Job Description
Arcadis seeks a Senior Water Wastewater Pipeline Project Manager to join our Resilience Water Team in Houston, TX! This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated engineer who wants to quickly advance their career and join one of the best-qualified municipal consulting firms.
At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.
One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.
Role description:
As a Senior Water Wastewater Pipeline Project Manager, you will utilize your expertise and technical knowledge to successfully execute projects. You will also assist with the pursuit of municipal water/wastewater pipeline projects in the region to help build and grow our practice in the Houston area and throughout Texas. The focus of this role is water/wastewater design for linear projects, including pipeline assessment and rehabilitation. However, other water/wastewater market planning and design experience is desired.
Role accountabilities:
- Manage projects, tasks, and clients through the planning, design, and construction of water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, stormwater systems, and pump/lift stations as well as creating construction documents and specifications, and handling construction oversight/administration for both new construction and rehabilitation work.
- Prepare complete design packages (including all deliverables) for the engineering, procurement, and construction of water, wastewater and stormwater pipeline and pump station projects from inception to completion.
- Coordinate execution of projects with other disciplines.
- Work directly with clients to determine needs and provide solutions and lead teams in the preparation of winning proposals and successful presentations.
- Manage and lead condition assessment evaluations for water, wastewater, and storm system assets including pipelines and pump/lift stations using a variety of approaches and technologies.
- Create and manage cost estimates and project schedules and be responsible for completing design tasks within budget and on schedule.
- Manage and lead the growth of client relationships.
- Supervise and support the work of others and mentor junior level engineers and other technical staff.
- Ensure project compliance with all Arcadis practices and quality and safety standards.
- Travel as needed for client meetings, project site visits, etc.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications:
- 10 or more years of water/wastewater and stormwater pipeline design experience including large water transmission mains, water distribution pipelines, force mains, collection sewers, and pump stations.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or a related field of study.
- PE License in TX; or ability to obtain within one year of hire date.
Key Skills and Attributes:
- Project experience including design and construction of water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, stormwater systems, and pump/lift stations for municipal clients’ districts and agencies.
- Experience managing preparation of and reviewing and approving project drawings, specifications, schedules, and cost estimates.
- Excellent technical engineering and project/task management skills in the water/wastewater practice area.
- Client relationship skills; including preparation and development of proposals and client management experience with a successful track record of delivering various engineering projects to the expectations of the client.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Civil, Environmental or Mechanical Engineering.
- 12+ years of experience.
- Resume that includes experience as the engineer of record delivering water transmission/distribution systems, wastewater and stormwater collection systems, and pump station designs for clients in the Houston market.
- Current client relationships in the Houston market with a demonstrated track record of preparing and winning proposals for water, wastewater, and stormwater projects.
- Design-build project experience.
- Active participation in regional or national professional associations.
- NASSCO PACP/MACP/LACP Certification.
Why Become an Arcadian?
Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth’s resources, we can create a sustainable planet.
We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.
As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.
To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.
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.
Transform Your World
Arcadis offers benefits for full 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 adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start, and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $104920 – $187050 / year.
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