Staff Drinking Water Engineer

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:

Arcadis is searching for a Staff Drinking Water Engineer to support and grow our Water team in New Hampshire and throughout New England.  This candidate will use their expertise and technical knowledge to deliver design work for water/wastewater clients in New England.

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. 

Role accountabilities:

As a Staff Drinking Water Engineer you will evaluate, plan, design, and support management of projects for water treatment, lead service lines, and conveyance (pipelines, treatment, and pumping facilities). You will need to exercise judgement on details of work and in making preliminary selections and adaptations of engineering alternatives. Completing technical and report writing with guidance from more senior team members will be a key part in your role. 

You will perform fieldwork activities such as site visits, construction inspection, sampling, water quality analyses, asset inventory, flow monitoring set-up and monitoring, technology evaluations, and plant operations information, process troubleshooting and optimization. You will support professional engineering services during construction including construction observation, review of shop drawings, responses to request for information (RFI's), and permit closeouts. 

Managing tasks as a project resource, completing allocated activities to meet budget, timeframe and quality objectives and meeting or exceeding client expectations will be expected in your position. You will need to carry out investigations and analyses to support the development of technical solutions, as well as prepare documentation and reports ensuring accuracy and compliance with Arcadis requirements and relevant national standards and codes of practice. 

You will liaise with Project Managers, Team Leaders, and clients to ensure clear and effective communication on project matters. You will contribute to resolving technical issues on projects while providing technical guidance to team members as needed. Collaboration with other design disciplines will be key to maintaining the integrity of overall designs and solutions. Additionally, you will review completed engineering work to ensure it meets the required standards. To support your professional growth, you will further develop your understanding of the services offered by Arcadis, the client’s business, and the broader industry sector, enabling you to strengthen personal networks and build credibility within the industry.

Skills and Abilities:

• Detail oriented with knowledge of relevant national standards and codes of practice,
• Ability to provide technical guidance.
• Advanced research, data gathering, technical writing and analysis skills,
• Developing skills including technical, project management, relationship management, sector expertise and commercial awareness,
• Work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, time management and communication skills

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in an appropriate area of engineering,
• Valid driver's license with the ability to commute to project sites.
• Minimum 3 years’ of experience in engineering and EIT Certification 

Preferred Skills:

• New Hampshire PE License

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.