Principal Water Wastewater Consultant

Arcadis•Dallas, TX

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. As a Principal Water/ Wastewater Consultant you will join the IWTO team as a “seller/doer”. This position will be key to our growth within the Technology Sector in the US, engaging with clients in a meaningful way to help grow our team’s revenue and enable the team to continue to grow. This individual will connect with clients, learn their needs and assess how Arcadis can support them, help to create opportunities with clients, and will lead and be involved in the preparation of proposals. The ‘selling’ aspect will be 40-50% of the role. In addition, this person will be undertaking conceptual and detailed process design for industrial water and wastewater treatment projects in a variety of industries. This candidate will be a Subject Matter Expert in the area of industrial wastewater treatment, with deep technical acumen. This ‘doer’ aspect represents the other 50-60% of the role. Industrial Water is one of the fastest growing global business sectors and at Arcadis we are poised for significant growth through the delivery of large, complicated projects across a diverse sector of clients and geographies. In this role you will be engaged in the Client Management / Development process along with serving as a technical expert during the execution of projects. This is a client facing role with an expectation to collaborate with various Arcadis locations to support projects and client development in the US, as well as globally.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field of study preferred
20+ years of industrial water/wastewater treatment experience
Held prior roles across engineering, project management, sustainability, sales, marketing, and technology
Knowledge and experience with industrial clients in North America
Strong experience in developing and leading large industrial wastewater capital projects
Strong experience and network within the Technology Sector

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer License
Knowledge and experience with multinational industrial clients
Previous experience in a regional or national role and collaboration across regional

Responsibilities

Support Arcadis’ industrial water growth in Technology Sector in the US by leading business development activities to increase project wins and develop long-lasting client relationships.
Reaching out to your client network on a regular basis to stay connected and assess if there are any opportunities to assist them with key needs, including strategic positioning for future opportunities
Leading pursuits and development of proposals, client meetings for business development, work directly with clients to determine needs and provide solutions, participating in client interviews,
Engaging with Arcadis’ regional, national, and global client account teams, supporting the expansion of business development opportunities and client relationships to strategically grow Arcadis’ industrial water/wastewater portfolio, leveraging existing and new client relationships, and
Preparation of abstracts and technical papers.
Serve as a Technology Sector wastewater treatment subject matter expert
Support the development of the Industrial Water process team within the Technology sector, including teaching/mentoring staff on wastewater issues/needs and treatment within the Technology Sector.
Lead projects and clients in the planning, design and construction of industrial water / wastewater treatment plants and wastewater recycle plants.
Coordinating multi-disciplined engineering teams.
Lead or serve as Subject Matter Expert for complex engineering designs for industrial water projects while collaborating with other design disciplines.
Design basis documents (provide direction/review),
Engineering calculations including mass and energy balances (provide direction/review),
Review of engineering drawings (P&IDs and Layout),
Specifications for treatment equipment, instrumentation, and controls,
Engineering reports and feasibility studies (provide direction/review), and
Quality reviews.
Manage technical coordination and leadership roles on larger or complex projects or projects with higher associated risk.