Principal Design Manager (Water Infrastructure)

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

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Role description:

Arcadis is currently searching for a Principal Design Manager to join our Resilience Water Business in Southern California.

The Design Manager will utilize their expertise and technical knowledge of Water / Wastewater evaluations design & construction to serve as a Project Manager and Client Manager on local projects. This is a hands-on role with an expectation of leading projects managing staff and participating in business development activities

Role accountabilities:

As a Principal Design Manager you will leverage your technical expertise and leadership skills to successfully deliver municipal water and wastewater projects while supporting client growth and team development. This role is responsible for managing projects from planning through construction overseeing multidisciplinary teams and fostering strong client relationships across the region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and construction of municipal water/wastewater treatment facilities pump stations stormwater systems and water distribution/collection systems.
• Manage project overall project delivery and ensure successful execution on time and within budget.
• Support business development efforts cultivate client relationships and represent Arcadis through participation in industry associations conferences presentations and leadership activities.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams supervise technical staff mentor junior engineers and designers and contribute to the growth of team capabilities.
• Prepare and oversee complete engineering and construction deliverables perform complex engineering analyses and maintain Arcadis standards and specifications for municipal water/wastewater projects.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• 15 or more years experience.
• Bachelors Degree in Civil Environmental Mechanical or a related field of study.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in California.

Skills and Abilities:

The ideal candidate will have strong staff development and supervision skills including the ability to mentor and support junior-level engineers and technical staff. They will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly and effectively convey complex technical information to clients colleagues and stakeholders. The successful candidate will also have proven client relationship and business development experience including preparing proposals managing client engagements and delivering engineering projects that consistently meet or exceed client expectations.

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred candidates will have 20 or more years of progressively responsible experience in the water and wastewater industry along with a Masters degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering. Candidates should have a proven ability to prepare review and approve engineering drawings specifications schedules and cost estimates. Active involvement in local state or national professional organizations and industry associations is also preferred.

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. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $170000 - $230000/year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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