Principal Siting Lead

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 searching for an experienced Siting Lead to join our Energy Transition team to help support and grow our expanding Siting and Routing business across the United States. As a Siting Lead you will work with our existing siting team to support a variety of clients from a range of sectors such as power generation and transmission oil and gas and renewable energies. The successful candidate will be engaged in both client development through the management and growth of new and existing client relationships and in leading project delivery.

The position will require a candidate to work collaboratively with a diverse team and have the capacity to balance varying priorities. Arcadis offers a flexible working environment and follows a hybrid work structure. A successful candidate can expect to work remotely and from the office as needed based on demands of project and client teams. Periodic travel will be required (10-15%).

Role accountabilities:

As a Siting Lead you will lead routing and siting studies and state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) siting applications provide senior level quality assurance/quality control reviews of client deliverables and regulatory filings and work collaboratively with our public outreach and permitting teams. You will lead project teams in developing siting strategies and coordinate with clients to ensure successful project outcomes. Therefore it is expected that you have demonstrated experience with various Public Utilities Commission Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) filings. Additionally this position requires an understanding of how to implement public outreach strategies environmental permitting and GIS processes into routing and siting projects.

In this role you will also be involved in managing the growth of new and existing client relationships in conjunction with business development leaders and account leaders. This will include leveraging existing client relationships supporting client account teams and leading pursuits and proposal opportunities including scope and cost development. You will be an important leader of the Energy Transition team interacting with siting specialists ecologists cultural resource specialists planners engineers senior technical experts and project/program managers as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required qualifications for the role include:

• Bachelors degree in environmental science urban planning Geographic Information Systems (GIS) engineering biology ecology or similar discipline.
• 12 years of experience leading electric transmission line and substation siting projects.
• 8 years of experience leading technical teams managing schedules/budgets and the delivery of high-quality work products.
• 5 years of experience leading project pursuits including direct client communication and preparation of project scopes schedules and cost estimates.
• 5 years of experience leading applications for CPCN filings.
• Experience leading teams and working in collaboration with scientists engineers archaeologists and other specialists on siting and environmental projects.
• Involvement in client development and leadership including the sourcing of project opportunities participation in industry networking events and direct client relationship building.

Preferred qualifications:

• Masters degree in environmental science urban planning Geographic Information Systems (GIS) engineering biology ecology or similar discipline.
• Experience with statistical analysis raster-based siting studies and expert witness testimony.

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 $12. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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