offers significant growth opportunities for advancement as you manage delivery teams and build strong client relationships.

Role accountabilities:

You will be a Project Manager for municipal water and wastewater projects and/or participate in client development activities, assist with position and capture strategies, proposal and presentation efforts. In addition, you will work with the Area Leader(s) and client Account Leader(s) on developing project scopes and fee estimates, setting the best stage for profitable delivery, managing risk, identifying project staff, and related activities.

Other responsibilities include:

• Lead projects and clients in the planning, design and construction of water/wastewater treatment plants, stormwater systems, distribution/collection systems, and pump/lift stations as well as creating construction documents, specifications and overseeing design support services during construction.
• Manage a range of projects for various clients in the region. Responsibilities will include managing budgets and delivery schedules for each assignment, and leading project teams to meet the project deliverables.
• Work directly with clients to determine needs and provide solutions.
• Leading and coordinating multi-disciplined engineering teams.
• Responsible for completing design tasks within budget and on schedule.
• Support the work of others and mentor junior level engineer & design/drafting technical staff.
• Ensure project compliance with all Arcadis practices and quality and safety standards.
• Some travel may be required for project site visits, client meetings, safety audits, general planning purposes or to oversee construction activities, depending on project staffing needs.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of progressively responsible leadership in the Water and Wastewater field.
• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or related field.
• Current PE License in California, or ability to obtain PE in California in 6 months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current PE License in CA.
• Masters degree in Engineering.
• Experience working on design projects with construction contractors utilizing alternative project delivery methods.
• Functional experience with MS Office applications including Microsoft Project.
• Flexible to work with different project teams present locally and across remote offices.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $112,240 - $180,000/year.