National Stormwater Design Group Chief Engineer

Job ID: 37791Reference: 300014690847684Location: Atlanta, GA, United States | Raleigh, NC, United States | Charlotte, NC, United States | Greensboro, NC, United States | Jacksonville, FL, United States | Tampa, FL, United States | Cleveland, OH, United States | Akron, OH, United States | Columbus, OH, United States | Nashville, TN, United States | Chattanooga, TN, United States | Knoxville, TN, United StatesDepartment: Transportation EngineeringBusiness Unit: ANA United StatesWork Type: HybridDate Posted: 2026-02-05Arcadis 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:Arcadis seeks a Chief Engineer to lead our National Stormwater Design Group. This position could be located in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio or Tennessee and will oversee design activities performed by design teams located throughout the US. Design teams are involved in projects that vary in size and scope and could include highway drainage, bridge & culvert analysis, water quality design, detention analysis, and erosion control on projects ranging from intersection improvements to interstate reconstruction. This position will coordinate with state and regional Stormwater group leads to align the right design resources to the right project, not only facilitating project success but also promoting staff development.Role accountabilities:Be responsible for overall performance of transportation stormwater design groups. This includes staff utilization, adherence to standard operation procedures, timely delivery of design tasks within agreed upon budgets and quality standards.Work with area leads and pursuit team to develop and maintain resourcing forecasts to address resource needs for existing and potential future projects.Promote collaboration and resource sharing between various Arcadis offices within US and other parts of the world.Recruiting, mentoring and providing directions to design teams to efficiently and collaboratively develop conceptual, preliminary and final design for highway and related facilities.Work with quality team to implement quality management activities within project execution.Collaborate with global design teams to share and incorporate best practices amongst highway design communities.Conduct regular check-ins with state area leads to assess performance of the teams, identify best practices and areas of improvements.Participating in business development activities including client visits, marketing strategy development and proposal preparations. Specific role may include serving as project pursuit lead in key opportunities to guide our team towards efficient development of proposal to maximize Arcadis’ chances to selection.Qualifications & Experience:Required Qualifications20 or more years of relevant engineering experience.Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.Professional Engineering license in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio or Tennessee, or the ability to obtain one within 6 months.Key Skills/AttributesAbility to oversee a growing design group following Arcadis’ process and industry best practices.In-depth understanding of multiple State DOT project delivery processes.In-depth understanding of various delivery methos including design-bid-build, design build and other alternative delivery methods Ability to recruit staff in southeast US.Why Arcadis?We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s 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.You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll 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 & BelongingWe 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 are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. 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 year. The salary range for this position is $151911 - $193686. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location. #LI-VJ1 #Mobility-US-Jobs #ANA-Stormwater #LI-Hybrid