Principal Water/Wastewater Treatment 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:

As a Principal Water/Wastewater Treatment Engineer, you will lead a team to grow their expertise and technical knowledge of water/wastewater treatment design and construction support services. You will be a critical member of our team in Houston and will be expected to execute and manage projects, engage in client development and winning more exciting and challenging projects.

Role accountabilities:

• Manage a range of projects for various clients in the region and coordinate multi-disciplined engineering teams. Responsibilities will include managing budgets and delivery schedules for each assignment, and leading project teams to meet the project deliverables.
• Lead projects and clients in the planning, design, and construction of water/wastewater treatment plants, collection systems, and lift stations as well as creating construction documents, specifications, and handling construction oversight/administration.
• Lead and/or participate in client development activities, assist with position, and capture strategies, proposal, and presentation efforts for Water/Wastewater Facility Design projects.
• Contribute to the local strategy with clients in the planning, design, and construction of water/wastewater treatment plants, stormwater systems, distribution/collection systems, and pump/lift stations.
• Work with Area Leader(s) and client Account Leader(s) to develop project scopes and fee estimates, setting the best stage for profitable delivery, managing risk, identifying project staff, and related activities.
• Coordinate with Arcadis’ industry-leading technical advisors in water/wastewater process modeling and facility design.
• Support the work of others and mentor junior-level engineers & design/drafting technical staff.
• Ensure project compliance with all Arcadis practices and quality and safety standards.
• Travel (up to 10%) is required. Travel will be conducted for project site visits, client meetings, and business development purposes.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

• 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).

Key Attributes:

• Strong technical engineering background and experience successfully delivering water/wastewater treatment plant design projects.
• Experience with client development pursuit/proposal and interviews to win more exciting projects.
• Experience in delivering technical presentations and participating in project pursuit interviews.
• Organized with strong attention to detail.
• Flexible to work with different project teams locally and across remote offices to deliver higher quality work products to clients.
• Experience negotiating, managing, and successfully delivering projects with fees of $1 million or more.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

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.

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