California Design and Engineering(D&E) Delivery Lead

Job ID: 42819Reference: 300015958248423Location: Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment: Project ManagementBusiness Unit: ANA United StatesWork Type: HybridDate Posted: 2026-07-24Arcadis 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 California Design and Engineering (D&E) Delivery Lead to join our team. This position could be in Los Angeles, San Francisco or other major CA cities. The Arcadis team is expanding and involved in providing solutions to some of the most complex and exciting transportation design challenges for various clients in California. We are looking for a candidate with the skills to help grow our business while supporting current projects and help continue to grow our business by building relationships with clients and teaming partners, supporting pursuit activities as well as helping recruit staff to continue to grow our staff.Role Accountabilities:You will be responsible for overseeing delivery of transportation improvement projects. This includes overseeing project delivery life cycle including pursuit, scoping, pricing, delivery and change management. Recruiting, mentoring, and providing directions to Delivery Project Managers and key discipline leads around project execution including risk management, scoping, pricing, and scope/budget management.Work with quality team to implement quality management activities within project execution.Conduct monthly project reviews to oversee project execution, discuss projects risk management plan, validate resourcing needs, and monitor project progress again key performance indices.Conduct regular client check-ins to monitor client satisfaction with Arcadis’ performance. Interaction with client point of contact as well as technical staff, either as a team or individual, making presentations, and managing client expectations.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.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.Required Qualifications:20+ years of relevant engineering experience.Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.California Professional Engineering license, or the ability to obtain one within 6 months.Key Skills/Attributes:In-depth understanding of Caltrans project delivery processes.Experience delivering projects in transportation industryAbility to oversee overall delivery of growing design and engineering teams following Arcadis’ process and industry best practices.Must have strong organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills and be an initiative-taking, collaborative and flexible individual who possesses the initiative and ability to tackle project and resourcing challenges.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:Experience delivering projects with Public Sector Clients in CaliforniaDesign Build, Alterative Delivery and Owner’s Representative ExperienceActive participation in regional and/or national professional associations.Ability to recruit and mentor teamWhy 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. 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 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $188,232 - $282,348. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location. #ANA-Mobility-Jobs #LI-MC9