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 Principal Water Engineer/Planning Lead with 15 years of experience to join our growing Resilience Water Team in Los Angeles, CA!
This role will report to the California Area Leader and actively participate as a key member of the Area Leadership Team. This position will engage with our established, well-respected team to execute our healthy project backlog and lead our planning strategy for growth across California.
The Planning Lead will utilize their professional experience and technical knowledge of hydraulics, water distribution master planning, and computer modeling, combined with data analytics to manage design teams and developing innovative solutions throughout the region. This is an excellent opportunity with high potential for growth, including leading projects, mentoring junior staff, and developing project pursuits and opportunities.
Role accountabilities:
Utilizing expertise in all aspects of planning and developing water distribution system models and water system master plans to guide technical project teams. Additionally, this role will lead and direct pursuits and projects for water distribution hydraulics, water quality investigations, system planning, hydraulic and water quality model development, master plans, feasibility studies, and capital improvement plan development.
Other responsibilities include:
- Project/task management and support in managing budgets and delivery schedules for each assignment.
- Development of project/task scopes, schedules, and budget for new projects.
- Develop and review technical reports for projects, including technical project report organization, authoring, and coordination.
- Develop pursuit and client engagement plans for targeted proposals.
- Provide technical expertise on existing and new design and water modeling projects and planning projects.
- Develop and lead client presentations of work progress and collaboration across a wide range of client roles.
- Lead pursuits through a strong understanding of business line and industry requirements.
- Facilitate coordination for timely completion and submission of project deliverables.
- Maintain and increase professional and technical knowledge by having regular participation with industry Association’s, attending workshops, making presentations, and reviewing professional publications.
- Participation in water industry professional organizations, conferences, and networking events.
- Assist with water conveyance systems and asset management data analytics.
- Exercise independent judgment on details of work and in making preliminary selections and adaptations of engineering alternatives.
- Ensures project compliance with all Arcadis’ practices and quality and safety standards.
- Some travel will be required for project site visits and client meetings.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications
- 15 years of experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or a related field of study.
- PE License in California.
Key Attributes
- Deep understanding of water distribution modeling and master planning project development, project execution, and requirements.
- Excellent technical writing skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- 20 years of experience.
- Master’s degree in Civil or Environment Engineering or related field of study.
- Project delivery experience as a Planning / Technical Lead, with budgeting, schedule monitoring, client management and project controls.
- Hydraulic modeling & engineering experience for evaluations, investigations, planning, feasibility studies and modeling of water distribution and wastewater collection systems.
- Project experience with GIS.
- Hydraulic Modeling software experience, including the following software: InfoWater, WaterGEMS, EPANET.
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 seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start date, and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $133,400 – $200,100 /year.
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