Wastewater Field Engineer

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Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Project Engineer to join our Buffalo/Western New York Resilience Water Team. This is a full-time role focused on water and wastewater facility projects with work location to be in part, or in full, at our clients’ facility locations. This role will primarily be a field position assisting with project/program management responsibilities. The Project Engineer will become a member of our talented team of professionals that focus on delivering outstanding client service, helping them program, plan, and deliver their infrastructure, building and engineering projects. The Project Engineer will support Project and Program Managers with technical service delivery to meet our Project and Program scopes of work. You will work closely with clients, engineers, contractors, and stakeholders, demonstrating a strong understanding of each individual project’s or program’s purpose and scope

Role accountabilities:

• Co-locating at a client’s water or wastewater treatment plant to directly coordinate with our clients on-site in their workplace.
• Liaison between Arcadis office and client field staff to coordinate the delivery of our services between the direct end user (our clients’ that are on site) and our delivery teams that are completing the work from Arcadis offices and remotely. 
• Assisting with technical planning and engineering studies to develop solutions for capital project implementation.
• Coordinating the activities of the internal Arcadis team to deliver scope of work services.
• Completing administrative Program and Project tasks to deliver the tasks under budget and on schedule.
• Coordinating with clients to set up meetings, secure feedback on deliverables and communications, and following up with clients on clients required action items.
• Coordinating with regulators and third-party stakeholders to secure input and project approvals.
• Assisting with the development of civil/sanitary and process mechanical designs to move solutions from concept toward implementation.
• Assisting with invoicing, contractual responsibilities, and other project management activities to support the Project and Program Manager. 
• Learning and growing to develop toward securing a future Project and Program Manager role. 
• Embrace an on-site role, learning and delivering Arcadis services where our clients directly provide their services to their customers and clients. 
• Report to the Project or Program Manager and communicate frequently and thoroughly to advance our clients’ needs to our delivery teams.
• Embrace a design thinking spirit and pursue process improvements in concert with the Team as sponsored by the Project/Program Manager.
• Embrace a culture of health and safety.
• Co-locate in an Arcadis office or Client water or wastewater facility, dependent on project/program requirements.
• Travel to co-location project site, client meetings, safety audits, general planning purposes or to oversee project/program activities, as may be required.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 5 or more years of relevant related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or a related field.

Key Attributes

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Self-starter approach to delivering successful projects.
• Commitment to the success of our clients.
• Positive attitude and growth mindset.
• Participation in local and national professional organizations like NYWEA, AWWA, WEF, ASME, SWE, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Microsoft ® Office and suite of software and app solutions. 
• Experience in delivering municipal water and wastewater projects.
• Competency in the application of Artificial Intelligence and Digital solutions to our industry.
• Proficiency in administrative budgeting and scheduling tasks. 
• Proficiency with Oracle Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project is a plus.
• Professional Engineering license is a plus but not required. Although, desire and action to secure a professional engineering license is a must.  

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