Senior Roadway Design Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 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 Senior Roadway Design Engineer to join our Tennessee Mobility team in Nashville, Chattanooga, or Knoxville. You will have the opportunity to work on infrastructure projects for roadways, including intersections, collector streets, urban arterials, rural and urban expressways, interstates and interstate interchanges.

The Arcadis Mobility team is expanding and involved in providing solutions to some of the most complex and exciting highway design challenges for TDOT and other State DOTs and municipalities throughout the Southeast. We are looking for a candidate with the skills to address these challenges and the desire to develop junior staff.

Role accountabilities

• Serving as a professional engineering discipline lead for roadway design projects of varying size and scope.
• Mentoring and providing direction to junior staff and design/drafters, development of project plans and schedules, managing production and ensuring project compliance with all Arcadis practices including quality and safety standards.
• Interaction with client technical staff, either as a team or individual, making presentations and managing client expectations.
• Performing various roles on multi-disciplined projects including QA/QC reviewer, technical advisor, design leader and/or client facing project manager.
• Preparation of written reports, calculations and other design documentation.

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

• 10 or more years of relevant engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Tennessee PE license, or the ability to obtain one within 6 months.

Key Skills/Attributes

• Task management experience within infrastructure design and construction engineering, including cost estimates, technical reports, construction plans and project displays.
• Proficiency with MicroStation, OpenRoads, Geopak, InRoads and 3D Design.
• Proficiency with TDOT design standards and policies.
• Must have strong organizational, analytical and problem‑solving skills and be a self‑motivated, team‑oriented and flexible individual who possesses the initiative and ability to tackle new projects, challenges, and concepts.
• Excellent, clear and concise, oral and written communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to coordinate meetings, conduct effective client presentations and prepare written reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Interchange design experience.
• TDOT roadway design experience.
• Active participation in regional and/or national professional associations.

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 & 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 year. The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.