Project Manager/Engineer - Coastal Resilience/Waterfronts

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 seeking a Project Manager / Engineer to join our Water Management team in Virginia, preferably Virginia Beach.

In this role, you will utilize your expertise and technical knowledge to lead and support our growing base of coastal resilience and waterfront projects in Virginia and across the United States.

You will also help our clients achieve business objectives by creating and implementing innovative and effective solutions for resilient natural and built assets.

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven reputation with clients as a professional and dynamic engineer who successfully executes projects.

You will also have the ability to lead while working on a wide variety of projects alongside a resolute and experienced staff in a 'hands-on' role with an expectation of also supporting client development activities for municipal, state, federal, and private sector clients.

Role accountabilities :

• Providing planning and design support for an existing and expanding client base in relation to coastal protection, stormwater management, environmental and social impact analysis, and other resiliency needs
• Project management activities, including the management of a multi-disciplinary planning and engineering team, meeting project schedules, budgets, and quality objectives
• Collaborating with national leaders, ensuring that organizational capacity is in place to deliver on projects in the area market
• Preparing and / or reviewing design calculations and technical drawings
• Supporting the expansion of the resiliency practice and the Arcadis brand to new customers
• Engaging with strategic stakeholders in the local market
• Acting as an ambassador for the local and national team, including representing Arcadis at conferences and other industry-related events

Qualifications & Experience :

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Environmental Engineering or a related field
• PE license or the ability to obtain a PE license within 6 months of hire date
• 10 years of experience in water resources, civil, structural, and / or coastal engineering, with a focus on resiliency

Key Skills and Attributes :

• Strong knowledge and experience with preparation and / or review of engineering plans to ensure that all aspects of project implementation are clearly conveyed.
• Prior experience serving as a project manager for complex engineering or multi-disciplinary resiliency projects
• Experience with numerical modeling of flows in coastal, estuarine, or riverine environments
• Solid experience working for municipal, industrial, state and / or federal client base in coastal resilience or a related area
• Experience working on a variety of projects simultaneously and coordinating work with engineers of other disciplines

Preferred Qualifications :

• Master's degree or Ph.D. in Civil, Mechanical, Environmental Engineering or a related field
• 12 years of progressive engineering experience

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 well-being 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 $97,600 - $168,000.

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