Senior Water Engineer

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 seeking a Senior Water Engineer to join our Resilience Water Team in Southern California. This role involves leading and managing regional project delivery and pursuits within the municipal water/wastewater market. The Senior Water Engineer will play a key role in growing the team, managing project delivery, and building strong client relationships.

Role Accountabilities

In this position, you will serve as the Project Manager for municipal water and wastewater projects. You will also engage in client development activities, contribute to positioning strategies, and assist with proposal and presentation efforts. Collaborating with the Area Leader(s) and client Account Leader(s), you will help develop project scopes, create fee estimates, and manage risk to ensure successful project outcomes. Additional responsibilities include:

• Lead the planning, design, and construction of water and wastewater treatment plants, stormwater systems, distribution/collection systems, and pump/lift stations.
• Oversee the creation of construction documents, specifications, and providing design support during construction.  
• Manage a variety of projects for multiple clients, overseeing budgets and delivery schedules while ensuring that project teams meet deliverables.
• Work directly with clients to identify their needs and provide effective solutions. 
• Coordinate multi-disciplined engineering teams and ensure that design tasks are completed on time and within budget. 
• Mentor junior engineers and design/drafting staff, ensuring adherence to Arcadis' quality and safety standards.
• Some travel may be required for project site visits, client meetings, and construction oversight, depending on project needs.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in the water and wastewater field. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or a related field
• PE License in California or the ability to obtain one within six months. 

Key Skills and Attributes

• Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Microsoft Project. 
• Ability to work effectively with teams locally and across remote offices is essential.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering and 
• Experience with alternative project delivery methods

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 $109,186 - $185,616. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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