Ports & Marine Delivery Leader - West Coast

Arcadis • Vinings, GA

15h • $170,000 - $220,000

About The Position

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.
Arcadis is seeking a Ports & Marine Delivery Leader to lead our design capabilities for port infrastructure, enabling the delivery of complex structural, civil, and marine scopes nationally with emphasis on the West Coast
As technical experts in transportation, climate resilience, and built assets, Arcadis is committed to providing holistic, tailored solutions to address our port client’s main challenges. We help port authorities, terminal operators, contractors, and governments meet their objectives through our state-of-the-art technical, commercial, and sustainable solutions throughout the asset life cycle. We’re using our expert core team, global footprint and relationships to help clients with port and terminal expansions and modernization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering; advanced degree is a plus.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• 15+ years of experience delivering civil, structural, waterfront, or port infrastructure projects.
• Proven leadership managing multidisciplinary teams and complex design programs.
• Strong understanding of industry standards (ASCE, AASHTO, UFC, PIANC) and port/maritime best practices.
• Demonstrated success winning work, strong client engagement, pursuit strategy, proposal leadership, and relationship building.
• Ability to operate as a market facing technical leader: growing market presence while providing hands-on technical direction and delivery oversight.
• Demonstrated knowledge of planning, operations, and design development of (container) terminal operations and port infrastructure improvements.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working for a port authority, terminal operator, engineering consultant or contractor active in ports is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience as senior leader with significant presence and experience with major (global) terminal operators and port authorities.

Responsibilities

• Shape and elevate Arcadis’ design practice for port and marine infrastructure covering civil, structural, waterfront, and facility improvements.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through planning, design, engineering, and delivery of complex capital programs.
• Set technical direction, ensure quality, and guide teams through risk, design standards, constructability, and innovation.
• Drive resilient and sustainable design solutions that address climate adaptation, decarbonization, energy transition, and long-term port modernization.
• Support project managers and teams in achieving technical excellence, schedule performance, and commercial success.
• Collaborate with Arcadis’ global and national experts to bring best of Arcadis to our US clients.
• Act as a visible leader for Arcadis’ ports and maritime market across the entire US network with focus on the West Coast.
• Build trusted relationships with port authorities, terminal operators, USACE, the U.S. Navy, transportation agencies, and private-sector partners.
• Identify emerging opportunities and position Arcadis for success by defining capture strategies, teaming arrangements, and win themes.
• Lead proposal development for major pursuits, ensuring our technical offering is clear, compelling, and differentiated.
• Collaborate with regional and national leadership to align the discipline’s capabilities with client needs and evolving market trends.

Benefits

• 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 $170,000 - $220,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level