Senior Architect Water

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

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 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.

Role Description

Arcadis is seeking an experiencedSenior Architectto join ourIndustrial Water team. This is an opportunity tohelp shape complex high-impact facilities that support water treatment wastewater treatment process water water reuse and related industrial infrastructure while collaborating with global experts on technically challenging and meaningful projects.

This role is well suited to an architect who enjoys combining technical rigour with thoughtful design in highly coordinated environments. You will take ownership of significant design packages contribute to solutions for complex industrial water facilities and work closely with multidisciplinary teams across regions. Beyond project delivery the role offers the opportunity to influence standards mentor emerging talent and grow your leadership profile within a global practice committed to innovation sustainability and professional development.

Role Accountabilities

• Embrace and demonstrate the Arcadis behavioral framework in your day-to-day work.
• Prioritize your own safety and safety of others by understanding and following the Arcadis Health and Safety Principles.
• Lead architectural design packages for industrial water facility projects shaping solutions that respond to client goals process requirements health and safety expectations and programme constraints.
• Develop and coordinate architectural solutions for industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities including process buildings chemical storage areas pump stations control rooms utility buildings laboratories and site layouts.
• Interface closely with process MEP structural civil and health and safety teams to ensure integrated buildable maintainable and operationally efficient solutions.
• Support design development for new-build brownfield phased delivery retrofit and operational live-site conditions typical of industrial water facilities.
• Contribute to technical design reviews coordination workshops and client discussions with the opportunity to help guide design decisions and build trusted working relationships.
• Review architectural deliverables to ensure consistency with project standards regulatory requirements authority approvals and client guidelines for industrial water infrastructure.
• Help shape and improve industrial water facility standards templates and repeatable design approaches that strengthen quality consistency and delivery efficiency across projects.
• Support the team with technical drafting and design tools like Revit while offering creative design ideas and visual presentations.
• Collaborate with global colleagues and project teams to ensure high-quality outcomes maintaining clear and consistent communications across time zones and cultures.
• Mentor and guide junior team members contributing to a supportive environment where knowledge sharing professional growth and design excellence are valued.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Architecture or a related equivalent.
• Achieved Licensed status or equivalent
• 12 years of experience with a proven track record inindustrial water wastewater or water treatment facility design including complex process-driven environments and multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Strong interpersonal skills are essential to this role.
• Proven capability across all project stages from concept and test fits through IFC and construction support with a strong appreciation for both design quality and technical delivery.
• Strong understanding of industrial water and wastewater treatment facility planning operational workflows equipment interfaces and the architectural implications of process-driven infrastructure.
• Experience leading architectural scope and coordinating withProcessStructures MEPCivil and Health and Safety teams.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams manage design packages andbalance quality programme and client expectations in complex project environments.
• Strong client-facing skills including design reviews and presentations.
• Advanced proficiency in Revit; working knowledge of AutoCAD. Visualization tools are a plus.
• Experience working with international teams and global delivery models ideally with U.S. or North American project experience and confidence collaborating across disciplines cultures and geographies.
• Flexibility to support collaboration with U.S.-based teams and stakeholders including occasional meetings in the evening in the Philippines typically around 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong attention to detail
• Open-mindedness and enthusiasm for contributing to the teams digital initiative and process automation efforts.

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. At Arcadis you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations their own career goals. And as a people first business it is why we will take the time to listen to understand what you want from your time here and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.

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