Staff Water Engineer

Arcadis • Philadelphia, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Arcadis is seeking a Staff Water Engineer to support and grow its Water team in East Windsor, New Jersey. The role uses engineering expertise to deliver design work for water and wastewater clients in New York and across North America.

The engineer evaluates, plans, designs, and supports management of water and wastewater treatment and conveyance projects, including pipelines, treatment facilities, and pumping facilities. They exercise judgment on work details, make preliminary selections and adaptations of engineering alternatives, and prepare technical reports with guidance from senior team members. Occasional fieldwork may include site visits, construction inspection, sampling, water quality analyses, asset inventories, flow-monitoring setup and monitoring, technology evaluations, and gathering plant operations information for process troubleshooting and optimization.

The role also supports professional engineering services during construction, including construction observation, review of submittals and shop drawings, responses to requests for information (RFIs), and permit closeouts. With guidance from senior engineers, the Staff Water Engineer manages assigned tasks as a project resource, completing work to meet budget, schedule, quality objectives, and client expectations. The engineer conducts investigations and analyses, develops technical solutions, and prepares accurate documentation and reports that comply with Arcadis requirements and relevant national standards and codes of practice.

Working as part of an interdisciplinary team, the engineer liaises with project managers, team leaders, and clients; contributes to resolving technical project issues; provides technical guidance to team members; and collaborates with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design or solution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in an appropriate area of engineering.
• At least 4 years of engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Knowledge of relevant national standards and codes of practice.
• Ability to provide technical guidance and work independently.
• Advanced research, data-gathering, technical-writing, and analysis skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, time-management, and communication skills.
• Valid driver's license and ability to commute to project sites.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, plan, design, and support management of water and wastewater treatment and conveyance projects, including pipelines, treatment facilities, and pumping facilities.
• Exercise judgment on work details and make preliminary selections and adaptations of engineering alternatives.
• Complete technical reports with guidance from senior team members.
• Conduct occasional fieldwork, including site visits, construction inspection, sampling, water quality analyses, asset inventories, flow-monitoring setup and monitoring, technology evaluations, and gathering plant operations information for troubleshooting and process optimization.
• Support professional engineering services during construction through construction observation, review of submittals and shop drawings, responses to RFIs, and permit closeouts.
• Manage assigned project tasks and complete allocated activities to meet budget, timeframe, quality objectives, and client expectations.
• Carry out investigations and analyses to support technical solutions and prepare accurate documentation and reports compliant with Arcadis requirements and relevant standards and codes.
• Liaise with project managers, team leaders, and clients to communicate effectively on project matters.
• Contribute to resolving technical issues and provide technical guidance to other team members.
• Collaborate with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design or solution.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• 401(k).
• Short-term disability (STD), long-term disability (LTD), accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), and life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Reward and recognition program.
• Optional wellbeing benefits.
• Adoption assistance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Nine paid holidays.
• 15 days of PTO accrued per year.

What This Job Offers

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