Principal Industrial Water/Wastewater Consultant

Arcadis 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.

Arcadis seeks a Principal Industrial Water/Wastewater Consultant to join Arcadis’ Industrial Water Treatment and Optimization (IWTO) team as a ‘seller/doer’. This heavily client‑facing, technical position will be key to our growth in the Oil and Gas sector in the Gulf Coast, as well as the rest of the US.

Role accountabilities

As a Principal Water/Wastewater Consultant you will join the IWTO team as a ‘seller/doer’. This position will be key to our growth in the Gulf Coast and the broader US, engaging with clients in a meaningful way to help grow our team’s revenue and enable the team to continue to grow. This individual will connect with clients, learn their needs and assess how Arcadis can support them, help to create opportunities with clients, and will lead and be involved in the preparation of proposals. The ‘selling’ aspect will be approximately 50% of the role. In addition, this person will undertake conceptual and detailed process design for industrial water and wastewater treatment projects in a variety of industries. This candidate will be a subject matter expert in the area of industrial wastewater treatment, with deep technical acumen. The ‘doer’ aspect represents the other 50% of the role. Industrial Water is one of the fastest growing global business sectors and at Arcadis we are poised for significant growth through the delivery of large, complicated projects across a diverse sector of clients and geographies. In this role you will be engaged in the Client Management / Development process along with serving as a technical expert during the execution of projects. This is a client‑facing role with an expectation to collaborate with various Arcadis locations to support projects and client development in the US, as well as globally.

• Serve as an Oil and Gas wastewater treatment subject matter expert, support the development of the Industrial Water process team within the Oil and Gas sector
• Lead projects and clients in the planning, design and construction of industrial water / wastewater treatment plants and wastewater recycle plants
• Coordinating multi‑disciplined engineering teams, lead or serve as Subject Matter Expert for complex engineering designs for industrial water projects while collaborating with other design disciplines

Routine tasks

Reaching out to your client network on a regular basis to stay connected and assess if there are any opportunities to assist them with key needs, including strategic positioning for future opportunities.

Leading pursuits and development of proposals, client meetings for business development, working directly with clients to determine needs and provide solutions, participating in client interviews, engaging with Arcadis’ regional, national, and global client account teams, supporting the expansion of business development opportunities and client relationships to strategically grow Arcadis’ industrial water/wastewater portfolio, leveraging existing and new client relationships, and preparation of abstracts and technical papers.

Design basis documents (provide direction/review), engineering calculations including mass and energy balances (provide direction/review), review of engineering drawings (P&IDs and Layout), specifications for treatment equipment, instrumentation, and controls engineering reports and feasibility studies (provide direction/review), and quality reviews to manage technical coordination and leadership roles on larger or complex projects or projects with higher associated risk, lead knowledge transfer and development of staff within your area of expertise.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field of study preferred
• 20+ years of industrial water/wastewater treatment experience
• Held prior roles across engineering, project management, sustainability, sales, marketing, and technology
• Knowledge and experience with industrial clients in North America
• Strong experience in developing and leading large industrial wastewater capital projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer License
• Knowledge and experience with multinational industrial clients
• Previous experience in a regional or national role and collaboration across regional teams

Benefits and Compensation

Arcadis offers benefits for full‑time and part‑time positions, including medical, dental, vision, EAP, 401(k), STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward and recognition program and optional benefits such as wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $124,700 – $187,050. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.