Principal Civil Engineer Urban Development

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

The Places Design Practice is seeking a career-driven Principal Engineer with proven experience in civil engineering and urban development for building projects. Key expertise includes surface & foul drainage utilities ground/earthworks and highways interfaces. Experience in Industrial Manufacturing Tech or Defence projects is a plus.

You will support Urban Development services collaborating across GBA teams GEC and global Places experts.

Role Accountabilities

• Lead engineering activities aligned with sustainable development and Arcadis Health & Safety standards.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure cohesive high-quality design solutions.
• Define and implement project collaboration strategies with global design teams.
• Manage design deliverables: drawings BIM models reports and specifications.
• Review team outputs and attend project meetings to maintain accuracy.
• Oversee engineering management aligned with Arcadis Integrated Management System.
• Own Designer Hazard Logs and communicate residual risks to Principal Designer.
• Coordinate project planning resource allocation and team management.
• Maintain Design Decision Logs and Project Assumptions registers.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers technicians and apprentices.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree qualified with Chartered or Incorporated status; near-chartered candidates considered.
• Proven track record in civil engineering/urban development design and delivery including drainage highways and utilities.
• Proficient in MicroDrainage/InfoDrainage AutoCAD Civil3D and BIM integration.
• Strong knowledge of design standards (SuDS SfA DMRB Building Regulations).
• Experienced in project management: planning programming commercial and client relations.
• Skilled at leading teams and supporting professional development.
• Applies evidence-based engineering solutions with sound theoretical knowledge.
• Competent in manual calculation methods alongside software tools.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its 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.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll 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. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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 believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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