Arcadis seeks a Water Wastewater Engineer with 5+ years’ experience, to join our team in Atlanta, GA!

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

We are looking for dedicated, creative, and energetic candidates interested in tackling challenges and developing sustainable solutions to address water issues like quality, scarcity, reuse, management, and resilience. Collaborating with other experienced Water Professionals, you will support, manage, and drive development of projects, interact and work with clients, and develop your technical and professional capabilities.

Role accountabilities:

• Leading and directing the development of water / wastewater and stormwater projects as a client-facing project manager, leveraging the candidate’s experience in water distribution system, wastewater collection system, stormwater management, pump / lift station, and water / wastewater treatment facility engineering including investigations, studies, analysis, designs, and construction administration services.
• Managing the planning, design, and construction administration of projects to ensure compliance with contracts, drawings, specifications, codes, statutes, rules, and regulations, as well as Arcadis quality and safety practices.
• Communicate with clients, establishing goals and objectives for project teams, and scheduling and coordinating resources to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the performance expectations of the client.
• Provide technical expertise on multi-disciplined projects.
• Supervise and support the work of others while mentoring junior level engineers and technical staff.
• Work directly with clients to determine needs and deliver solutions and lead the growth of client relationships with target clients including City of Atlanta, DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Paulding County, Cobb County and Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority.
• Lead teams in the marketing and proposal phases of projects including preparation of winning proposals and successful presentations, as well as developing scopes of work and budgets for various water, wastewater, and stormwater projects.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of water / wastewater and stormwater experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing small to large sized, multi-disciplined, municipal water, wastewater or stormwater projects with responsibilities similar to those described above.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or related field of study.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License in GA or ability to obtain within 1 year of hire.

Key Skills and Abilities

• Project leadership and management experience including demonstrated experience leading and managing small to large size, multi-disciplined, water, wastewater or stormwater projects with construction values ranging from under $1M to several million dollars in the public or private sector.
• Team leadership experience including managing overall project delivery expectations, prioritizing tasks, and mentoring.
• Experience in the preparation of construction documents.
• Client management skills, including preparation and development of proposals and client relationship building.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Active in local professional associations, industry activities, and conferences.

Preferred qualifications

• 8+ years of water / wastewater and stormwater experience at a comparable engineering firm.
• Master’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or related field of study.
• Technical expertise and experience with water / wastewater projects.
• Knowledge and experience with the local municipalities in GA including City of Atlanta, DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, Paulding County, Cobb County and Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority.
• Successful record of managing client accounts, assisting in new client development, and leading project pursuits and pursuit teams, in a collaborative fashion, on a variety of opportunities.
• Active participation in regional and/or national professional association(s).

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

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.

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