Principal Water/Wastewater Conveyance Engineer

Arcadis • San Antonio, TX

12d

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. Role description: We are currently seeking a Principal Water/Wastewater Conveyance Engineer in our San Antonio, TX or Austin, TX offices to help us lead a team and grow their expertise and technical knowledge of water/wastewater conveyance design and construction support services. The Principal Water/Wastewater Conveyance Engineer will be a critical member of our team and will be expected to execute and manage projects, engage in client development and winning more exciting and challenging projects throughout the Texas market. This role sits within our Resilience global business area, where we work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects climate change, rapid urbanization, loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires, is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Requirements

• 12 or more years of related industry experience in the water/wastewater field.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or related field.
• PE License in Texas (or ability to obtain TX PE within 6 months).
• The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical engineering background and has demonstrated experience successfully delivering water and wastewater conveyance design projects.
• They have a proven track record in client development, including pursuing proposals and participating in interviews to secure new projects.
• Additionally, they are skilled in delivering technical presentations and contributing effectively during project pursuit interviews.
• Highly organized with a keen attention to detail, the candidate is flexible and able to collaborate with various project teams both locally and across remote offices, consistently delivering high-quality work products to clients.
• They also bring experience in negotiating, managing, and successfully delivering projects with fees of $1 million or more.

Nice To Haves

• 20+ years of related industry experience.
• Master’s Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse portfolio of projects for various clients across the region, coordinating multi-disciplined engineering teams to deliver outstanding results.
• Oversee project budgets and delivery schedules, leading project teams to ensure all deliverables are met, and providing technical leadership throughout the planning, design, and construction phases of water and wastewater, distribution and collection systems, lift stations and pumping stations.
• Preparing construction documents, developing specifications, and managing construction oversight and administration.
• Play a key role in client development activities, supporting positioning and capture strategies, and contributing to proposal and presentation efforts for Water/Wastewater Conveyance Design projects.
• Collaborating with Area Leaders and client Account Leaders to define project scopes and fee estimates, manage risks, identify project staff, and ensure projects are set up for successful and profitable delivery.
• Coordinate with Arcadis’ industry-leading technical advisors in water and wastewater hydraulic modeling and facility design, and contribute to strategic planning with clients for water/wastewater treatment plants, stormwater systems, distribution and collection systems, and pump/lift stations.
• Mentor junior engineers and technical staff, support the work of others, and ensure compliance with all Arcadis practices, quality, and safety standards.

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 $113,933 - $193,696.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees